J. L. B. Smith Quotes

I know I'm a strong performer. I'm not an evolved musician.

Rock & roll is like a painting. Can great paintings still be done? It depends on who holds the brush.

I have values I believe in and certain things I stand for.

I never really had to deal with a death in the family, let alone my brother.

There's nothing cool about being self-destructive.

Discovery should come as an adventure rather than as the result of a logical process of thought.

I love actors, and I'm passionate about the creative process of acting and filmmaking.

You could drop me off in the middle of a sea of people, and I'm happy.

I shop like a bull - I charge everything!

That's just part of the blessing of being an actor: you get to learn so many things about life.

Creativity inspires me.

First of all, let's get one thing straight: fitness and exercise aren't the same thing. You can exercise without getting fit, but you can't get fit without exercise.

My dreams, my desires, and my goals make me smile.

I like my time on earth. And no matter what kind of cards I've been dealt, I'm happy to be there.

The film [Dream of Life] doesn't hide anything, except maybe moments of sorrow or darkness that belonged to me.

I didn't begin my life in 1975 with 'Horses.' I recorded 'Horses' in 1975, but was drawing in Paris in 1969.

Good press, bad press, whatever, only means a lot to me if it's writ by somebody I respect, by somebody I like.

Americans just don't know what being a movie star's all about.

I think it's important for people to realize that we were all young, all naive, and also we had lived in a time that had magic.

Your soul was like a network of spittle.

I think some of that hopelessness of my generation got passed on to later generations - the sense of uselessness.

Panic is a horrible thing.

I started resenting how much art robs from life. I'd go to a party and I couldn't enjoy myself, even sexually. All I could think was how I was going to reinvent the experience into a piece of art.

Should I pursue a path so twisted? Should I crawl defeated and gifted?

I’m a morning person and a night person. So I have to be a nap person, or else I’m a tired person.

I think I work in two worlds. I'll always try to kick through a wall. I did that when I was younger and I still have my way of doing that.

How can a bishop marry? How can he flirt? The most he can say is "I will see you in the vestry after service."

I prefer theatre to television - you get to feel the love.

It's a community event. Community events create strong communities, and a strong community is a healthy community. A healthy community is a happy community.

What makes Will the best father in the world to me is that he's there, not just there in a way that's traditional. The emotional support he offers his children is immeasurable.

But there's also moments where I'm like, 'Ugh, I wish I had abs like Bieber.'

I realized that Judaism required me to give up something that meant too much to me...Bacon cheeseburgers.

It's always wonderful when you can have safe places where you can dance with the not-so-nice you in a fun way.

I'm just very body-conscious. Sometimes I'm really proud that I don't look like other pop stars. But there's also moments where I'm like, 'Ugh, I wish I had abs like Bieber.'

A man is saved no faster than he gets knowledge, for if he does not get knowledge, he will be brought into captivity by some evil power in the other world.

I feel that when a child has self-worth and purpose, that's what keeps them grounded.

Spring was coming back with the old promise, demanding the old sacrifice.

The welfare system in this country has literally crippled millions. It has gotten people bound and gagged so that they cannot get off it. It is such a fouled-up system.

Anything that you do to increase job security automatically does work for you. It makes your employees a closer part of the unit.

I’m not a liberal elite who was educated in the northeast, for example, I’m just a kid from Mississippi.

I really look at children as being little people and not necessarily things or people to control.

My whole life I've played music for my own personal enjoyment and the idea of it becoming a machine or a business is just horrible.

Each time I play a song it seems more real.

I was the only guy who is referred to as Mr. Smith in the New York Times and in the same week as Sexy Rexy in some teen magazine.

I want to be around a really long time. I want to be a thorn in the side of everything as long as possible.

Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine.

Sometimes I just wanted to raise my hands and stop. But stop what? Maybe just growing up.

I like food, I like stripping vegetables of their skins, I like to have a slim young parsnip under my knife.

You must have some money if you are going to live simply. It need not be much, but you must have some.

The way I feel about it is: Beat me or feed me, but don't tease me. It's toy food; who needs it? Serve it to toy people.