“Melody is the first thing that comes to me when I'm songwriting. I learned piano classically first, and then I went into soul, and so melody has always been the first. It's so important.” FirstsImportantSoulPianoMelodySongwriting Author:Emeli Sande
“Ninety-eight percent of all the soy that's raised goes to livestock. So people make fun of vegetarians for being tofu eaters, but no one eats tofu like steak eaters, by a long shot. It's also funny that tofu is held up as what a vegetarian eats. I mean maybe I eat tofu once a month, but other than that, never. All of it, statistically speaking, is going to livestock.” PeopleMeanLongFunMonthsPercentShotsRaisedEightVegetarianNinetySteakLivestockTofuSoyLong ShotsNinety Eight Author:Jonathan Safran Foer
“High-end boutiques aren't putting small staple stores out of business. What's putting small staple stores out of business is formula retail.” EndsStoresFormulasRetailStaples Author:Chicken John
“I do not agree that NIMBYism is wrong morally. I believe that NIMBYism is wrong ethically. It's a personal choice.” BelieveChoicesI BelieveAgreePersonal Choice Author:Chicken John
“The word vegetarian, I think, does a disservice because there are a lot of people who care but maybe don't care, or can't care in an ultimate way. If you think about environmentalism, nobody would ask, "Are you an environmentalist or not?" The question doesn't make any sense.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayDoeCareAsksUltimateDon't CareVegetarianWho CaresEnvironmentalismEnvironmentalistDisservice Author:Jonathan Safran Foer
“If people thought about food more like how we think about the environment, a lot of people would be eating differently and the whole system would look a lot different.” PeopleIfsThinkingLooksDifferentWholeWould BeEnvironmentEating Author:Jonathan Safran Foer
“I respect your right to worship Satan, or to worship a tea kettle, or to be a NIMBY, or to be an asshole. There's no law against being an asshole.” LawWorshipTeaSatanKettles Author:Chicken John
“I think that chain stores in general are really super depressing and I think it really sucks the life out of a city such as San Francisco.” ThinkingCitiesStoresChainsDepressingSan Francisco Author:Chicken John
“If San Francisco is indeed a city of leaders, then I think we should lead, and if we don't want a chain store, then we should say so loudly.” IfsThinkingWantShouldCitiesLeaderStoresChainsSan Francisco Author:Chicken John
“You eat the burger but you don't want the slaughterhouse next door to where you live.” WantNextDoorsBurgersWhere You LiveSlaughterhouses Author:Chicken John