J.M. Williams Quotes

I fear that to fall in love with you is to fall from a great and gruesome height.

But social justice and the environment are very tied together in my head.

A song versus an album is not like a scene versus a play.

Arizona is really cool but I couldn't stay there for too long.

But I benefit from the taxes I pay because I know how to access the benefits of the taxes.

Everyone has to decide how they're going to appear in their lives, how they're going to put themselves out there to the world.

If you're lucky you find something that reflects you, Helps you feel your life, protects you, Cradles you and connects you to everything.

There's tons of anger and angst and peculiarity and eccentricity, and good towns know that that's okay. But towns that are kind of bullshit don't know what to do with all those feelings.

There was a lot of distance between the Dar of The Honesty Room and the Dar of Mortal City, so there was no attempt.

I have odometer readings, kids; all sorts of measurements of what I've been doing for the last 20 years. I get it. I get that it was a while ago.

As I said in one of my songs, we're still abolishing slavery, but nobody says it's a good thing. Nobody justifies it.

It's a collective truth that slavery is wrong, that child labor is wrong, that gross inequality is wrong. God didn't send it.

I think we're coming to a place where we're saying all war is wrong. We might even learn something about the sensationalism we get caught up in with people like Donald Trump.

When people in government [make mistakes], they don't say, those people in the government. They say, we've got a problem to solve.

I'm just trying to be part of the movement that decentralizes and hopefully creates peace. By supporting smaller, democratic structures, you can effect change.

I'm amazed at the adolescent nature of some of the religious fanatics in our government. And they're full of double standards.

The biggest difference would be made if we don't have wars to begin with.

It's just that you don't have to bring it to every stage. You can do a fundraiser for people that you support. You don't necessarily have to talk about one thing or another when you're on your own.

I am happy to do political fundraisers. I always hope that my friends will be, too. It's part of who you are and you shouldn't feel ashamed of what you believe in.

I think the music was speaking to that opening up of whose voice gets heard and how multidimensional that voice can be.

[Mortal City ] was also the beginning of the reality of the fact that I was going to have little pieces of my personality identifying with all of these different parts of the country.

The only I would say is a little different is when I know my parents are in the audience. That's never going to be the same as another concert.

We have evolved to understand that language of power that's taken too much.

We all do the wrong thing. And then we have to wake up the next morning and live with the fact that we have done things that are wrong.

There are a lot of people out there who are exactly half extrovert and half introvert and they love to be extroverts as long as they have enough time to go off and figure it all out.

You know how people say they're either like a cat or a dog? I feel like a cat. I just want to be alone. Isn't that weird? It's a lot to take in.

I would push for more production and Steve Miller would say, "Why do you want to have more production when you have real songs? You don't want to cover up the song."

Expertise is great, but it has a bad side effect: It tends to create the inability to accept new ideas.

You don't need to be right all the time. Your child wants a man for a father, not a formula. He wants real parents, real people, capable of making mistakes without moping about it.

I feel like I'm the best point guard in the league.

A lot of people have high expectations. I'm just going to do the best I can.

I believe I can adapt to anything.

It seems like teams want a guy who can get 10, 11, 12 assists. That's the kind of player I want to be. Sometimes that is more important than scoring 30 points a night.

My responsibility is to get people into the offense.

I'll take a nice assist any day over points.

I actually don't play any new video games except 'Call of Duty.' I'm addicted to 'Call of Duty.' It's the only game I need.

Anthony Davis is cool.

I've got a lot of favorite golfers.

I think my putting could be better, my short game.

O love, please give me a passionate red recycling bin. I will put my desire in it. I don't ever want to throw love away.

New York is great, but the New England fans are probably the most knowledgeable and ardent fans, and not just in baseball, but all sports. But Red Sox Nation is Red Sox Nation.

A man can never hope to be more than he is if he is not first honest about what he isnt.

God, despite his casual silence, still exists. Of that I haven't a single doubt.

The greatest threat to freedom, as well as the most formidable enemy of it, is a supported cause against it.

Hate grows and victors where love is afraid to share its bloom.

Any day above ground is a good one.

He's a very competitive competitor, that's the sort of competitor he is.

In life every effort is marked down at the end as a win or a loss.

No one had ever done a swimming movie before so we just made it up as we went along. I ad-libbed all my own underwater movements.

By the time I got home at night, my eyes were so chlorinated I saw rings around every light.