People's real hopes and dreams can be distorted and misdirected and packaged until you're not sure what you really want or what you even really need.
I've never been Romeo who meets a girl and falls for her immediately. It's been a much slower process for me each time I've gone into a relationship.
The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.
A fundamentalist can't bring himself or herself to negotiate with people who disagree with them because the negotiating process itself is an indication of implied equality.
If you have a dog, I must have a dog. If you have a rifle, I must have a rifle. If you have a club, I must have a club. This is equality.
It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality.
It's hard to believe the life that 'Someone Like You' has taken on. It's proof that people hunger for great songs - and they are open to different interpretations of songs they love.
Most people who get into power in the western world start with great intentions, but slowly they all become entrapped and hung by their own petard.
Painting will have to deal more fully and less obliquely with life and nature's phenomena before it can again become great.
There have been two great accidents in my life. One was the trolley, and the other was Diego. Diego was by far the worst.
I believe a great performer is someone who sounds just as great live as they do in the studio and vice versa. They should know how to work the stage.
I think our storytellers - our songwriters should be great storytellers, and they should be mountain climbers and explorers, because music is something that can cross all different borders.
That's the great thing about music. You can find some '60s pop record and feel completely invigorated by it, even though it's so old.
It wasn't very satisfying playing the big arenas, but it was good as far as a paycheck. But the sound was terrible, especially in hockey arenas - the sound would go on for 30 seconds after we quit playing.
I suppose young people think football is glamorous - soccer - it's big money and the stars of it, they look good and have a great big house and a huge Ferrari.
Our approach makes it so if you hear a said song of ours in 2003 and then you hear it again in 2009 it's probably evolved and changed a good bit, and hopefully for the better.
But you have to understand, my beard is so nasty. I mean, it's the only beard in the history of Western civilization that makes Bob Dylan's beard look good.
My parents had a great marriage. Interestingly, it made it harder for me in relationships because I knew what a good relationship looked like.
It doesn't matter how good you are as a band or how good your music may be; if the fans aren't supporting it and buying your music, it's hard to make it.
Real practice means working on stuff you're not good at. Real practice is about butting your head against the wall repeatedly until you get it right.
It's certainly not just a spot opinion; it's something that obviously has been building up for years. It is also very good for publicity, and it is the kind of recognition that maybe will help financially, also.
