“A significant event for me was learning Hank Williams, reconnecting with his music's simplicity, which inspired me to inhabit the same territory. It's different, because I grew up on Led Zeppelin, The Stooges and punk, so in that sense I'm mutating country and folk more than a few degrees.” DifferentCountryEventsGrewDegreesGrew UpInspiredSimplicityFolksSignificantTerritoryPunkZeppelinsStoogesReconnectingHank WilliamsSignificant Events Author:Stone Gossard
“From a long view of the history of mankind the most significant event of the nineteenth century will be judged as Maxwell's discovery of the laws of electrodynamics.” LongLawViewsMankindCenturyEventsDiscoverySignificantJudgedNineteenth CenturyInsignificanceMaxwellSignificant Events Book:The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. II: The New Millennium Edition: Mainly Electromagnetism and Matter Source: The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. II: The New Millennium Edition: Mainly Electromagnetism and Matter
“The most significant event of the 20th century will be the fact that the North Americans speak English.” FactsSpeakCenturyEventsSignificant20th CenturySpeak EnglishSignificant Events Author:Otto von Bismarck
“One of the most significant events in our distant past is still perhaps the greatest mystery: the origins of life itself.” StillsPastMysteryEventsSignificantOrigin Of LifeSignificant Events Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson