J.D. Young Quotes

I never write. Never! I do not even remember if I can write.

No amount of smiling at a flight of stairs has ever made it turn into a ramp.

I have a lot of doubters. I use that as motivation.

Grace doesn't depend on suffering to exist, but where there is suffering you will find grace in many facets and colors.

Reality is a lovely place, but I wouldn't want to live there.

I'm always in range of a microphone. I even have a studio at home.

The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.

He who takes offense when offense was not intended is a fool, yet he who takes offense when offense is intended is an even greater fool for he has succumbed to the will of his adversary.

Daily toil, however humble it may be, is our daily duty, and by doing it well, we make it a part of our daily worship.

Nothing is illegal if one hundred businessmen decide to do it.

No nation as rich as ours should have so many people isolated on islands of poverty in such a sea of material wealth.

You’ve got mountains of your own, I’ll bet on it. Take heart. Be encouraged. Remain steadfast. Hang on for dear life. You’ve got a better grip than you realize.

People who work every day are kind of scared of things they don't understand.

Our ability to create has outreached our ability to use wisely the products of our invention.

In a sane, civil, intelligent and moral society, you don't blame poor people for being poor.

True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right.

Too low they build who build below the skies.

If I had a choice of educating my daughters or my sons because of opportunity constraints, I would choose to educate my daughters.

Sometimes the good fight feels impossible, but I for one, am NOT giving up.

Pause and remember - When you fight reality, you will lose every time. Once you accept the situation for what it truly is, not what you want it to be, you are then free to move forward.

There are no ugly ducklings.

Unless some misfortune has made it impossible, everyone can have good posture.

I could sit right here and have a 15-minute conversation with somebody and change their whole life.

I live for playing live. All my records are live, since After the Gold Rush, with the exception of Trans and the vocals on Landing on Water.

I've been forced to deal with my character assassination.

Vision motivates, sustains and dispels doubt.

The experiments I am about to relate ... may be repeated with great ease, whenever the sun shines, and without any other apparatus than is at hand to every one.

Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the worlds work, and the power to appreciate life.

I've learned over a period of years there are setbacks when you come up against the immovable object; sometimes the object doesn't move.

I love the music from Nat King Cole, BB King, Albert King... When I think of it, I wouldn't mind being renamed Angus King.

We think it is complicated to change the world. Change comes little by little. Nothing worthwhile can happen in one generation.

There is no old Adam Young, there is no new Adam Young, merely different colors and different brushstrokes over the same canvas.

I kind of tend to do most of my adventures in my mind.

I want to live, I want to give, I've been a miner for a heart of gold.

I feel like I could be likened to an old hound circling on a rug for the last five years.

Brimming. That's what it is, I want to get to a place where my sentences enact brimming.

To become a master at any skill, it takes the total effort of your: heart, mind, and soul working together in tandem.

Prayer is good, but when baked potatoes and milk are needed, prayer will not supply their place.

The two are not mutually exclusive, but we think we can have wealth without good ideas and without values and without a clear vision. Wealth without vision is insanity.

Soloing was pretty easy for me because it was probably the first thing I've ever done.

A lot of people say, 'AC/DC - that's the band with the little guy who runs around in school shorts!'

A charming woman is a busy woman.

We rise in glory as we sink in pride.

A face is like the outside of a house, and most faces, like most houses, give us an idea of what we can expect to find inside.

Never let a day pass that you will have cause to say, I will do better tomorrow.

[I like in Kanye West] confidence in him, but also his aggressiveness, ambition and charisma.

Perception is reality. If you are perceived to be something, you might as well be it because that's the truth in people's minds.

My dad, like any coach, has always stressed the fundamentals. He taught me responsibility, accountability, and the importance of hard work.

The object of the artist is the creation of the beautiful. What the beautiful is is another question.

Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race.