“I don't think the Bonzo Dog could have evolved in America, nor could the old Nice: because of their musical discipline. This is one thing that British groups do have, a sort of discipline. Sometimes it can get a bit soulless, but on the whole I think it's preferable to the American alternative.” ThinkingSometimesWholeAmericaBitsNiceOne ThingGroupsDogDisciplineMusicalBritishAlternativesSoulless Author:Jon Lord
“You get tough when you grow up unloved. People described me as a boyish girl - rather shy, but I didn't show it. I had an attitude. I was rather wild. I lied a lot because I knew the alternative was to be punished. As I got older I realised I didn't have to lie any more and it was a nice feeling. I could be myself.” PeopleShowsFeelingsLyingGirlGrowsAttitudeGrowing UpNiceToughAlternativesShyLiedRealisedUnlovedBoyishNice Feeling Author:Maj Sjowall
“I don't kind of want to be known as a one-trick pony who just does the adult-alternative song once a year that makes it onto the radio and people sort of think it's nice.” PeopleThinkingWantYearsKindDoeSongKnownNiceAdultsRadioTricksAlternativesPonies Author:Ed Sheeran
“The only alternative to sleeping out, hopping freights, and doing what I wanted, I saw in a vision would be to just sit with a hundred other patients in front of a nice television set in a madhouse, where we could be "supervised."” Would BeWantedSleepVisionSawsNiceFrontsTelevisionHundredPatientAlternativesMadhousesHopping Book:The Dharma Bums Source: The Dharma Bums
“I was raised a nice Jewish boy in a Conservative household. Went to Camp Ramah. It's funny actually. I think I enacted my queerness there unconsciously. I was kind of one of the weirdos. I was on staff and definitely interested in alternatives to what that social structure was supposed to be.” ThinkingKindSocialBoysNiceStructureRaisedConservativeAlternativesSupposed To BeCampsHouseholdStaffWeirdoSocial Structure Author:Jay Michaelson