C.L. Brown Quotes

You can tell all our songs come from us and from our artists, the people we write with and travel with.

In every day, there are 1, 440 minutes. That means we have 1, 440 daily opportunities to make a positive impact.

There are positive things that come of social media as well as negative.

The first time I went on a serious run was when I was 21 years old at Stanford University. From 21 to 30, I continued the tradition and ran 10 miles every year on my birthday.

As anyone who has recently seen PG-13 movies knows, the level of violence in them has increased to the point of making the Motion Picture Association of America's voluntary rating system meaningless.

I believe that our vote is both a public duty and a sacred trust.

I'm quite sarcastic, and I'm funny, but not kind of funny. It's a weird funny, and some people don't get me, and some people do.

Cleanliness is the scourge of art.

Economics has become as riveting as politics.

The only politics in this country that's relevant to black people today is the politics of revolution... none other.

I always thought it was sad that you couldn't get anything really good to eat at concerts, so we sit down with our fans before every show and eat a gourmet meal that we made for them.

It does make me sad that there's a lot of great songs out there, and they're not going to see the light of day because they're competing with these tailgate songs.

The Internet is so big, so powerful and pointless that for some people it is a complete substitute for life.

Give Obama a script he has made his own, and he is the motivational speaker to end all speakers. Tony Robbins cloned with Honest Abe.

The Ohio Legislature's passed a law to allow concealed weapons in day care centers, but interesting: this same Legislature, in its wisdom, doesn't allow concealed weapons in the statehouse.

Life is about choices. Some we regret, some were proud of. Some will haunt us forever. 'Black Rain' was very much about choices. The message - we are what we chose to be.

We all have our down days, but it's not hard to smile and say, 'Thank you.'

Obama's stern demeanor punctuated by intermittent flashes of his wide, relaxing smile is his greatest weapon in defusing pent-up angst.

You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present circumstances unless you change.

We are living in very challenging times. Pressured in the workplace and stressed out at home, people are trying to make sense of their lives.

Writing music and lyrics, you tend to become a control freak - sitting alone in your room with a bare light bulb over your head, writing communist manifestos.