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James Mercer Quotes

Maybe it's just parenthood that puts you in a situation where you just have to develop a new attitude, I guess, about things.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: December 26, 1970

Topics

Attitude You Situation New Things

I used to jump out of airplanes. I was a member of the 101st Airborne Division. When parachuting, you never look down at the ground. You feel for it with your legs. Your knees are your shock absorbers - you cannot tighten them. Same as skiing.

Skiing Feel You Look Down Jump

The artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At that point, he's in business.

Business Artist Possible Worst Lucky

I know publishing now more as an author than with occasional peaks inside those elite offices than as an industry insider. It was difficult publishing a novel the first time around, while working behind the scenes, knowing all that has to happen to make a book a success and to still make the leap as an author.

Jennifer Gilmore

Success Time Book Know Now Knowing

Music videos are notoriously long, not fun, grueling. You are known there as a dancer and it's kind of sad because dancers, in a lot of ways, are under-appreciated and kind of under-respected when it come to that so they don't necessarily treat you in a nice way when you do a music video.

Music Sad Fun Treat Long You

All through history, there have always been movements where business was not just about the accumulation of proceeds but also for the public good.

Good Business History Always Through

I feel that these stories are being written to articulate certain confusions and disappointments, and I do mean to shake up the reader, and I do hope they're on target.

Hope Feel Target Mean Up Being

American politics is theatre. There is a frightening emotionalism at national conventions.

Politics Theatre American National

I wish my father had lived longer. He died when I was 18.

Father Wish I Wish Lived He Longer

My mother was a huge, huge reader. I think I picked up very early how precious it was to write things in books and have people like my mother glued to the page.

Mother People Think Early Page Up

My wife, if she wants it, she will just go out and buy it.

Wife Go Will She Out Buy

Sometimes you just need to raise your voice. And sometimes a little anger is necessary, to be honest.

Anger Voice You Sometimes Need Just

If a person doesn't change, there's something really wrong with him.

Change Wrong Person Him Something

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