“As far back as I can remember, I am one of those guys that works hard and plays harder. I have to have both.” Quote by Bret Michaels
“The bottom line is that TV can either be a great asset to your career, or if you're a complete ass that people hate, it can be the final nail in your coffin.” PeopleIfsHateLinesCareersTvsFinalsBottomAssAssetsNailsBottom LineCoffins Author:Bret Michaels
“I'm not the new kid on the block anymore. Writers always use the phrase "aging rocker," and I'm like, "What other option do I have?" You're either aging or you're dead.” UseKidsAgingBlockPhrasesRockers Author:Bret Michaels
“I felt like I didn't have [any] pizzazz, and a lot of girls say I'm out of this world, so I was like I guess I'm from Mars.” WorldGirlFeltThis WorldMarsPizzazz Author:Bruno Mars
“I watch the best. I'm a big fan of Elvis. I'm a big fan of 1950s Elvis when he would go on stage and scare people because he was a force and girls would go nuts! You can say the same thing for Prince or The Police. It's just guys who know that people are here to see a show, so I watch those guys and I love studying them because I'm a fan.” PeopleKnowsShowsBigsGuyGirlForceWatchesStudyFansStageGoes OnPoliceScareNuts Author:Bruno Mars
“Since the white man says he came from the evolution of animals, well, maybe the black man didn't. The white man has made so many errors in the handling of people that maybe he did come from a gorilla or a fish and crawl up on the sand and then into the trees. Of course, evolution doesn't take God into consideration. I don't think people learned to do all the things they do through evolution.” PeopleThinkingMenWellsMadeGodCoursesBlackWhiteAnimalTreeEvolutionErrorsFishesSandConsiderationWhite ManGorillas Author:Charles Mingus
“Our nights didn't begin until after noon. Because in the old days, you'd start Birdland at 8:30 or 9 pm and play until 4 in the morning. Then you'd go out to the corner and talk to a couple of musicians - I used to talk to Oscar Pettiford a whole lot - you'd stand there till 7, 8 or 9, or else go down to the jam session at Minton's.” PlayWholeUsedNightMorningCoupleMusicianCornersOscarsSessionJamOld DaysNoonPms Author:Charles Mingus
“Whatever coast he's on, a man should be himself. I don't write in any particular idiom, I write Charles Mingus.” MenShouldWritingStyleParticularCoastIdiom Author:Charles Mingus
“I always thought that no matter what kind of work people did, they should involve themselves totally with all the discrimination they ran into.” PeopleShouldKindMatterNo Matter WhatDiscriminationRan Author:Charles Mingus
“I was always doing revolutionary things, things that would alert people, so they would stop being so subservient.” PeopleRevolutionarySubservient Author:Charles Mingus
“...after a certain quantity, photos apparently taken by chance, postcards chosen according to a passing mood, begin to trace an itinerary, to map the imaginary country that stretches out before us.” CountryCertainChanceTakenMoodPassingChosenPassingsMapsQuantityImaginaryPostcards Author:Chris Marker