“I had some good teachers. One of the greatest teachers I've had is bluegrass music: going back and listening to Bill Monroe's music, the Stanley Brothers, Flatt & Scruggs. When I was with Ralph Stanley I learned a lot from him.” TeacherBrotherListeningBillsGood TeacherStanleyBluegrass Author:Ricky Skaggs
“Listening to liberals invoke the sanctity of "science" to promote their crackpot ideas creates the same uneasy feeling as listening to Bill Clinton cite Scripture.” IdeasFeelingsListeningBillsClintonScriptureSanctityUneasyInvokeCitingCrackpotsUneasy Feelings Book:Godless: The Church of Liberalism Source: Godless: The Church of Liberalism
“I grew up listening and looking up at these people and laughing at Carol Burnett and singing James Taylor songs. And same with Smokey Robinson. So they were such a huge influence as a child that to actually sit alongside them and perform on the same bill was an amazing experience for me.” PeopleChildrenSongLaughingInfluenceHugeListeningGrewGrew UpSingingBillsCarolsAmazing Experiences Author:MC Lyte
“I brought something back from those experiences [with drugs] which made me softer, open to other ideas. And I've learned from listening to other people talk about their experiences, from listening to Bill Hicks or reading Terrence McKenna or Aldous Huxley and Timothy Leary. But there's always some dumb cop out there who says "We don't need another legal drug and there's psychological addiction and blah blah blah."” PeopleNeedsMadeIdeasReadingListeningDrugBillsAddictionPsychologicalDumbI've LearnedCopBlahListening To OthersHuxleyHicks Author:Joe Rogan
“I really understood a lot more about comedy after listening to Bill Hicks, who died at 32 years old. He's probably the best comedian who ever lived. Although you can't say that because of Carlin, Cosby and Pryor.” YearsComedyListeningUnderstoodDiedBillsComedianHicks Author:Ron White
“Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.” WayLifeTryingSuccessChoicesParentBornRoomsEducationResponsibilityGenerationsListeningClothesRainBillsBoringForestsBoredClosetsCleaningParasitesBills To Pay Author:Bill Gates