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I try to say goodbye and I choke Try to walk away and I stumble Though I try to hide it, it's clear My world crumbles when you are not here
In America it is not considered to be mentally ill when a woman advances on her prey in a discotheque setting with hardy cocktails present.
Honestly, I just have to do what's right for me, and what I would tell people is what I believe, which is that tolerance is very important.
Where better than the church for people like me, George Jones and Johnny Cash to go to get ourselves in shape enough to sing a gospel song?
I definitely feel we're moving forward. There's a lot more understanding... there's less fear and we're working on there being less hatred.
I'm pretty irreverent. There is a lot of need to find humour in life. Although I'd never be as disrespectful to laugh at someone's expense.
[about tabloid magazines] Just because you read it in a magazine or see it on a TV screen doesn't make it factual. To buy it is to feed it.
I write and perform for the feeling it gives me, and the experience of being connected with a room full of people to the vibration of music
Zen is just a lifestyle, your everyday life. It is doing your best at your job, relationships, health, hobbies, and other daily activities!
One of the nice things about licensing music to movies or advertisements is you can reach a lot of people who normally wouldn't hear music.
You could spend every waking moment online and still only experience one-trillionth of what's out there. I find that a little overwhelming.
I've been friends with madonna for ever. In fact she was at my 3rd solo performance in 1990, and there were only 10 people in the audience.
By being vulnerable, either with yourself or in the presence of another person, that’s where all growth and ultimate well-being comes from.
I honestly haven't thought much about what to play and where, perhaps i should...it seems like most musicians are better at that than I am.
Of course I have been watching 'Derry Girls!' Series, link and record! Everything shuts down when it is on the TV. I'm like 'Nobody speak.'
It's really wonderful to be able to be nobody, and then have a moment when I can be somebody, and then go right back to being nobody again.
I'd love to give my music to someone who really likes to wow the crowd. I feel like half the time I just want to hide in the dressing room!
I can't understand marketing. I think it's because I never looked at what I do as a job. I've rebelled against that and I will continue to.
It's important to keep indie record stores alive because their unique environments introduce music lovers to things in a very personal way.
Stray thought for the day: Putting boundaries on how punk should sound/look is the least punk rock thing one can do. Be yourself=Very punk.
To be an artist — actually, to be a human being in these times — it’s all difficult. … What matters is to know what you want and pursue it.
To me, punk rock is the freedom to create, freedom to be successful, freedom to not be successful, freedom to be who you are. It's freedom.
I came into music because I thought the presentation of poetry wasn't vibrant enough. So I merged improvised poetry with basic rock chords.
I've never felt grounded because of my ancestry or my gender. I think until women get away from that they're not going to be great writers.
Artists are like messengers. A song is authored by you, but its interpretation is owned by other people. And you have no control over that.
My life was very tenuous last year. My daughter's death, in March in 2007, was unexpected. It was a shock. I didn't know if I'd survive it.
I'm very involved with PETA - People for Ethical Treatment of Animals - and Greenpeace and a lot of women's shelter and clothing giveaways.
I was not born a size 2. I'm not skinny, period. I'm not willing to sleep with the director or step on somebody else's neck to get the job.
I said that when I establish myself as an artist that can do pretty much anything I want to do in music, I'm going to make a country album.
Asia's crowded and Europe's too old, Africa is far too hot and Canada's too cold. And South America stole our name, let's drop the big one.
My mom taught me a lot. A lot about minding your own business and leaving other people's business alone. And let them think what they want.
I don't actually like explaining the meanings of my songs, because I think people can take away more from it if they use their imagination.
I never tire of the drive from Phoenix to San Diego, and it is mostly desert, obviously, but you get different varieties of desert terrain.
With the war and everything that's going on, unless you're Susan Sarandon, the best route is to keep your mouth shut. For me it is, anyway!
I just want to say that dreams do come true. Don't ever give up on your dreams. Sometimes it just takes a little bit longer for some of us.
So when you think you're the only one who can't find love in this world, tell yourself there's another one who's waiting for you somewhere.
The best thing I ever heard was in the '60s. I heard Jimi Hendrix play 'I Can Hear The Grass Grow' after a rehearsal, and it was brilliant.
Running will make you stronger, more disciplined & clear headed all of which will improve your professional output & expand your self-faith
Fighting and arguing amongst brothers are normal. Living together can also cause disagreements. I don't think it will work if there's none.
I'm a perfectionist in recovery. I'm trying to deal with that monster inside of me that wants to do everything right. Or better than right.
Saw Torres play their first New York show tonight at Cake Shop. SO good. Do yourself a favor and check out her record. Her voice is KILLER.
There's a whole kind of melancholy that you can only attain with reverb. That's an example of a technology introducing a whole new meaning.
I'm not too sure if I have a very smart approach to revealing my life. Luckily, I doubt if many people really care about my life that much.
Gregory Corso used to get really pissed when people called Bob Dylan a 'poet.' After writing poetry for a few years, I can understand that.
The blues are just a heightened sense of awareness of life's ups and downs, and things that a guy sees after a couple hits of Jack Daniels.
I knew I wanted to make a concept record in song-cycle form, like my favorite Marvin Gaye records where everything just continuously flows.
I don’t ever feel like the cool kid at the party, ever. It’s like, Smile and be nice to everybody, because you were not invited to be here.
My hope for the future, not just in the music industry, but in every young girl I meet…is that they all realize their worth and ask for it.
I feel the emotion that life conjures up and the songs I write get me closer to my feelings and realising who I am. It's a natural process.
I think the tiniest little thing can change the course of your day, which can change the course of your year, which can change who you are.