“The worst part is that if you become part of a major - all these independent labels become farm teams for your corporate parent. Basically, you do all the work for years, blowing up an artist - you discover them, blow them up, you build their fan base. And then that artist is like, "Okay, now I'm here. Now I want more. I want to be bigger." And you're either going to be able to accommodate them, you're going to be able to figure out how to take that step with them, or you're going to lose them.” IfsWantYearsAbleArtistParentLosesStepsTeamFansWorstFiguresMajorsOkayBiggerIndependentBlowLabelsCorporateFarmsAccommodateBlowing Up Author:El-P
“Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you When you think everything's okay and everything's going right And life has a funny way of helping you out when You think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up In your face” ThinkingWayLifeWellsHelpingFacesGoneOkayBlowYour FaceSneaking Up Author:Alanis Morissette
“I've always been jealous of people who can tell stories really well in a room with a bunch of people. I've never been good at it because I'm not cocky enough to be like, "Okay, everyone, listen right now to this. I'm going to blow your minds with this joke."” PeopleMindWellsEnoughStoriesRoomsRight NowJokesOkayBlowBunchJealousCocky Author:Brendan Benson
“Blow jobs are okay, but kissing clients is still a taboo.” StillsJobsKissingOkayBlowClientsTabooBlow Job Author:Annie Sprinkle
“Sometimes I write a song and I'm down with it but I'm like yeah, whatever, and then everybody loves it and then it blows up. I'm like: "Okay! I didn't see that coming."” WritingSometimesSongOkayYeahBlow Author:Bonnie McKee
“I kind of look at what's on the T-shirts and I see another solution, which also worries me. I see "Just do it." "No fear." - this kind of suppressive response to the treacle that the culture tries to define for us as a meaningful life also blows up on you. "No fear" is not something that you should put on your shirt. How about "I can hold my fear and still connect with you"? Put that on your shirt. "It's okay to be me, with all of my history." Put that on your shirt.” TryingKindCultureWorrySolutionsOkayResponseBlowMeaningfulShirtsNo FearMeaningful LifeJust Do It Author:Steven C. Hayes
“It is okay to be a really good mom that loves her kids and also every month need a cool girls night out. It will make you a better mom to blow off steam.” KidsNightGirlMomOkayBlow Author:Kathryn Hahn
“Hey, have you heard that one about the difference between me, Wit, and my loutish cousin, Hilarity? No? Okay, so I walk into a bar, you see, very unassuming, and order a martini. Then the bartender, Hilarity, hauls off and squirts me in the face with a seltzer bottle, ruining my n ice new camel hair suit, dousing my monocle and my watch fob, soaking my cravat. So, do I let him have what for, and blow my top? I do not. I simply say: Sorry, I believe I said 'very dry'.” BelieveSaidFacesOrderI BelieveDifferencesWalksWatchesHeardHairOkaySorryBlowWitBarsSuitsIceHeyDryBottlesCousinCamelsHaulBartenderMartiniSoakingSaying SorryUnassumingHilarityMonocles Author:Chip Kidd
“Vishous: "...we both would slaughter anything that so much as startled you." Jane: "I'm scared of mice and spiders. But you don't need to use that gun on your hip to blow a hole in a wall if I ran into one, okay? Havaheart traps and rolled newspapers work just as well. Plus, you don't need a Sheetrock patch and plaster job afterward. I'm just saying.” IfsNeedsWellsUseJobsWallGunOkayScaredBlowNewspapersHolesHipsRanPlusTrapsMiceSpidersJanePatchesSlaughterJust SayingVishousPlasters Author:J.R. Ward
“Frank stared at him. "Unfair? You can breathe underwater and blow up glaciers and summon freaking hurricanes-and it's unfair that I can be an elephant?" Percy considered. "Okay. I guess you got a point. But the next time I say you're totally beast-" "Just shut up," Frank said. "Please." Percy cracked a smile.” SaidI CanNextPleaseOkayBlowBreatheBeastFrankUnfairShut UpNext TimeElephantsHurricanesCrackedUnderwaterGlaciers Author:Rick Riordan
“I'm a grenade and at some point I'm going to blow up and I would like to minimize the casualties, okay?” RealOkayFaultsBlowCasualtiesGrenadeFault In Our Stars Book:The Fault in Our Stars Source: The Fault in Our Stars