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I think being in a band is probably the only job when you're actively encouraged to be out of it most of the time.
Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle for where we're going. There's something ahead worth fighting for.
We had the Vietnam War in the '60s, and there was a draft. The students didn't believe in it, and it unified them.
In an arena, with Girls Aloud, it's a big production and you don't have time to talk to the crowd about the songs.
To stand up on a stage alone with an acoustic guitar requires bravery bordering on heroism. Bordering on insanity.
If you're sitting in a place like Martha's Vineyard, I don't think you're going to write a song about a ski resort.
The good news doesn't make any sense unless you know what the bad news is first, and the bad news goes pretty deep.
Religion is the root of so much misery in the world, and I've always thought there is lack of criticism against it.
There are people who can sit down and write a song about any given subject, and they can do it really, really well.
I think art is a consolation regardless of its content. It has the power to move and make you feel like you're not.
It's like this, by not giving my album a classic rating, you diminish your magazine's credibility. And that's real.
I know how to swim through backlash. I can tread water through backlash... If anything, that's all giving me power.
I'm not competing with anyone, or begging someone to love me. I feel like I'm loved and I deserve to be where I am.
Once I cried in a restaurant because the waitress told me I couldn't eat my soup with a fork, I had to use a spoon.
Being a fan of someone's show and the way they still hold a family together doesn't mean I am OK with all they say.
The grass isn't always greener on the other side. I start off kind of in love and then I leave love and I'm single.
I think one of my favorite productions ever was Sondheim's 'Assassins' at the Roundabout in 2004. Beyond brilliant.
I always want to be somewhat uncomfortable. But at the same time I want to make music that you react to viscerally.
The fact that I have a lot of songs written doesn't keep me from wanting to write new ones, or new ones from coming.
When I look at where I’ve been, I see that what I am becoming is a whole lot further down the road from where I was.
It's a good feeling, that you can put your heart out there, no matter how black it is, and people can understand it.
I'll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them. We laugh to keep from crying.
Versace! Versace! Versace! Versace! Versace! Versace! We love Versace. Versace is the greatest designer of all time!
To be a visionary, all you have to do is make decisions based off of your eyes instead of your ears and your memory.
Creative output, you know, is just pain. I'm going to be cliché for a minute and say that great art comes from pain.
I wanna explain something about the title 'Yeezus', simply put 'West' was my slave name and 'Yeezus' is my God name.
There's so many different worlds, so many different suns. And we have just one world, but we live in different ones.
I think in a world where everyone wants to categorize and compartmentalize and rationalize, it's OK to be different.
To protect our freedoms, it seems we're going to have to relinquish some of our freedoms for a short period of time.
I tend to write songs that are about something pretty specific. A lot of them tell some kind of little made-up story.
There 's nae sorrow there, John, There 's neither cauld nor care, John, The day is aye fair, In the land o' the leal.
I saw this wide-eyed girl with big ears and a pink nose who's too excited. I wanted that part of myself to sing lead.
Being a musician, there aren't that many ways for me to consciously use a more strategy, math-based part of my brain.
I have a real estate development company. I have investments in all sorts of things, and I dabble all over the place.
I'm really lucky I'm still around. Everybody expected me to die next... But it was always someone else instead of me.
I actually really like DJ Assault - a Detroit a ghetto tech DJ, who's produced good music that's influenced me a bit.
I just know that I could never spend a winter in Chicago or some place like that. I'm just not a cold weather person.
I believe that we should be able to marry whom ever we choose. As long as both people are willing... I say go for it!
We really need to get it together here. I think we humans are so brilliant and creative, can't we try something else?
I started out doing everything on a custom scale and when that started paying the bills I started making more pieces.
I've always felt that if I ever got cynical, I would have to stop making music because I'd just be poisoning the air.
You must remember this, a kiss is still a kiss, A sigh is just a sigh; The fundamental things apply, As time goes by.
When you're an actor and you walk into a theatre where your movie is playing, you're kinda proud. "Look at my skill!"
When you listen to most of the records that really had an impact on you, they always seem to be from a different era.
I’m not comfortable with comfort. I’m only comfortable when I’m in a place where I’m constantly learning and growing.
I don't know what's better: getting laid or getting paid. I just know when I'm getting one, the other's getting away.
I used to have insecurity about my finances, then I announced that I had debt, and now I don't have any insecurities.
When I write love songs, people think they're really soppy - but I see love as a consolation for the boredom of life.
I live in Santa Barbara. My wife's American, and she lived in England for 11 years and then told me she'd had enough.
Underground hip-hop is, like, one of my foundations, I would say a cornerstone of my foundation of my musical tastes.