“Okay, you can stay at home and Spotify, or YouTube, or you can get off your ass and come listen to what real musicians making real music sound like. And, hey, it doesn't have to be me, but if I'm in town, then yeah, you should definitely check me out.” IfsShouldRealHomeSoundMusicianOkayTownsYeahChecksAssHeyYoutubeStay At HomeReal MusicSpotify Author:Nicholas Payton
“I flew this past weekend. I went through airport security and said to the guy, 'Is everything okay?' He said, 'You might want to have that mole on your ass checked out.' That seems a little personal to me.” WantLittlesSaidSeemsMightPastGuySecurityOkayAssWeekendAirportsFlewMolesAirport Security Author:Jay Leno
“"Yeah, well, if you eat red meat, it stays in your colon for fifteen years!" Good! I paid for it; I want it in my ass, okay? I want them to find a meat sweater from my esophagus to my asshole when they open me up in the end! "This guy's covered in meat! He's Meat-Man! He's Meat-Tracheotomy-Man!"” IfsMenWantYearsWellsEndsHumorFunnyGuyRedOkayPaidYeahAssMeatCoveredFifteenThis GuySweatersFifteen YearsRed Meat Author:Denis Leary
“All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff...Basically what people want to hear is: I love you, you love me, the leaves turn brown, they fell off the trees, the wind is blowing, it got cold, you went away, my heart broke, you came back, and my heart was okay...Modern music is people who can't think signing artists who can't write songs to make records for people who can't hear. Most people wouldn't know good music if it came up and bit them on the ass...If lyrics make people do things, how come we don't love each other?” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantWritingHeartArtistSongTurnsStuffBitsRecordsWrittenTreeModernLove YouWindColdMy HeartMusic IsOkayAssBrokeBrownLove Each OtherSigningWigsHeart BrokeBlowing ItModern Music Author:Frank Zappa
“Get off your ass and do something. All you need is the right inspiration. Anger has fueled me my entire life. It makes me feel good and... I'm okay with that. My fear is that my anger will one day make me so damned successful that I'll actually be happy. And then I'll just stop.” NeedsFeelsInspirationSuccessfulOne DayOkayAssFeel Good Author:Christopher Titus
“Hard times are really a fire under your ass to prioritize and think, "Okay, how can I challenge myself to put something in the world that wasn't there that can reach other folks and help them to process?"” ThinkingWorldHardHelpingProcessChallengesFireOkayFolksAssHard TimesPrioritize Author:Morgan Parker
“Precocious and eccentric are okay. But I think that people in the arts represent something integral and kind of secretive in everybody else. So the reason people like some artists is because they're saying or doing something that they would like to do or say, but they don't have the balls or the means. People are really afraid to put their ass on the line. Just to put your face on a poster and put your name in big print and say "Come see me," that takes some cojones, you know? Ambition is nothing to be ashamed of.” PeopleThinkingKindMeanArtReasonArtistAmbitionOkayAssAshamedPrintYour FacePostersMean PeopleSecretive Author:Nellie McKay
“Art movements are always linked to some kind of turmoil. We can look at history and see that [political turmoil is] fertile ground for art. I also think that it gives artists something, a way of kind of processing. My friends and I have all been super motivated to work and to do the work that we need to and want to and think should be in the world. Hard times are really a fire under your ass to prioritize and think, "Okay, how can I challenge myself to put something in the world that wasn't there that can reach other folks and help them to process"?” ThinkingWorldGivingKindArtHelpingPoliticalArtistChallengesOkayAssHard TimesMotivatedPrioritize Author:Morgan Parker
“I would never do crack... I would never do a drug named after a part of my own ass, okay?” HumorFunnyMy OwnDrugOkayAlcoholAssCracks Author:Denis Leary