Stone Gossard Quotes

A significant event for me was learning Hank Williams, reconnecting with his music's simplicity, which inspired me to inhabit the same territory. It's different, because I grew up on Led Zeppelin, The Stooges and punk, so in that sense I'm mutating country and folk more than a few degrees.

Stone Gossard

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LearningMusicSimplicityMeCountry

Reading the Martin Luther King story, that little comic book, set me on the path that I'm on today.

John Lewis

TodayPathKingMeBookReading

It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance.

Amanda McBroom

HeartDanceNeverAfraidBreaking

My wife and I had children when we were children ourselves.

John Updike

ChildrenWifeOurselvesWereHad

Most things in music go full circle eventually.

Simon Cowell

MusicCircleGoThingsMostFull

I saw Ray Charles at Massey Hall.

Robbie Robertson

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'Snow White' is an old fairy tale, so obviously the idea of vanity and obsession with youth is long-standing. With today's science, people have become crazy with trying to move their face around. It's bizarre.

Julia Roberts

SnowTodaySciencePeopleYouth

My husband and I try to spend some time every night that I'm home talking without distractions.

Lisa Ling

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Since babyhood, I've always evolved from one thing to another. My mother gave me ballet lessons at 6 as part of her enthusiasm for the arts and for life. We went to museums, to the theater. While her own talent was untapped, she worked for church causes.

Judith Jamison

LifeMotherTalentMeChurchShe

How could this world be so unlike the world that I believed I was living in? I can't describe it. Do I not want to describe it, or do I simply not possess the vocabulary?

Jonathan Safran Foer

WorldWantLivingVocabularySimply

There is only so much you can do if you're pulling weight and there's nobody there to play off of. You can't have those beautiful moments with new actors who are so worried about everything else but the moment.

Dawn Olivieri

BeautifulMomentMomentsYouPlay

After years of hiding and holding off because of the trial, I finally announced my intent to change my name and transition to living as woman on 22 August 2013 - the day following my sentencing - a personal high point for me, despite my other circumstances.

Chelsea Manning

ChangeDayWomanMeNameLiving

Rather than have joy, I would rather be absent of pain.

Chuck Berry

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