Here are some quotes from some of my favorite writers, poets and celebrities that have inspired me, as well as many others. Most of them are from music.
"Ah, when to the heart of man
Was it ever less than a treason
To go with the drift of things
To yield with a grace to reason
And bow and accept the end
Of a love or a season?"
THE SECRET SITS
"We dance round in a ring and suppose,
But the secret sits in the middle and knows."
A QUESTION
"A voice said, Look me in the stars
And tell me truly, me of earth,
If all the soul-and-body scars
Were not too much to pay for birth."
"This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we know what to do with it."
From THE RIVER
"So don't you sit upon the shoreline
And say you're satisfied
Choose to chance the rapids
And dare to dance the tide."
into the sea......eventually."
"The story of life is quicker than the wink
of an eye. The story of love is hello and goodbye. Until we meet again."
People hearing without listening,
People writing a song that voices never share
And no one dare
Disturb the sound of silence."
- From THE SOUND OF SILENCE
But fear between divide us."
From CRY FREEDOM
From TYPICAL SITUATION
"Everybody's happy. Everybody's free.
We'll keep the big door open
And everyone'll come around
Why are you different? Why are you that way?
If you don't step in line
We'll lock you away."
From ANTS MARCHING
"Wondering what the other is thinking
But we never say a thing
And these crimes between us grow deeper."
"We had to buy the album (More of the Monkees) just to hear it."
"Fired him, bam! Just like that!"
"The weight and speed and the gush of attention is inhuman."
"We had 'Pinocchio Complexes.' We wanted to real live boys too."
(Talking about the album JUSTUS)
"We did play, we did perform, we did make music, and we've made music recently."
From FOR PETE'S SAKE
"We were born to love one another
This is something we all need
We were born to love one another
We must be what we're going to be
And all we have to be is free."
From CAN YOU DIG IT?
"Something doesn't change
There is only one
Always changing inside
What does it become?
Can you dig it?
Do you know?
Would you care to let it show?"
"And you have to understand, if you get caught, it's not like you're a human being anymore. You're a souvenire. They don't care what part of you they take home. And it's not just clothing; we're talking eyes, wisdom teeth, whatever they can rip off."
"I only wrote one piece, and that was the Arab that rides up on the horse and says, 'Psst,' and Micky walks over to him and the guy says, 'Psst,' and rides off again."
(Talking about HEAD)
"I like the love that was exchanged between the audience and the performers, and the reciprocity of it, which was complete."
"I have a very high regard for the fellows.
Always have."
From TAPIOCA TUNDRA
"Sunshine, ragtime blowing in the breeze
Midnight, looks right standing move at ease...........
It cannot be a part of me for now
it's part of you."
From CIRCLE SKY
"Circle sky, telling lies
Here I stand happy man
Cause it looks like we've made it once again."
"Hamilton, smiling down
Telling more than before."
"Mike would have to keep tapping his foot; I've seen pictures and videos of me in concert looking at Mike's foot."
"I never thought in a million years that this could happen again."
(Talking about JUSTUS)
From RANDY SCOUSE GIT
"Why don't you cut your hair?
Why don't you live up there?
Why don't you do what I do,
See what I feel, when I care?"
From MOMMY AND DADDY
"Do you think I'm too young to know, to see, to feel, or hear?
My questions need an answer or a vacuum will appear.
Don't be surprised if they turn and walk away
And tell your Mommy and Daddy that you love 'em anyway."
"This was finding three brothers I never had."
(John Lennon and Paul McCartney)
