T.A. Richards Quotes

You know, the BBC had not been particularly generous in its deliverance of blues and esoteric kinds of music.

I'm not a racist, that's what so insane about this. And yet it is said. It comes through, it fires out of me, and even now in the passion that's here as I confront myself.

I am truly not one to give advice. I'm divorced and I stole my best friend's husband.

I lost my temper on stage.

War all comes down to these little tiny stories about people's lives that will never be the same.

I'm often uncomfortable taking pictures, especially if people are grieving, or hurt, or hungry. At such times I have to remind myself that I'm a photographer and that this is my job.

If we were to do as well as we know, our salvation would be secure.

I really love fan art, which I get sent a lot of. I really, really get a lot of. I get a kick out of it.

I don't trust you with my shoe; I wouldn't trust you with an old pair of socks.

Life is a journey, and I'm finding myself every day!

When I listen to what I did under the influence - 10 years of work - I don't think it either enhanced or impaired me. It didn't have that much to do with it.

I was angry and frightened, and I was scared. I knew what I had done. The whole night is my fault. None of this would have happened if I didn’t drink.

Give the child good books, then let it alone! Don't plough and harrow its brain, or stretch it on Procrustes-beds of standardization, simplification, and what not!

[John] Belushi was an extreme experience even by my standards.

Once there was an elephant Who tried to use the telephant. No! no! I mean an elephone Who tried to use the telephone. Dear me, I am not certain quite That even now I've got it right.

I haven't stopped smoking...anything

No broken hearts, no broken necks.

A gut-string classical Spanish guitar, a sweet, lovely little lady. The smell of it. Even now, to open a guitar case, when it's an old wooden guitar, I could crawl in and close the lid.

Rap - so many words, so little said.

A political place with no power, only influence, is not to my taste.

If you're gonna get wasted, get wasted elegantly.

I wouldn't warm to [Chuck Berry] even if I was cremated next to him.

And because of President Obama, more women than ever are serving in the Cabinet and on the Supreme Court.

If you stay up, you get the songs that everyone else misses because they're asleep.

Gunn, like me, has a James Bond obsession. He would love to be James Bond, and it's a great role that I would love to be, someday.

you don't get to make withdrawals from the time bank. Only deposits.

We just could not have the Church of Jesus Christ without the spirit of missionary work.

The Stones in a club is still the ultimate rush.

There's a demon in me, and he's still around. Without the dope, we have a bit more of a chat these days.

I feel very strongly that change is good because it stirs up the system.

I've never turned blue in someone else's bathroom. I consider that the height of bad manners.

Jesse Jackson is a leader and a teacher who can open our hearts and open our minds and stir our very souls.

Our world loses out when the leadership doesn't reflect the led - when a minority makes decisions for the majority.

Treat each guitar track-and each song-completely different. For example, if I'm using a certain amp and guitar on one track, I'll deliberately use something else for the next tune or overdub.

It's good to be anywhere.

I don't think rock n' roll songwriters should worry about art. I don't think it comes into it...as far as I'm concerned, Art is just short for Arthur.

Everything they’d been brought up not to do, they could do at a rock-and-roll show.

There's a certain moment when you realize that you've actually just left the planet for a bit and that nobody can touch you. . .When it works, baby, you've got wings.

When you're supported by millions all over the world, you can either go nuts, or try to feed off the goodwill.

The electric guitar meant that you could have a band with a drummer and a couple of guitars. And that put a lot of horn players out of work.

Rock n Roll is music from the neck down.

The Beatles were basically a vocal band.

I don't have a problem with drugs, I have a problem with policemen.

I feel as healthy as I've ever felt.

Compassion is an alternate perception

There's a lot of labor involved in the birth of a new town.

It's a big game tomorrow, obviously, quarter finals. I think that whenever you play the Russians you always get up for it, and tomorrow is going to be even that much bigger, the quarter finals.

I'm not a racist. That's what's so insane about this.

I don't know, in view of the situation, and the act going where it was going, I don't know, the rage - the rage did go all over the place. It went to everybody in the room.

Most of the time our events aren't in the papers and they're not televised, so people don't know when we're competing.