Quotes of: West-coast Keyword

In the West, we've lost our intuitive understanding of how poverty shapes thinking.

John Burdett

But now the other half of "us" was gone and, lying there in my shadowy room, I'd be struck with this realization that I had no clue how to be just me again.

Jennifer Brown

I see some some of these other guys, and they're wearing the hats and the jackets and saying the words and they're relating and they're picking. But there's something missing.

Jessi Colter

One of the things I loved about my childhood was that I didn't feel like I lost my innocence too young, like some children these days.

Danielle de Niese

I feel very fortunate. I feel like an Olympian. When I watch the Olympics, I cry because I have been through that journey.

Danielle de Niese

We had this budding baby band going and we hadn't reached that development we wanted to reach before we got signed to a major label.

Debbi Peterson

There is an apprenticeship system in jazz. You teach the young ones. So even if the musicians weren't personally that likable, they felt an obligation to help the younger musicians.

Dave Van Ronk

I feel so much pride to represent my community and be Latino. No doubt about it, above my career and sales being a Latino comes first.

Daddy Yankee

I know how to read people. When you grow up in a rough environment, you have to have a sixth sense.

Daddy Yankee

We took dancehall and hip-hop and mixed it in the middle. I knew we had something. I thought, 'This sound is Puerto Rican sound.'

Daddy Yankee

...I long to be known as an extravagant worshiper...that God would discover the song in my heart to be elaborate, overgenerous, and wasteful in my pursuit of Him.

Darlene Zschech

I think some people found the production took away from the actual songs, which I can understand.

Emma Anderson

But when it came to jamming and writing songs like we used to, we realized Brandon was a huge spirit in the band. Who knew? It was just something we had to learn.

Edie Brickell

People come out of the mid-west and go to the Ivy League. I kind of reversed the direction.

E. L. Doctorow

A script is a unique literary form, because it's not the end product; it's a blueprint. If you're not thinking of that end product, there's going to be a disconnect.

Evan Daugherty

The stainless-steel frets were a major breakthrough, because of the amount of playing and bending that I do. I have to get my guitars refretted every couple of months.

Eddie Van Halen

It makes me feel kind of weird, but obviously the Man Upstairs gave me something and it touches people, and I'm just so blessed.

Eddie Van Halen

Every song is like a kid. How can you have that many kids and have a favorite? Which one do I like to hang most with?

Eddie Van Halen

Country taught me how to sing, it put me on a path. But I was never going to be locked into a formula. I don't want to be considered a current country artist.

Emmylou Harris

I really have shaken hands with where my voice is right now. I think it's got a little deeper; it's got some more grooves in it.

Emmylou Harris

I'm even able to have kind of a little bit of a second career in dog rescue. Doesn't pay anything, but it's become a real passion for me.

Emmylou Harris