“If a band isn't coming up with two to four of those when they pick up their instruments, then they have problems - even if none of them turn into a song. If that's not happening in a band, it's time for therapy or breaking up.” IfsTwoProblemSongTurnsFourBandHappeningsPicksInstrumentsTherapy Author:Travis Morrison
“It's the balance between wanting the power of electronics and having something real happening - if you want people to engage in what you're doing, I think that's important. I want to have fun with people, but that's hard to do with a laptop.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantImportantRealHardFunBalanceHappeningsHaving FunLaptopsElectronicsSomething Real Author:Anna Meredith
“You always wrestle with depression, you always wrestle with those things, because the events and the experiences are still there, and the things that take place are still happening.” StillsEventsHappenings Author:Lupe Fiasco
“I don't feel bound by the ebbs and flows of musical trends, or what's happening with new music in general.” FeelsHappeningsFlowBoundsMusicalTrendsNew MusicEbb And Flow Author:Kevin Shields
“When I hear the same formula being used over and over, I get bored. Just as huge pop artists have taken inspiration from things that are happening at the moment, I do the same with my music.” MomentsInspirationUsedArtistTakenHugeHappeningsPopsBoredFormulasPop Art Author:Katy B
“I believe that the American people ought to be part of the conversation about what's happening in our economy, and what's happening in Washington and what's happening on Wall Street.” PeopleBelieveI BelieveEconomyStreetsWallOughtConversationHappenings Author:Alison Stewart
“The main one is that these apparel jobs are a very important means for young women in these countries to gain autonomy. The other big lesson is that it can't be just about activism. This is most clear to me in the case of China, where we do not have freedom of the press. If the press is free and can report on what's happening, then change happens.” IfsMeanImportantCountryBigsHappensJobsYoungCasesClearLessonsHappeningsGainsPressesChinaActivismReportsYoung WomenAutonomyFreedom Of The PressApparel Author:Pietra Rivoli
“I would prefer that in the Republican party, we not engage in trying to destroy each other, because all that does is hand the election over to the Democrats. I don't know why there is this penchant for snatching defeat out of the jaws of victory, they'll find some way to destroy themselves. And it is just maddening to see it happening.” KnowsWayTryingDoeHandsPartyVictoryRepublicanHappeningsElectionDemocratDefeatRepublican Party Author:Benjamin Carson
“Once the world sees this Synagogue of Satan as it really is and knows the players, they fear what will happen to them. The world will turn against them and that is happening now as we speak.” KnowsWorldHappensTurnsSpeakPlayerHappeningsSatanSynagogue Author:Louis Farrakhan
“As long as there are a few people there, I can lose myself, which is the ultimate goal. And that's happening more and more; the non-musical world is becoming less and less interesting to me.” PeopleWorldLongI CanGoalLosesInterestingBecomingHappeningsUltimateMusicalUltimate Goal Author:Cass McCombs
“The corporate system is fully psychopathic, and any creative people who enter into business with any of these organizations come up against a lifetime of issues. You just deal with it as you go along. It'll keep on happening until people reorganize the organizations.” PeopleDealsCreativeIssuesHappeningsOrganizationLifetimeCome UpCorporateCreative PeoplePsychopathic Author:Kevin Shields
“I don't know that it makes any difference whether it's at this time or a hundred years before or a hundred years later. I think always it's a matter of simply listen[ing] to what is going on around you and in your own experience. Try to understand what's happening, or if not to understand it, at least to appreciate the reality of it.” IfsThinkingKnowsTryingYearsMatterRealityDifferencesHappeningsHundredAppreciate Author:Frederick Buechner
“When I started singing about my life and what I was going through, I felt more confident. It was my own life, I was being myself, I was telling people what was happening.” PeopleFeltMy OwnSingingHappeningsMy Own LifeBeing Myself Author:Benjamin Clementine
“What happens in our consciousness and minds and bodies is also happening on earth. The more we pollute the earth, for example, the sicker we are.” MindBodyHappensEarthConsciousnessExampleHappeningsMind And Body Author:Eyvind Kang
“When I pull out vinyl - which isn't that often anymore - it's undeniable that I get a different feeling. There's a different physiology happening between the sound waves and the body that doesn't happen with music playing off the computer.” DifferentFeelingsBodyHappensSoundComputerHappeningsWaveVinylPhysiologyDifferent FeelingsSound Waves Author:Beck
“The Internet really does create this dimension around the music that's always in relation to what else is happening at the moment. But all you can do is ignore the annoying hum of the machine and focus on making art that makes you excited to be alive.” DoeArtMomentsCan DoFocusAliveInternetHappeningsMachinesRelationExcitedDimensionsAnnoying Author:Alan Palomo
“Computers don't seem real to me because there's a sheet of glass between you and whatever is happening.” RealSeemsComputerHappeningsGlassesSheets Author:Stanley Donwood
