“one reason we haven't any national art is because we have too much magnificence. All our capacity for admiration is used up on the splendor of palace-like railway stations and hotels. Our national tympanum is so deafened by that blare of sumptuousness that we have no ears for the still, small voice of beauty.” ArtStillsReasonUsedVoiceBeautyUnited StatesToo MuchHavensArt IsCapacityEarsHotelStationsAdmirationPalacesSplendorRailwayMagnificenceSmall VoiceRailway Station Book:The Bent Twig Source: The Bent Twig
“I am fairly embraced by the Hollywood community, and I love making movies and I love acting, but I'm not real crazy about the Hollywood system. So the fact that they embrace me is a shock to me because I tell them to kiss my ass all the time. I don't understand why they haven't thrown me out on my ear. The other thing is I don't participate much. I have very few friends within the movie community. I hang out with some guys I've known forever. They're all broke and eat me out of house and home. But I stay home mostly and I don't go to the parties. Maybe that preserves me.” RealFactsHomeGuyHouseCommunityPartyActingKnownForeverCrazyHavensKissingHollywoodEarsEmbraceAssBrokePreservesShockThrownHanging OutLove MakingFew FriendsHouse And HomeKiss My Ass Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“There's this bubblegum pop thing which is prevalent now that we haven't had before. People's ears are slightly de-tuned; they've been exposed to this weird synthetic, implausibly upbeat, Mickey Mouse stuff which I think is just weird; it's not really a human sound.” PeopleThinkingHumansStuffSoundHavensEarsPopsExposedMiceMickeySyntheticUpbeat Author:Teddy Thompson
“I believe I inherited my sense of music from my father. My father was an ear piano player; he could just hear something and play it.” BelievePlayFatherI BelievePlayerHavensEarsPiano Author:Richie Havens
“Out in the field, you haven't got anyone whispering into your ear saying all sorts of things, you've got to do it yourself.” HavensFieldsEarsWhisperingDo It Yourself Author:Richie Benaud
“I just keep my ear to the street. I haven't read any music books recently, because I figure I read everything I need to know back when I was 12, 13 years old. I know pretty much everything about record publishing, radio stations. The only thing that's changed is you gotta keep up with social media. It's free promotion.” KnowsNeedsYearsBookSocialRecordsStreetsMediaHavensFiguresChangedEarsRadioSocial MediaStationsPublishingPromotionBack WhenRadio Stations Author:Juicy J