“I used to refer to my drug use as putting the monster in the box. I wanted to be less, so I took more - simple as that. Anyway, I eventually decided that the reason Dr. Stone had told me I was hypomanic was that he wanted to put me on medication instead of actually treating me. So I did the only rational thing I could do in the face of such as insult - I stopped talking to Stone, flew back to New York, and married Paul Simon a week later.” ReasonUseWantedFacesUsedSimpleTalkingWeekNew YorkDrugMarriedStonesDecidedAddictionBoxesMonstersRationalInsultDrsFlewMedicationDrug Use Book:Wishful Drinking Source: Wishful Drinking
“The ethical debates are like stones in a stream. The water runs around them. You haven't seen any biological technologies held up for one week by any of these debates.” RunningWaterTechnologyWeekHavensStonesDebateStreamsEthical Author:Ray Kurzweil
“The Rolling Stones reunited for a twenty-fifth anniversary tour last week. Keith Richards said that he's happy to continue to do what he's been doing for the past twenty-five years: cheating death.” YearsSaidLastsPastDeathFiveWeekStonesTwentiesFive YearsCheatingRollingFifthTwenty FiveRolling StonesKeithReunitedFifth Anniversary Author:Norm MacDonald
“The Yardbirds came in to the Crawdaddy Club a week after the Stones finished their Sunday night residency. They had done it for almost a year, I think, and then we did it for a year. It was better when they were playing there because when they went they took half the crowd with them and it took us quite a while to build up our own following.” ThinkingYearsDoneNightHalfWeekStonesCrowdsFollowingClubsFinishedSundaySunday NightResidency Author:Eric Clapton
“There was a TV show called Thank Your Lucky Stars, with the catchphrase "I'll give it five!" The Beatles and Stones were so popular when they were on it. One week The Beatles were number one and then the Stones were right on their heels.” GivingShowsStarsNumbersFiveWeekTvsLuckyStonesHeelsTv ShowsLucky Star Author:Gordon Lightfoot
“I would make a comic for Rolling Stone every two weeks, because they're biweekly. And then I would make weekly comics for my weekly papers. It was on two parallel tracks. And then they all got collected in a book.” TwoBookWeekPaperStonesTrackComicRollingPapersParallelsTwo WeeksRolling Stones Author:David Rees
“Boxing is a stepping stone just to introduce me to the audience. If I was still in Louisville, Kentucky and never was a boxer I still might get killed next week in some kind of freedom struggle and you'd ever hear the news.” IfsKindStillsMightNextAudienceStruggleWeekNewsStonesBoxingIntroducingBoxersNext WeekStepping StonesKentuckyLouisville Author:Muhammad Ali
“I wondered how I was going to do it and keep my job at Rolling Stone at the same time. They were very nice, and they let me disappear for two days a week for a couple of hours. That's how long shooting was.” LongTwoJobsHoursNiceWeekCoupleStonesLet MeDisappearShootingRollingVery NiceTwo DaysRolling Stones Author:Jancee Dunn
“[Tim White] always spoke about his work in terms of forensics, as if he was investigating a crime scene. While we were there, they found the fossilized excrement of a lion that had turned into stone, and we would immediately start to concoct stories. Was it a lion that killed the early human? Of course, the lion could've been there three weeks later, or maybe 20,000 years earlier.” IfsYearsHumansStoriesThreeCoursesFoundTermWhiteWeekCrimeSceneStonesSpokesLionsInvestigatingForensics Author:Werner Herzog
“Bob Dylan was really mad with my wife. I had asked by Rolling Stone - the only assignment I ever had for them - to do a story on the Rolling Thunder Review, which was Bob Dylan, Alan Ginsberg, Joan Baez and a host of stars. My wife, some weeks before, had written in The New York Times that The Kid wasn't The Kid anymore and he wasn't all that winning anymore.” StoriesKidsWinningStarsWifeWrittenWeekNew YorkStonesMadMy WifeReviewsHostBobRollingThunderDylanNew York TimesAssignmentsRolling StonesGinsberg Author:Nat Hentoff
“I'm definitely not a laptop/midi/abelton guy. But there is a lot of music I like. I really like Bach organ music. I really like Chopin piano music. I really like Wendy Carlo's electronic music. I really like Miles Davis and John Mclaughlin jazz style. So I'm not only an old-school rocker, but I have to admit that I'm going to be listening to The Doors, Rolling Stones, Iggy Pop, David Bowie and Bob Dylan many times a week.” SchoolGuyDoorsWeekStyleListeningStonesJazzPopsMilesPianoBobOrgansRollingDylanRolling StonesOld SchoolLaptopsElectronic MusicBowieRockersWendyPiano MusicMidi Author:Gordon Raphael
“In the first weeks of the Obama administration, 'bipartisanship' was the reigning buzzword, and when the Beltway thinks 'bipartisan,' it pictures President Reagan and Democratic Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill putting aside their differences and forging a legislative partnership, a ruddy pair of genial patriarchs bonding over the Blarney Stone.” ThinkingFirstsHousePresidentDifferencesWeekStonesDemocraticAdministrationPairsSpeakersPartnershipBondingBipartisanForgingPresident ReaganBipartisanshipBlarney Author:James Wolcott
“As the days piled up into weeks, and the weeks turned into months, and fall slid into winter, I realized one of the great truths about tragedy: You can dream of disappearing. You can wish for oblivion, for endless sleep or the escape of fiction, of walking into a river with your pockets full of stones, of letting the dark water close over your head. But if you've got kids, the web of the world holds you close and wraps you tight and keeps you from falling no matter how badly you think you want to fall.” IfsThinkingWorldWantMatterDreamKidsFallWishWaterDarkSleepFictionWeekMonthsWalkingRiversStonesTragedyWinterDisappearI RealizedEndlessPocketsOblivionWrapsDark Water Book:Certain Girls: A Novel Source: Certain Girls: A Novel
“You'll come to my grave? To tell me your problems?" My problems? "Yes.' And you'll give me answers? "I'll give you what I can. Don't I always?" I picture his grave, on the hill, overlooking the pond, some little nine foot piece of earth where they will place him, cover him with dirt, put a stone on top. Maybe in a few weeks? Maybe in a few days? I see myself sitting there alone, arms across my knees, staring into space. It won't be the same, I say, not being able to hear you talk. "Ah, talk . . . " He closes his eyes and smiles. "Tell you what. After I'm dead, you talk. And I'll listen.” GivingLittlesI CanProblemEyeAbleEarthSpaceAnswersPiecesWeekFeetArmsSittingStonesGive MeGravesNineHillsStaringKneesHis EyesDirtPondsOverlookingStaring Into Space Author:Mitch Albom
“I’ve wrestled with alligators, I’ve tussled with a whale. I done handcuffed lightning And throw thunder in jail. You know I’m bad. just last week, I murdered a rock, Injured a stone, Hospitalized a brick. I’m so mean, I make medicine sick.” KnowsMeanDoneLastsWeekRocksGreatnessStonesSickMedicineJailLightningThunderBricksInjuredWhalesAlligators Author:Muhammad Ali