Marv: We're all just one trade away from humility.
I became convinced that there was greater satisfaction from giving my money away and seeing something come out of the ground, like a hospital or a university.
The shortest period of time lies between the minute you put some money away for a rainy day and the unexpected arrival of rain.
Writer's block! It doesn't exist. You just long for ideas to go away so you have an idea of peace.
It's being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power - if you're willing to accept the consequences of doing what you want to do.
A poet must be a psychologist, but a secret one: he should know and feel the roots of phenomena but present only the phenomena themselves in full bloom or as they fade away.
Look, none of the artists who I admire or respect have ever shied away from a role because it might make them unpopular with somebody.
I've spent a lot of time trying to understand how all the big cosmetics companies get away with the placebo science and unscientific claims.
It's very rare that things are true about yourself that are on the Internet. It's just sad sometimes. So you definitely try and stay away from it as much as possible.
We managed to hang in there. Today when people get married there's a tendency to run away when things get tough. There is a lot of strength in hanging together.
Any degree of success or achievement for me is only ever a relief. My version of getting carried away is: 'Mmm, that wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be.'
Success made me self-sufficient, but it also took away my anonymity. I'm just this quiet nobody, and all of a sudden people are nervous around me. That was kind of weird.
A lot of times, when a band finds success with a certain style or sound, they have a really hard time breaking away from that to grow as artists.
I was brought up with a very strong sense of what can happen if your society starts to chip away at the small victories women have won for themselves.
When people come to Twitter and they want to express something in the world, the technology fades away. It's them writing a simple message and them knowing that people are going to see it.
I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me.
I love the dancing and the music from Latin cultures. I went to a Flamenco show in Spain once, and it completely took my breath away!
Whenever we take away the liberties of those whom we hate we are opening the way to loss of liberty for those we love.
And I've also come to the conclusion that, as far as guitar solos and things like that are concerned, it's more important to complement the music rather than take away from it.
I would do the occasional score. I thought it was the most thrilling thing. It was instant. You made the music and they played it right away to millions of people. I found it thrilling.
Country fans need to support country music by buying albums and concert tickets for traditional artists or the music will just fade away. And that would be really sad.
