“I've been sober for so many years. It wasn't like you flick a switch, and you're sober. It takes a while. You have to learn how to do everything all over again. You can measure how long that takes in terms of years.” YearsLongTermLike YouSober Author:Joe Walsh
“I enjoy my solo career because I get to play smaller places like clubs and theaters, and the interaction with the audience is much higher quality. It also sounds better than a baseball stadium. Everybody has a good seat, and I don't have to play a specific part like I do in the Eagles.” PlayEnjoySoundQualityCareersAudienceHigherBaseballTheaterClubsSeatsInteractionSoloEaglesStadiums Author:Joe Walsh
“It's like being in the position of - in half of the industry's mind, you're kind of a cult-following, independent rocker. And on the other hand, you're a sellout. But neither one of them are right.” MindKindHandsHalfPositionIndustryIndependentFollowingCultRockers Author:Ben Folds
“I'm definitely an anomaly, but I'm making things. They're selling, say, martinis, and I'm kind of making vintage Riesling. People aren't going to sit there very often, not your average public, and your average music-business monster is not going to take the time to notice the overtones and the undertones inside the flavor. They'd rather just have the martini.” PeopleKindAverageMonstersSellingFlavorMusic BusinessVintageMartiniAnomalies Author:Ben Folds
“When someone really goes to tell you something about what they're thinking, they're going to wear that experience with them. That's what you have to share.” ThinkingShare Author:Ben Folds
“Wanting to be near my bread and butter business which was my hairstyling salon, I have done little touring during my lifetime. I hate all this moving around from hotel to hotel, packing and unpacking. I know many entertainers agree with me on this subject.” KnowsLittlesDoneMovingHateSubjectsI HateAgreeLifetimeBreadHotelTouringEntertainersPackingSalonsBread And ButterUnpacking Author:Thomas Lynch
“There are those of us who believe out of that faith tradition that God never puts more on us than we can bear, and yet there are times, I think, particularly given what you were up against, that we have to question whether or not we have the capacity, the ability, the wherewithal, to actually endure it.” ThinkingBelieveGivenAbilityBearsCapacityTraditionEndure Author:Robin Roberts
“I think there's a myth that people feel, that people of success are never fearful, that we're never challenged, that we have some supernova - no, we're like everybody else.” PeopleThinkingFeelsMythFearfulNever FearSupernova Author:Robin Roberts
“Most actors are drawn towards historical tellings because it's one of the most simple forms of storytelling.” FormActorsSimpleHistoricalStorytelling Author:Ben Barnes
“As a fairly innocent teenager, growing up in a village in Wales, I just thought, "God, I would like to go and hang about Soho and write great poetry and try to avoid drinking myself to death."” WritingTryingGrowing UpGrowingDrinkingInnocentTeenagerVillageWalesGreat PoetGreat PoetrySoho Author:Andrew Davies