W. H. Gibson Quotes

I think the least important thing about science fiction for me is its predictive capacity.

The thing we're all looking for is happiness, and if we achieve just a modicum of that or even a little piece of serenity even for five minutes a day, we're very lucky.

I got to experience a world championship with some great teammates.

I have learned that a bitter experience can make you stronger. I now boastfully say that I have a hide like a rhinoceros... and I'm smiling. It's an interesting thing.

People like scary stories. There's a fascination with fear themes, and we want to face those things in a weird, subconscious way.

I believe it's extremely important to include some other type of fitness activity in your training, so cross training will help you to avoid injury when you are dancing.

I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to do a big radio country album.

Any parent would have reservations if their kid came home dressed like a skinhead, but mine understood that punk kept me focused on something when so many of my friends were out robbing 7-Elevens.

I was into punk, but I didn't go whole-hog. A lot of kids who grew up in small towns that were into punk music went the "safe" way - not doing drugs, being straight edge.

You can't quite believe what you are hearing - and it's not necessarily something that you can listen to all the time because it's too intense - but it changes the way you go about making music.

If you ask any driver about their first trip to New York, it's always crazy.

Being on stage is what I enjoy.

I wouldn't say I was bullied per se, but I did get a lot of unwanted attention because I was musical and stood out. In school you don't want to stand out; you want to blend in.

I've managed to keep my career going in a way that suits me. I'll perform, and then I'll go home to my actual life, and I've never been so visible.

I used to want to be the quickest, loudest, and sharpest. I think as time has gone on, I've gotten more relaxed.

I think I have a very nice demeanor, but at the same time, when pushed, I will freak out. I have a backbone, but I don't feel like I'm terrible about it.

I think any parent that makes their kid sit at a piano against their will and practice, they're going to have a kid that's not going to want to play the piano.

I spent a lot of my life schlepping around New York with people not doing things for me.

They say that time heals a broken heart, but time has stood still since we've been apart.

The only thing I was any good at was music.

It is too often seen, that the wiser men are about the things of this world, the less wise they are about the things of the next.

We can often better help another by fanning a glimmer of goodness than by censuring his faults.

Every family should have at least three children. Then if one is a genius the other two can support him.

My idea of a 'super bowl' is when the catcher is standing in front of the plate with the ball, waiting for me as I round third...and I make him drop it. That's a quality Super Bowl.

Now here I am almost 52 years old, it's really easy. I'm way more at peace. But when you're a competitor, and you're as intent on becoming the best in the world as I was, it comes with consequences.

Schools used to fund-raise for luxuries, like a trip to the water slides. Now, we fund-raise for things we have to have.

You are absolutely enough the way you are.

For me, a dancer is part of an artist’s entertainment - “backup dancer” isn’t even in my vocabulary.

I was very disenchanted in the industry for a long time before I met GaGa. Everyone wanted a "Single Ladies" for their artist, or a Puffy move.

Everyone has the notion that hip-hop is messy and loose, but there's also another level to it.

Artist development is something that I've been passionate about from my days at Uptown and Motown Records.

'Born This Way' is shaping up to be creative ecstasy.

I dance but I also work out. I run, do strength training... you name it. I've got to!

I think that there was a fad where everyone said, "I want you to create a signature step for my artist." The thing is, for me, music creates the step. The artist commands the step, you know?

I do believe God inspired and worked on everyone's heart.

I was obsessed with Chubby Checker and old dances, like the twist.

You ask anybody what their number one fear is, and it's public humiliation. Multiply that on a global scale, and that's what I've been through.

If you're going to wear three hats, you'd better grow two more heads.

I'll get kicked around for saying it, but men and women are just different. They're not equal. The same way that you and I are not equal.

I think I've scratched the surface after twenty years of marriage. Women want chocolate and conversation.

I have tremendous respect for women. I love them. I don't know why they want to step down.

I'm too rich to care what the critics say.

The L.A. Times, it's an anti-Christian publication, as is the New York Times.

I don't think the audience always listens to the critics. That's been proven time and time again.

I'm Hitler and my dad is Mussolini!

The guy who's in charge isn't going to be the front man, ever.

My dad taught me my faith, and I believe what he taught me. The man never lied to me in his life.

An acid is like a woman: a good one will eat through your pants.

It freshens your breath and helps prevent tartar.

I did a lot of crazy things so I'm surprised to be alive.