“My work is one of my passions, so I want to treat it with great importance, whatever the project or role.” Quote by Danielle Cormack
“When I play, I open up. I'm in the heat of the performance and it's a healing thing. It's great! It's like a spiritual elevation that occurs when you're playing and becoming one with the instrument or players on the stage. It takes on this incredible feeling of levitating and the molecules spin differently in the moment.” PlayMomentsFeelingsSpiritualHealingPlayerStageBecomingPerformancesInstrumentsIncrediblesHeatMoleculesElevationBecoming One Author:Matt Nathanson
“I think I feel vulnerable most of the time. I feel on guard. I've gotten pretty good at putting my fists down and kind of allowing the world to be, so that I don't feel threatened as much.” ThinkingWorldFeelsKindDown AndVulnerableAllowingThreatenedFists Author:Matt Nathanson
“I like interacting with human beings, so being on stage feels like a larger version of that - kind of like throwing a party. It's like knocking into the human collision of everyday life and it just so happens to break down the wall between the audience and me and helps the songs communicate better.” FeelsHumansKindHelpingHappensSongHuman BeingsPartyBreakAudienceStageWallEverydayCommunicateVersionsThrowingEveryday LifeBreaking DownKnockingInteractingCollision Author:Matt Nathanson
“I believe the medium of film is one of the most powerful tools in the modern era to create positive social change. It has the ability to put big, complex, and controversial subjects across in an easy-to-understand and digestible form. It has the power to change someone's perspective on the world in a very short space of time - film has the power to change the world itself.” WorldBelieveBigsFilmFormI BelieveSocialEasyAbilitySpacePowerfulModernSubjectsPerspectiveToolsComplexesMediumsErasChanging The WorldMost PowerfulSocial ChangeControversialPower To ChangeModern EraPower To Change The World Author:Sam Branson
“Whether through TV, film, online, app, or web, we will find ways to tell our stories with authenticity, and engage with our viewers beyond traditional means.” WayMeanStoriesFilmTvsAuthenticityTraditionalOnlineViewersApps Author:Sam Branson
“Research states that we have a two-week window to act after being inspired by an experience, before the brain is compelled to move on. I have always thought that while some documentaries I have seen have educated me, they have failed to engage and drive me to act in support of the message.” TwoStatesMovingBrainSupportWeekMessagesResearchWindowInspiredEducatedDocumentariesCompelledTwo Weeks Author:Sam Branson
“Drugs are available to those who want them. And where are those profits going? Into organized crime, [to criminals] who spend their profits on the destruction of whole societies.” WantWholeCrimeDrugDestructionProfitAvailableCriminalsOrganizedOrganized Crime Author:Sam Branson
“If you have a drug problem, you should be sent to a doctor, not a jail cell.” IfsShouldProblemDrugDoctorsCellsJail Author:Sam Branson
“In 1970, there were approximately 330,000 prisoners in the US. Today there are 2.3 million behind bars - more than any country in the history of the world. In 2009 alone there were 1.6 million drug-related arrests in the U.S. 1.3 million of these were for possession of drugs alone. Over half were related to marijuana. The forty-year war on drugs has cost $2.5 trillion.” WorldYearsWarCountryTodayBehindsHalfMillionsCostDrugPossessionBarsRelatedFortyPrisonerMarijuanaWorld HistoryWar On Drugs Author:Sam Branson
“Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz.” LordMaterialismAmendsBenzMercedes Benz Author:Janis Joplin