There was not a lot of rock n roll in the house. Our parents didnt think it was very groovy, and I tend to agree with them. If you grew up with Charlie Parker, Bill Haley wasnt very hip.

I'm just the mere shadow of my former selfishness. I crave the silhouette of your kiss.

I used to be disgusted; now I try to be amused.

I believe that music is connected by human passions and curiosities rather than by marketing strategies.

I feel like a juggler running out of hands.

I can't say anymore than I love you. Anything else would be a waste of breath.

Don't wear your heart on your sleeve when your remarks are off the cuff.

The radio is in the hands of such a lot of fools tryin' to anesthetize the way that you feel.

And I don't feel any form of music is beyond me in the sense of that I don't understand it or I don't have some love for some part of it.

Women hear rhythm differently than men.

Maybe I just never learned my harmony part, because what everybody says sounds odd to them sounds perfectly natural to me.

there was nothing to be ashamed of in doing jobs simply to make a living, so long as those jobs fueled other creative efforts

She needs to make one phone call, and she wishes she could make it into her past. Into last year. Or two years ago.

Please stop sniffing the robot boy, Noemi tells herself, jerking out of the trance.

What's in front of you is a whole world of experiences beyond your imagination. Put yourself, and your growth and development, first.

Working families need to know that we will work to protect their health needs, promote the development of safe, effective medicines, and guarantee patient rights.

Forgive me for stating the obvious, but the world is made up of all kinds of people.

Negative thinking hinders others from making a positive response.

The duty of "saving" became nine-tenths of virtue and the growth of the cake the object of true religion.

I think celebrity culture and sexuality in pop music is really important, but I want there to be an alternative for people.

Like all religions, love has more believers than practitioners.