“I know that I reached a point where I wasn't going to let the nonsense happening before me slide anymore.” KnowsHappeningsNonsenseSlides Author:Ariana Madix
“The best way to get Americans to focus on what's happening in Afghanistan is by using the example of their own.” WayFocusExampleHappeningsBest WayAfghanistan Author:Tim Hetherington
“So when we're told to "move on" or "let go," we should take a look at who is saying it and why, and when we see repetition happening it's worth trying to understand it before attempting to shut it down.” ShouldTryingLooksMovingLetting GoHappeningsRepetitionAttempting Author:Laura Mullen
“I do try to pay attention to new bands and what's happening within the scene. I try to make sure I give everything a listen - even if I loathe it.” IfsGivingTryingPayAttentionSceneBandHappeningsPay AttentionLoathe Author:Mat McNerney
“What's happening is that Asian and Latino and other groups without that history are more likely to end up in either black churches or white churches and then make them multiracial churches. I talk about that in the US we have two cultures.” TwoEndsCultureBlackChurchWhiteGroupsHappeningsAsianLatinoMultiracialBlack ChurchTwo Cultures Author:Michael Emerson
“I mean, so if I've talked to whites in City of Refuge, sometimes they'll wonder, "Why do we do things a certain way, and why do we make a big deal out of events?" And what's happening is they're falling back on their understanding of the way that church should work. It's not always working exactly like that, and they feel frustration or confusion. Sometimes people leave. That's certainly common in mixed churches.” PeopleIfsWayFeelsShouldMeanSometimesBigsCertainFallUnderstandingChurchDealsCommonCitiesWonderEventsHappeningsConfusionFrustrationWorking ItRefugeBig DealAlways Working Author:Michael Emerson
“The earlier stuff is more like "this is happening to me," but now there are more songs that are accusatory or something, or more declaratory. I don't know where that voice comes from, like, "I've been down the road, we've been there and done that." That's sort of like a tougher style, or a less vulnerable style.” KnowsDoneSongStuffVoiceStyleHappeningsVulnerableDown The Road Author:Stephen Malkmus
“I hated it so much as a child. I just didn't like it when punk bands went metal, it really bothered me. It was happening left and right in the 1980s. It started I think with D.C. bands - G.I., Soul Side, they went metal. Right at that time, R.E.M. was coming out, these more kinda feminine bands, and I was more drawn to that than to go metal. And you remember MTV, with the bad metal. But even Metallica, it just wasn't my direction.” ThinkingChildrenSoulRememberLeftSidesBandHappeningsHatedFeminineComing OutMetalsPunkBotheredMtvMetallicaLeft And Right Author:Stephen Malkmus
“We're repeating the same things all the time; there aren't many new things happening in this life.” HappeningsThings HappenThis LifeNew Things Author:Rokia Traore
“For me, each time I'm on stage, each time I'm working on a new album, it's like a dream. I can't believe it's happening.” BelieveI CanDreamStageHappeningsAlbums Author:Rokia Traore
“I always felt strongly connected to the region where I was born. But after leaving school, the only clear thought I had about my life was to leave this provincial area and go to places where real life was happening.” RealSchoolFeltBornClearHappeningsAreasLeavingConnectedReal LifeRegionsLeaving School Author:Volker Bertelmann
“I'll never understand the art world. But I kind of feel like there's been some art world/black metal crossovers happening for a while.” WorldFeelsKindArtBlackHappeningsMetalsArt WorldCrossoverBlack Metal Author:Mick Barr
“I have to pinch myself sometimes. It's unbelievable, but it's not. Because I know that this would not be happening if it hadn't been for Dr. Martin Luther King.” IfsKnowsSometimesKingsHappeningsDrsUnbelievableLutherDr Martin Luther King Author:Mavis Staples
“There's still injustice happening in my world. I sing my songs at concerts and I'm so grateful that the people are ready to hear them.” PeopleWorldStillsSongReadyHappeningsGratefulInjusticeConcertsSo Grateful Author:Mavis Staples
“I was down after divorce - I was all the way down. And I just felt like, "God, I gotta turn this around. I can't go down like this. I have to know that this is happening for a reason." And I knew that I had to turn to music.” KnowsWayI CanReasonTurnsFeltHappeningsDown AndDivorceAfter DivorceHappening For A Reason Author:Gwen Stefani
“So when Community came up and then the movie roles started happening I was very grateful. I am trying to be careful with the movie roles I select because if you pull the trigger too quickly, like choosing a lead role in a crappy movie then you will be put in movie jail and you will never be heard from again. If it's not a big hit you'll be forgotten pretty fast.” IfsTryingBigsCommunityRolesHeardHappeningsGratefulForgottenCarefulJailBe CarefulTriggersSelect Author:Joel McHale
“I'd have to think about it, but I was listening to this Johnny Cash song today that Tom Waits wrote for him - I think that's the story. For some reason it's a thing that sticks in my brain. He's describing this scene where he sees all these almost biblical images happening kind of in this burrow where this biblical train runs through this yard.” ThinkingKindReasonStoriesRunningTodaySongWaitingBrainListeningSceneHappeningsTrainSticksCashTomsBiblicalYardsDescribing Author:Justin Vernon
