J.B. Phillips Quotes
When I moved to New York in my 20s, I didn't have an obnoxious ego, but it was huge! I'll thought, "I'll never die and I can do anything."
The hard part was when I went into the studio with co-producer Eric Broucek, and he started slashing my demos. I always sweat that.
Negative feelings can either lead to sinking into oneself and disappearing, or they can make you angry and want to prove that you're worthy to be in the conversation.
Certain people have the eye of the tiger, and I never was myself that kind of person, although I'm not a slacker.
I just love music, so that's what I'm always working on, and I try to say yes a lot. Maybe I'm more ambitious than I thought I was.
It was definitely in my mind to do a solo album, but I didn't know it would take this long.
I tend to work on a song, generate ideas, and re-arrange it like five times, and I'm glad I take the time to do that, because I think my original songs come out better.
Because you remember Meredith was walking along the highway there and somebody shot him.
Some teachers had been trained to work out at Southern because I carried two out there. I carried a lady down here from Palmer's Crossing, used to play piano, and Billy Carter.
It is not enough to have the courage of your convictions, you must also have the courage to have your convictions challenged.
Nothing is more gratifying as a Christian believer than being able to thread my faith and love for Jesus into my music.
A psychic once read my palm and told me I was my mother's mother in a past life. Isn't that weird?
Fear was a thing I understood all too well. It was a malignancy that had spread throughout my body until my mother, in her godly wisdom, had diagnosed and cauterized it.
Satan is not going to leave. The only way to get him out is to invite God in, and God is not welcome in my mother's house.
People are much more likely to trust a leader if they know he is compassionate and forgiving of mistakes.
If subordinates, or people in general, know that they genuinely have easy access to their leader, they'll tend to view the leader in a more positive, trustworthy light.
The Bible calls debt a curse and children a blessing. But in our culture we apply for a curse and reject blessings. Something is wrong with this picture.
The caliber of actors I'm getting to work with and learn from on a daily basis is phenomenal for me as a developing actor.
My character on 'The Good Wife' is a smaller character, and his story arcs are typically season-long, unless it's a big episode for him. His transitions take place over many, many hours.
Sometimes you have to do a role that might not be the most interesting, but it will set you up for doing roles that you want to do.
I don't know where my career is going to lead me. I would like my career to be as diverse as possible. I've done theater and I've done music, and I would love to keep that in my life.
I really respect people who, while they only do films, they have a wide repertoire and a wide thematic array of films they do.
There's nothing more painful than something that's superficially upbeat but you can kind of tell behind it that there's a cynicism, or even a bitterness.
I think a lot of songwriters would agree that it's often easier to find inspiration in misery.
I've made a few albums in such an autonomous way; it often has been exhausting. It's almost difficult to enjoy the process when you take on so much.
Mel Alexenberg offers a scintillating experiment in creativity. His work is an invitation to deepen your spiritual sensibilities as you extend your imagination.
The writer's first affinity is not to a loyalty, a tradition, a morality, a religion, but to life itself, and to its representation in language.
As before, there is a great silence, with no end in sight. The writer surrenders, listening.
When the year turns, there are bells on the wind. All the old years fall on the ground in lights.
It takes time to really get to know someone. Take the time because in the early months of a relationship, both parties are in the "selling" phase.
