“I think it's very, very, very hard to get a book published. I never want to be one of those teachers that say, 'don't do this, ' because how sad would the world be if people didn't create art and write? But, it's not an easy journey being a writer.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWantWritingArtBookHardEasyTeacherJourney Author:Alyson Richman
“I came to all the realizations about sustainability and biodiversity because I fell in love with the way food tastes. And because I was looking for that taste I feel at the doorsteps of the organic, local, sustainable farmers, dairy people and fisherman.” PeopleWayFeelsTasteLocalsRealizationFarmersSustainabilityFishermanDairyBiodiversityDoorstep Author:Alice Waters
“When you're really considering all the qualities of food, purity is right there at the top of the list. I'm unwilling to eat food that has been adulterated.” Has BeensQualityListsPurityConsideringUnwilling Author:Alice Waters
“People cooked with a certain integrity before fast food, 50 or 60 years ago. When the cheap food arrived, and we didn't have the education and deep cultural roots to hold on, we got swept away by fast, cheap and easy.” PeopleYearsCertainEasyIntegrityYears AgoRootsFast FoodSwept AwayCheap Food Author:Alice Waters
“I do feel like food should cost more, because we aren't paying farmers a living wage. It has to cost more.” FeelsShouldCostFarmersLiving Wage Author:Alice Waters
“I think the biggest impediment to fixing the food system in the United States is that we expect food to be cheap. We want to by other things with our money. We're so disconnected from agriculture - from the culture in agriculture.” ThinkingWantStatesCultureUnitedUnited StatesAgricultureFixingDisconnectedImpediments Author:Alice Waters
“My first experience with music was my father, he was a stereo buff and he built his own little Hi-Fi center with recorders and everything and I listened to a lot of jazz, which gave me a sensibility for melody.” FirstsLittlesFatherBuiltJazzMelodySensibilityRecorders Author:Ronnie Montrose
“I believe there should be breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack, all for free and for every child that goes to school. And all food that is good, clean and fair. It's unfair to charge for food in schools, especially to charge for food that is making children sick.” ShouldBelieveChildrenSchoolI BelieveFairsSickCleanBreakfastLunchAfternoonUnfairSnacks Author:Alice Waters
“When I started reaching teenage years, I listened to everything that was on the radio like everyone else did, which was Chuck Berry, Beach Boys and then of course The Beatles, Stones. And of course in the 60's, I was completely blown away like everyone else by Hendrix, Cream, Deep Purple, Jeff Beck and all of that... so those were my influences.” YearsCoursesBoysInfluenceStonesRadioBeachReachingCreamTeenagePurpleChuckBerriesHendrixBlown AwayTeenage YearsBeach BoysDeep Purple Author:Ronnie Montrose
“Reading and writing music is a wonderful way of getting ideas in your head down to someone else who reads and writes, but if you don't read and write, and the other musician you're playing with are trying to express something who doesn't read and write, than it's a question of "I wrote" so that you must learn from listening and from understanding where that's coming from.” IfsWayWritingTryingIdeasReadingUnderstandingWonderfulListeningMusicianMusic IsReading And WritingWriting Music Author:Ronnie Montrose