“Also one of my heroes is Syd Mead, who designed the vehicles for the first Tron. So, there are so many beautiful things happening here. And working with Joe was great. He's an architect, so I worked with other directors in between who were just about the action.” FirstsActionBeautifulHeroDirectorsHappeningsThings HappenArchitectVehicleBeautiful ThingsMy HeroMead Author:Daniel Simon
“It was cool to feel this global electronic thing happening. But it just got to be too much at a certain point.” FeelsCertainToo MuchHappeningsThings Happen Author:Casey Spooner
“I wouldn't say music is my passion, or my calling, or anything like that. I mean, I don't really believe in that kind of stuff. Life is a series of chance happenings, so I just fell into it.” BelieveKindMeanLife IsPassionStuffChanceCallingMusic IsHappeningsSeriesMy PassionMusic Is My Passion Author:Zachary Cole Smith
“I have a lot of wonderful things happening in my life.” WonderfulHappeningsThings HappenWonderful ThingsWonderful Things Happening Author:Aras Baskauskas
“Building the scene, going out and doing shows and connecting with the fans, cultivating the fanbase in all these cities. I'm very glad that it's happening.” ShowsCitiesFansBuildingSceneHappeningsGladGoing OutConnectingCultivating Author:A-Trak
“I was struggling against corruption and the only thing... my only weapon was to put the truth in the medias and of course it made me win lots of enemies that didn't want me to just denounce what was happening.” WantMadeCoursesWinningEnemyStruggleWeaponsHappeningsCorruptionWant Me Author:Ingrid Betancourt
“If my goal is to change Colombia, which it is because I really think Columbia has to change in many, many ways - I think it has to be a very profound, nearly spiritual maturing process in the Colombian society because I think you have to first be aware of what's happening and it's not easy because many people don't want to see what's happening.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayWantFirstsSpiritualEasyProcessGoalHappeningsProfoundMatureColumbiaColombia Author:Ingrid Betancourt
“There are some people who believe that dreams really are just kind of a throwaway thing. They are just a way of your brain processing what's happening during the day, but there's really no meaning to them; a lot of imagery of just flashes of what happened.” PeopleWayBelieveKindDreamBrainHappenedHappeningsFlashImageryProcessing Author:Shelby Harris
“We think is happening in the brain, the way I like to think about it is, it's almost like, you're brain is going through all these stages of sleep and it's developing in children so fast that it's almost like you're shifting gears in a car. And at some point, you actually stall out a little bit, and that's kind of what happens during a night terror.” ThinkingWayKindChildrenLittlesHappensNightBitsSleepBrainStageCarLike YouLittle BitHappeningsTerrorDevelopingShiftingGearsNight Terrors Author:Shelby Harris
“Now there's some night terrors that happen in adults. And if it starts as an adult and you've never had them before, then there might be other things that are happening; it might be anxiety, depression, stress. And that's when you might have more of a thorough psychological evaluation.” IfsMightHappensNightAnxietyHappeningsAdultsStressTerrorPsychologicalThoroughEvaluationNight TerrorsAnxiety Depression Author:Shelby Harris
“Emotion operates, very often when you think about how you react to the world, you know, something is happening to you, you're simply going along and you're being confronted by different things, not necessarily very important or significance for your ultimate life, but you are constantly reacting to the world.” ThinkingKnowsWorldImportantDifferentEmotionHappeningsUltimateDifferent ThingsSignificanceReacting Author:Antonio Damasio
“There are really exciting things happening in genetic and neurobiology right now, and really looking at the ways in which different not just illnesses, but social conditions and social pressures can actually lead to actual brain changes.” WayDifferentSocialBrainConditionsRight NowHappeningsExcitingPressureIllnessThings HappenExciting ThingsSocial ConditionsNeurobiologySocial Pressure Author:Jonathan Michel Metzl
“America is going to start happening outside of the parties.” AmericaPartyHappenings Author:Jeff Sharlet
“I do think that there is a real crisis of masculinity that's happening in America. I think the problem is - the way it's being framed is that there's a problem with masculinity because women are too powerful, or women are taking up too much space.” ThinkingWayRealProblemAmericaSpacePowerfulToo MuchHappeningsCrisisMasculinityFramed Author:Jessica Valenti
“If you take skinny jeans - skinny jeans didn't just happen in the US, they were happening in Japan, they were happening in the UK, they were happening everywhere. Some places a little faster than others. But, if we look at our best sellers in this store, they're the same best sellers that we have in the States.” IfsLooksLittlesStatesHappensHappeningsStoresFasterJapanJeansSkinnySellersBest SellersSkinny Jeans Author:Paul Weller
“Saying "yes" [to sexual activity] is a pretty low baseline for sexual experience and I wanted to write about what was happening to girls after "yes."” WritingWantedGirlActivityLowsHappeningsSaying Yes Author:Peggy Orenstein