A. W. Pink Quotes

I can turn heartbreak into songs that help other people

You hear people say it all the time, how life changes so drastically. But you can't possibly grasp how beautiful that is until you have your child.

I'm very involved with PETA - People for Ethical Treatment of Animals - and Greenpeace and a lot of women's shelter and clothing giveaways.

I always wanted to get into rock music so I could cover up my real personality, change my voice, and create a false self to hide behind.

I love everybody. You have to embrace all facets of humanity; love and accept everyone as being part of yourself.

Today it’s economically crucial and personally rewarding to create something that is also beautiful, whimsical, or emotionally engaging.

What do artists do? Artists give people something they didn't know they were missing: a dance, a piece of music, a painting, a piece of sculpture. Catering to that need is the best business strategy.

Carry a notebook and write down examples of good and poor design. After a week, you'll begin to realize that nearly everything is the product of a design decision.

It's nothing short of a whole new brain... animated by a different form of thinking and a new approach to life.

In the past thirty years we have learned more about the workings of the human brain than in all of previous history.

It's a question we all ask ourselves. What have we done lately? It rattles us each birthday.

Experimentalists never know when their work is finished.

Gotta get up and try.

The only problems I've ever had with being honest is telling people how I feel about them or saying how I feel about other people.

I tend to put my foot in my mouth. I'm not good at being diplomatic. I tend to piss people off.

I turned down Prince William's invitation for me to sing at his birthday bash because he was spearing animals in Africa and bringing publicity to it, and I thought that was pretty disgusting!

Cutting, and suicide, two very different symptoms of the same problem, are gaining on us. I personally don't know a single person who doesn't know at least two of these victims personally.

I was extreme... from skateboarder to hip-hopper to rave child to lead singer of a rock band - I did it all, and all at the same time.

I'm taking my rats. Those are my friends for the tour. Thelma and Louise. They're so cute.

Women have fought so long and hard for our rights and equality, and now all our attention is put on being a size 0.

My mom has always wished me a daughter just like me.

I think you learn more about yourself in the context of a relationship than you can outside of it.

I get to live down my reputation for being cantankerous if I slowly evolve towards being a really good live show.

Sin is more than an act or a series of acts; it is a man's make-up.

Christ is the Divine answer to the Devil's overthrow of our first parents.

Daily living by faith on Christ is what makes the difference between the sickly and the healthy Christian, between the defeated and the victorious saint.

Were born to be players, not pawns.

To sell well is to convince someone else to part with resources—not to deprive that person, but to leave him better off in the end.

The ultimate pitch for an era of short attention spans begins with a single word - and doesn't go any further.

The right brain is finally being taken seriously.

I tend to pull nuggets out of many books - rather than having a handful of books that serve as guiding lights.

People are always so surprised when they meet me. Firstly, that I'm 'so tiny', and secondly that I'm 'so sweet'. They seem surprised that they're not scared of me.

I'm about to make people forget about Madonna.

My mom took all of my behavior personally. Everything I did she thought it was an act of rebellion against her. But it was just me being me.

I'm not dissatisfied, just not satisfied in an ultimate sense.

I never see songs as permanent. I'm always in a state of revising everything.

My goal is to make something special and pure, and that keeps me going, keeps me busy on the path of sobriety.

I procrastinate, and I push writing to the last available moment, because I don't like to settle on anything. I guess you can call it indecision or you can call it holding out for inspiration.

I don't work under the illusion that I'm the next whatever. Every time a record comes out, if it gets a good review, I'm like, "Well, one more year, guys. We bought ourselves another year".

I envisioned all these people who had been admired for having been freaks in their own time, and I saw myself in line with them.

I still have a very nonintellectual, nonjudgmental relationship with melody and the music as I hear it all in my head.

I want art to make me think. In order to do that, it may piss me off, or make me uncomfortable. That promotes awareness and change, or at least some discussion.

I've learned I'm not lying by not saying anything, so I just don't say it anymore.

My fans mean more to me than they will ever know. I call these people my friends and my confidence and if they are here to see me and they are here to support me, then that's all I need in life.

Seems it's my destiny for love to cause me misery.

I'm never the kind of person who's sitting at home reading the charts and basing how I feel about myself or even my career on stats. I've always based it on, 'Am I doing the best that I can do?'

I know I should stop smoking, but it scares me. I mean, what would I turn to next?

A lot of people have problems with public confrontation, but it doesn't worry me at all. I can handle myself. I know my martial arts.

My mum and I have an incredible friendship now after a mixture of pain, honesty, unconditional love and a long break from each other

The monkeys solved the puzzle simply because they found it gratifying to solve puzzles. They enjoyed it. The joy of the task was its own reward.