“I have hope in people, in individuals. Because you don't know what's going to rise from the ruins.” Quote by Joan Baez
“I don’t care about the rules. In fact, if I don’t break the rules at least ten times in every song, then I’m not doing my job properly. Emotion is much more important than making mistakes, so be prepared to look like a chump. If you become too guarded and too processed, the music loses its spontaneity and gut feeling” IfsLooksImportantFactsFeelingsCareJobsSongLosesEmotionMistakeBreakTenPreparedDon't CareI Don't CareGutsMaking MistakesBe PreparedSpontaneityGuardedGut FeelingsChumps Author:Jeff Beck
“I carry a knife now because I read in a white magazine that all black people carry knives. So I rushed out and bought me one.” PeopleBlackWhiteMagazinesKnivesBlack PeopleAll Black Author:Redd Foxx
“What's the difference between a pickpocket and a peeping tom? A pickpocket snatches watches.” DifferencesWatchesTomsPeeping Author:Redd Foxx
“The definition of indecent – when it’s in long, and it’s in hard, and it’s in deep – it’s in decent.” LongHardDefinitionsDecent Author:Redd Foxx
“I lead a normal life and I don't assume there is anything I can impart to people. The only reason to write a book would be to make money, and I don't want to do that. To write a book would be going against how I've lived.” PeopleWantWritingI CanBookReasonWould BeNormalAssumingMaking MoneyImpartNormal Life Author:Patrick Duffy
“I come from an alcoholic Irish background - I know where I was going! But I met my wife and started to practise Buddhism, which is a levelling experience for me, and there hasn't been a day I've missed in 40 years. I apply it to everything - to my work and relationships. I try to be a compassionate person.” KnowsTryingYearsPersonsWifeBuddhismMetsMy WifeBackgroundsCompassionateAlcoholicsPractise Author:Patrick Duffy
“Los Angeles is peopled by waiters and carpenters and drivers who are there to be actors.” ActorsLos AngelesDriversWaiterCarpenter Author:Patrick Duffy
“Dogs have always provided a special kind of love and companionship that I experience only some of the time with humans. They have a strong sense of character and live the way we ought to: dogs never compare you to your sister nor make judgments in her favor. Dogs never know what is coming and so live purely in the moment, savoring the good, doing their best to endure the bad--and they offer up this miraculous example so that we can learn from it.” KnowsWayHumansKindMomentsCharacterStrongSpecialDogExampleOughtOffersJudgmentEndureFavorsCompareCompanionshipMiraculousKinds Of LoveSavoring Author:Linda Gray
“Writing is magic because it harnesses the energy generated by the chaos within.” WritingEnergyMagicChaosHarness Author:Linda Gray
“After a brief period in which I had let many a Southern Californian convince me that it was all 'in my mind,' I am once again officially allergic to dogs.” MindDogPeriodsConvinceSouthernAllergicCalifornians Author:Josh Radnor
