Down And Quotations | Page 5

When you sit down and think about what rock 'n' roll music really is, then you have to change that question. Played up-tempo, you call it rock 'n' roll; at a regular tempo, you call it rhythm and blues.

I look down and see little kids in the audience and I'm like, "Oh man, I hope I'm not poisoning these kids!"

If you pay attention, everyone is a novel. The most boring person, if you sit down and really listen, is someone interesting.

The best tip for writing is just to write; to sit down and write, to begin doing it and not to be scared by the blank page.

I have angst in my life, but I'm like anybody. We all have angst in our lives that we pick up and fidget with and then we put down and look at some other things that make us feel good or enjoy our lives.

For college seniors there should be a week of being allowed to cry. Just break down and cry because you are scared and don't know what's next.

In high school, when I first heard of entropy, I was attracted to it immediately. They said that in nature all systems are breaking down, and I thought, What a wonderful thing; perhaps I can make some small contribution to this process, myself.

I do believe that political arrangements which are based upon violence, intimidation and theft will eventually break down - and will deserve to do so.

My philological studies have satisfied me that a gifted person ought to learn English (barring spelling and pronouncing) in thirty hours, French in thirty days, and German in thirty years. It seems manifest, then, that the latter tongue ought to be trimmed down and repaired. If it is to remain as it is, it ought to be gently and reverently set aside among the dead languages, for only the dead have time to learn it.

If I'm stuck, I'll sit down and read. That's a big thing.