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quotes

If you read my music section, it should come as no surprise that most of my favourite quotes come from the lyrics of my favourite songs. In no particular order, here are a bunch of my favourite quotes, taken from various sources:

"Used to be all I'd want to learn was wisdom, trust and truth, now all I really want to learn is Forgiveness for you" - Ed Roland, Collective Soul, "Forgiveness"

"The price of a memory is the memory of the sorrow it brings" - Adam Duritz, Counting Crows, "Mrs Potter's Lullaby"

"Life's a journey, not a destination, and I just can't tell just what tomorrow brings" - Steven Tyler, Aerosmith, "Amazing"

"The wheels they keep turning, I'm fine, what about the questions we have locked up inside? Somewhere, somehow, we've been denied" - Raine Maida, Our Lady Peace, "Denied"

"Procrastination gives you something to look forward to" - Unknown

"And I don't ever really understand all the things that we say but I try to anyway, anyhow" - Ross Childress, Collective Soul, "Dandy Life"

"I can't remember all the times I've tried to tell myself to hold on to these moments as they pass" - Adam Duritz, Counting Crows, "A Long December"

"It doesn't matter what you believe in, as long as you have faith" - Kevin Smith, said by Salma Hayak in "Dogma"

“Believe in me, help me to believe in anything, cause I want to be someone who believes” - Adam Duritz, Counting Crows, “Mr. Jones”

“I still haven’t found what I’m looking for” - Bono, U2

"And I wonder where these dreams go when the world gets in your way, what's the point of all this screaming, no-one's listening anyway" - John Rzeznik, Goo Goo Dolls, "Acoustic #3"

"Nothing lasts forever but we always try, and I just can't help but wonder why we let it pass us by" - Amanda Marshall, "Beautiful Goodbye"

"Have you heard that someone's dreams could be another's reality?" - Ed Roland, Collective Soul, "Thick"

“The only thing that stays the same is change” - Melissa Etheridge, “Change”

“It used to be that people were famous because they were special; now people are special, simply for being famous” - EdTV

"If dreams are like movies, then memories are films about ghosts" - Adam Duritz, Counting Crows, "Mrs Potter's Lullaby"

“Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7th of your life” - Steven Wright

"Whatever" - Alicia Silverstone in "Clueless"

"One for sorrow, two for joy, three for girls and four for boys, five for silver, six for gold, seven for the secrets never to be told" - Adam Duritz, Counting Crows, "A Murder of One"

"It scares me to speak my mind, it might sound self-absorbed, I don't say half of what I think, I wonder what I'm thinking for" - Chantal Kreviazuk, "Imaginary Friend"

"Out of sight beyond confusion, still I'm here defining my own truth" - Ed Roland, Collective Soul, "Turn Around"

"Today we lived a thousand years, all we have is now" - Ed Kowalczyk, Live, "Run to the Water"

"I will never put off until tomorrow what can be put off forever" - Procrastinator's Creed Poster

"Question your answers; truth has no anger" - Ed Roland, Collective Soul, "Blame"

“Canada is an upper-class America” - Jonathan Kennett

“You live, you learn” - Alanis Morrisette

"Off upon my journey I must go to where the river flows" - Ed Roland, Collective Soul, "Where The River Flows"