Pleasure and pain are on the same side of the coin of human experience. The opposite is indifference or numbness.
Most of my lyrics are little stories about my experiences or those of my friends.
There is always a storm. There is always rain. Some experience it. Some live through it. And others are made from it.
Life is like the clouds we see everyday.The dark,white patches and its mixtures.These are what we see and experience everyday.
The art of being wise is the art of knowing that solutions don’t come from individuals, but rather experiences.
The calling of an author is more than just to entertain, but also to share ones experiences with the world.
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.
Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.
For me, the short story is the depth of a novel, the breadth of a poem, and, as you come to the last few paragraphs, the experience of surprise.
A lot of directors in my experience are very receptive. They see what you do first, and then they want to find a place to put the camera, and they tweak you here and there.
I am interested in the study of music and the discipline of music and the experience of music and music as a esoteric mechanism to continue my real intentions.
So I had the worst experience at the very beginning, and things have been getting better since.
I chose Sony Classics, not just because of their practical experience, not just because of their wisdom in marketing, but mainly because of their integrity.
Watching television in those days was not the same experience as it is today. After years of listening to radio, we found the black-and-white images mesmerizing.
Everybody's entitled to think whatever they want and to express that, but my personal day-to-day experience does not come into contact with any of those people.
All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the safe and just side of a question is the generous and merciful side.
The more you do, the more experience you have and the next time it will be easier to choose the right thing.
I think each movie-making process is a very exhausting and satisfying and fulfilling experience for me.
The experience of being on a show that is very much in the center of popular culture is exciting. You really feel like you're reaching people.
There have always been poets who performed. Blake sang his Songs of Innocence and Experience to parties of friends.
My small experience on 'Dancing with the Stars' allowed me to slowly appreciate the Waltz and Viennese Waltz, but to see it in Vienna is something much different.
