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It strikes me as being morally repulsive and intellectually absurd that people die of want in a world of surplus.
I love working with different musicians in the studio, that's a real joy working with someone for the first time.
My philosophy is to take one day at a time. I don't worry about the future. Tomorrow is even out of sight for me.
I don't stare at a sheet of paper and try to think of a good word to use. I try to see where the story should go.
She's not perfect, but she tries so hard for me. And I thank God, that she isn't, cause how boring that would be.
I like surprising myself. I don't want to do the norm, do what I'm always known to do, write how I like to write.
So it's 1976 and we're still riding on our past success. I mean I've gone on like that for I don't know how long.
I have a particular style of writing and my voice sounds a particular way, which lends itself to a certain style.
I guess if I'm a product, either you're chocolate, you're vanilla or you're butterscotch. You can't be all three.
As you get older, though, you realize there are fire extinguishers. You do have an ability to control the flames.
I've been collaborating with Ira Schickman on some songs, and there will be many other, great musicians involved.
From the moment I stepped into this industry, I've always had to fight for my ideas and for my voice to be heard.
I don't care about the charts; I just want to make great music that I enjoy performing on stage and I'm proud of.
I feel like not all press is good press. Sometimes personal things can be released, and... that's not good press.
Maybe it's because I'm English, but in terms of how people perceive us I only pick up on the negative side of it.
Everything around me inspires and influences me. Mainly love - falling in it, losing it, loving it and hating it.
I came out to California from Texas, to the Haight, and the Fillmore and all that stuff, and totally got the bug.
I don't see myself beneath Beyonce and Jay Z; I don't see myself above them. I'm in my own world, hungry to grow.
I wanted to go on a project which shows the mixture of Chae rin and CL, not just CL on stage or in a music video.
Pronouns really don't matter in a song - 'I' or 'he' or 'she' or even subscribing a lyric to an inanimate object.
We, the Desaparecidos, are perfectly prepared for people to hate what we're saying or not like what we're saying.
I had found The Runaways and I had seen Foxes, and I decided I was just gonna become a juvie, like Cherie Currie.
If I can be an advocate for people to get healthy, that's good, and it's not about just needing to go to the gym.
I used to love to sit and listen to the old people talk about yesterday. There's a lot of good information there.
I don't have good business sense. You never get much money for the arts. But I like independence. I like to grow.
And if I had a camera Showing all the light we give And showing where the light extends I'd give it to my friends
Life goes on, end of tunnel, TV set Spot in the middle Static fade, statistic bit And soon I fade away, fade away
Twisted Sister plays 20, 25 shows a year. But if the band had their druthers, they'd be out playing all the time.
The second album was emotionally exhausting and my life felt like it had become very serious at a very young age.
I avoid falling into a trap of doing work solely to impress people. I always ask myself, "What don't I ever see?"
Cello is my first instrument, then piano, drums, bass, violin, recorder, saxophone, but I'd never play them live!
I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb... and I also know that I'm not blonde.
Kenneth Hari is a true artist and in my opinion a psychic. When he is painting you, he feels your heart and soul.
People think I'm as shallow and superficial as I look, and it's a surprise when they find out, sure enough, I am.
lots of women buy just as many wigs and makeup things as I do ... They just don't wear them all at the same time.
'9 to 5 the Musical' is perfect for anyone that's ever wanted to string up their boss, which is almost all of us.
If there's something bothering me in the business end of things with people I work with, I just say it right out.
I think that everyone in this world should be confident in who they are and believe in themselves no matter what.
I want to be more like Pixie Lott. She works really hard but always manages to keep smiling. She never complains.
I think musicians are always very generous in promoting anything good they hear. It's just kind of in our nature.
The reason why you don't see people looking like me is because I don't encourage that. I encourage you to be you.
I lived in New York for maybe a year and a half, from '95 to '97, but I live in Dallas. My whole family is there.
Anything that had to do with art I been doing all my life. It was a gift. It's nothing I work real hard at doing.
I went to New York and Miami and hung out by the beach, and I love the American boys, so I wrote a song about it.
I have to live authentically at all times. And that's part of what makes me an artist. I'm not scared to do that.
My favorite film involving scarves was little Edie in 'Grey Gardens.' I often wear scarves like that, under hats.
And of course, pop music is all about memorability and simplicity and positive messages and a little dash of joy.
It's weird: for someone who mostly really exists online, I'm actually not very interested in the Internet at all.
I make the best pancakes you'll ever have! And I claim that title gladly. On Saturdays I make them for everybody.
Will you gather daydreams or will you gather wealth? How can you find your fortune when you cannot find yourself?