"I've only ever trusted my gut on everything. I don't trust my head, I don't trust my heart, I trust my gut."
"I've always wanted to push myself and move with the tide. That's just how I am and it's worked for me."
"A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime."
"Focus on your music and not technology."
"I wish I could write the songs I wrote back when I was twenty-two. But I don't know how to do that anymore."
"There's not an instruction manual on how to deal with success, so you just have to rely on having great friends and a good team."
"I never took a grant or borrowed a penny from anybody. It was partially because I didn't really know how to do that, but secondly, my pride never would have allowed me to."
"If your music is great, you will have fans, not because you have spent time chatting on social media."
"I only write music for myself, I don't try and appeal to anyone else."
Sunday, 27 July 2014
Saturday, 26 July 2014
Go-Go's Quotes
Belinda Carlisle: "I was like the good girl, bad girl, there were no grey areas for me."
Jane Wiedlin: "I love being a Go-Go. It definitely has it's ups and downs, and we have a very intense energy with each other."
Charlotte Caffey: "I felt like an ordinary person having an extraordinary experience."
Gina Schock: "The true American success story, that's what the whole thing really is."
Kathy Valentine: "I will be very grateful that I get to go out and play a song and get well paid for it."
Belinda Carlisle: "You don't have to be age 20 and size zero to be sexually viable and to be viable as a woman."
Jane Wiedlin: I grew up listening to pop; I grew up listening to 60's pop music, like the Beatles, the Monkees, Herman's Hermits and all that stuff."
Gina Schock: "When I joined the band, they were more just having fun and were doing what everybody else was doing in L.A., all their buddies had started bands, they had just picked up their instruments."
Kathy Valentine: "We always have a good time playing, and I'm glad it shows."
Jane Wiedlin: "If I was in charge, I'd keep doing the Go-Go's forever, but it's a band, so everyone has their say."
Jane Wiedlin: "I love being a Go-Go. It definitely has it's ups and downs, and we have a very intense energy with each other."
Charlotte Caffey: "I felt like an ordinary person having an extraordinary experience."
Gina Schock: "The true American success story, that's what the whole thing really is."
Kathy Valentine: "I will be very grateful that I get to go out and play a song and get well paid for it."
Belinda Carlisle: "You don't have to be age 20 and size zero to be sexually viable and to be viable as a woman."
Jane Wiedlin: I grew up listening to pop; I grew up listening to 60's pop music, like the Beatles, the Monkees, Herman's Hermits and all that stuff."
Gina Schock: "When I joined the band, they were more just having fun and were doing what everybody else was doing in L.A., all their buddies had started bands, they had just picked up their instruments."
Kathy Valentine: "We always have a good time playing, and I'm glad it shows."
Jane Wiedlin: "If I was in charge, I'd keep doing the Go-Go's forever, but it's a band, so everyone has their say."
Red Hot Chili Peppers Quotes
Flea: "For me, music was the only reason I went to school."
Chad Smith: "I'm a musician. It's what I do. I wouldn't be too good at anything else."
John Frusciante: "We have the ability to change our own reality."
John Frusciante: "I'm not really a star-oriented kind of guy."
Anthony Kiedis: "If you want to get along with somebody, let them be right, and it will last longer."
Chad Smith: "I enjoy being somewhat anonymous and only being recognised by real fans of our band."
Flea: "Any instrument is just a vehicle to express who you are and your relationship to the world."
John Frusciante: "Everything's very perfectly balanced; for all the horrible things in the world there's lots of good things."
Anthony Kiedis: "What I've realized over the years is that I have some pretty good friends."
Chad Smith: "Have a good time all the time."
Wednesday, 23 July 2014
Queen Latifah Quotes
"My mom has always been my champion."
"A confident woman is a sexy woman, in my opinion."
"I enjoy just being me. I don't need to be Queen Latifah, the brand, 24 hours a day."
"Dreams become reality when we put our minds to it."
"Always follow your own path."
"My mom will make me walk the dogs or take out the trash when I go home."
"I wish every woman would love herself and embrace what she was given naturally."
"New Jersey is a great place to live. And we have given some of the best talent to the world, from Jack Nicholson, John Travolta, to Jerry Lewis To Bon Jovi, To Frank Sinatra."
"When I was growing up, there were so many musicals you could watch. I like the fantasy of musicals and I love music."
"Be bold, be brave enough to be your true self."
"Every woman is a Queen, and we all have different things to offer."
"A confident woman is a sexy woman, in my opinion."
"I enjoy just being me. I don't need to be Queen Latifah, the brand, 24 hours a day."
"Dreams become reality when we put our minds to it."
"Always follow your own path."
"My mom will make me walk the dogs or take out the trash when I go home."
"I wish every woman would love herself and embrace what she was given naturally."
"New Jersey is a great place to live. And we have given some of the best talent to the world, from Jack Nicholson, John Travolta, to Jerry Lewis To Bon Jovi, To Frank Sinatra."
"When I was growing up, there were so many musicals you could watch. I like the fantasy of musicals and I love music."
"Be bold, be brave enough to be your true self."
"Every woman is a Queen, and we all have different things to offer."
Saturday, 19 July 2014
LL Cool J Quotes
"Stand up and face your fears, or they will defeat you."
"You can't let your past hold your future hostage."
"I am a real person that cares about his art and cares about what he's doing."
"I'm not trying to be new school and I'm not old school - I'm classic."
"Nobody is perfect, but life is about choices."
"Do what you love; you'll be better at it. It sounds pretty simple, but you'd be surprised how many people don't get this one right away."
"I was listening to Jimi Hendrix; I just admire his artistry and creativity as an artist."
To me, my peers are Bruce Springsteen and Mick Jagger. I'm not talking age-wise, but in terms of careers. Madonna. Those are my peers. And I'm okay with that."
"Dreams don't have deadlines. I'm thinking of doing bigger and better things and having more fun with it."
"Stay focused, go after your dreams and keep moving toward your goals."
"I only do what what comes from the heart."
"You can't let your past hold your future hostage."
"I am a real person that cares about his art and cares about what he's doing."
"I'm not trying to be new school and I'm not old school - I'm classic."
"Nobody is perfect, but life is about choices."
"Do what you love; you'll be better at it. It sounds pretty simple, but you'd be surprised how many people don't get this one right away."
"I was listening to Jimi Hendrix; I just admire his artistry and creativity as an artist."
To me, my peers are Bruce Springsteen and Mick Jagger. I'm not talking age-wise, but in terms of careers. Madonna. Those are my peers. And I'm okay with that."
"Dreams don't have deadlines. I'm thinking of doing bigger and better things and having more fun with it."
"Stay focused, go after your dreams and keep moving toward your goals."
"I only do what what comes from the heart."
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