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If I don't fight every day to 'fix' my eyes on Jesus, my ADD soul will look to a million lesser things.
Praise is a contradiction of pride. Pride says 'looks at me,' but praise longs for people to see Jesus.
I'm a black American, I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am. I have a lot of pride and dignity.
A lot of people have been overexposed. Where people are fed up. I pray that that never happens with me.
There has to be an element of danger, or at least an element of intrigue, for a band to be interesting.
Not all ideas are like a twinkling star in the sky, and you get inspired to make a record the next day.
I consciously did not want to put a sub-Mr. Bungle band on the map. I don't think the world needs that.
If anyone approaches me and asks if I'm Mollie from The Saturdays, I'm immediately shy and embarrassed.
A hug is the perfect gift, one size fits all, everyone likes them and no-one cares if it is given back.
Growing up, I thought I was going to be Madonna. I wanted to be a pop star. I wanted to dance and sing.
The essence of being a gentleman is to understand the way you're supposed to treat a respectable woman.
High school is about finding who you are, because that's more important than trying to be someone else.
If anyone comes along, I'm more than happy to welcome them, but I'm not interested in world domination.
I'm not going to play lead guitar in a concert hall full of people, because I'm going to mess up a lot.
Santana is the reason I play guitar - I studied his style so much, I actually wore out the video tapes.
I don't have a competitive bone in my body, so the last thing I want to do is be competing with people.
No one's busy thinking bad things about you. They're all too busy thinking bad things about themselves.
Be yourself! Love your mom, but if she's trying to get you to be someone you're not, she's in the wrong
Life is an adventure of our own design intersected by fate and a series of lucky and unlucky accidents.
I had gone to Paris to immerse myself in painting and I came back wholly involved in words and rhythms.
We never threw a record together. Each record was done really seriously, as if our life depended on it.
You had to have a great voice or talent as a musician before imaging or marketing plans came into play.
You can do right or you can do what you are told. And the prize of the victory will belong to the bold.
No matter how much money I make, no matter how many hit songs. I still perform like a street performer.
The fact of the matter is, you don't give up what's natural. Anything I've fantasized about, I've done.
You decide if you're ready for something. It can come in the guise of, "Oh, I don't think I like this."
I fell off stage and bruised some ribs. The worst part was that the audience didn't realize I was gone.
But more importantly, I think he remembered how very close I was with my own dad, who had died in 1997.
One of the things I feel very strong about is the achievement of the Band really being a complete band.
The secret is to moisturize the face. I've been doing that since I was 17 years old. (on looking young)
I really just compete against myself. I look at my previous material and try to surpass what I've done.
As John Adams said, all democracies will eventually self-destruct. We seem to be doing it very quickly.
Being able to motivate girls to reach for their dreams, and giving them someone positive to look up to.
I'm a gay man who came out when I was 10 years old, and there's nothing in my life that I'm prouder of.
I love watching movies. It breaks up the monotony of the road and momentarily takes you somewhere else.
When I'm singing, I'm another person. I can be really free, in the sense that I can do whatever I want.
You want to be skinny and have a good body? You have to work out every day and say no to certain foods.
I didn't really like 'You Raise Me Up' at the time we recorded it; now it's my favourite Westlife song.
I feel sexy when I get out of the tub - your skin is fresh and you've put up your hair without looking.
I spent a lot of my life holding back my cries, and I want to change that because it's not good for me.
When I write, it's to heal. It's my own self-therapy so that I don't actually feel sad all of the time.
I'm still friends with most of my exes. There are only one or two people that I'll never talk to again.
Long before Wesley Snipes decided he didn't need to pay the IRS, Willie Nelson was dodging the tax men.
I think if you're creating music, and you love the song, holding it back is just doing it an injustice.
I don't really even go out that much now except to walk my dogs, because I don't want to be recognised.
I could stand in the street and sing and get enough to pay the bills. I don't need millions of dollars.
I love the ocean. I've always liked the blue, so tranquil and peaceful and gliding. And the fear of it.
I'm definitely a crier. I get really emotional if someone's being rude or says something mean about me.
We're very physical creatures, and we worry about how we look sometimes more than our spiritual selves.
You have Vampire Weekend who have more African references musically than most African-American artists.