Butch Trucks Quotes

A lot of these guys come up and say, 'Man, you were my influence, the way you thrashed the drums.' They don't seem to understand I was thrashing in order to hear what I was playing. It was anger, not enjoyment - and painful.

Butch Trucks

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 11, 1947 - January 24, 2017

Topics

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I have always said that I believe in the people's right to vote on an issue.

Robert J. Bentley

PeopleBelieveSaidVoteI Believe

I used to joke that if acting didn't work out, poetry was my commonsense fallback.

Merritt Wever

WorkPoetryActingJokeOutUsed

At first, I was saying to my rep, 'I don't know if this is really my thing.' I get heart palpitations just watching basic comedy-horror stuff.

Alycia Debnam-Carey

HeartSayingKnowFirstWatching

Before I left home for drama school in England, my father took me outside one night and told me that wherever I was, the moon would shine on both of us. Months later, walking in London, I'd look at the moon and feel his love. Now I've shared the ritual with my own kids.

Roma Downey

LoveFatherHomeSchoolMoonShine

Does anyone really believe it is possible to make even the most basic ends meet on $5.15 an hour?

Russ Carnahan

BelieveMeetPossibleEvenBasic

I'm no fan of Sarkozy, but I support a ban on face veils because they erase women from society and are promoted by an ultra-conservative ideology that equates piety with the disappearance of women.

Mona Eltahawy

WomenSupportSocietyFaceErase

We need a broader perspective on what counter-radicalisation means.

Deeyah Khan

PerspectiveNeedMeansBroader

Nixon is fascinating because he's our most alienated president. Everybody felt that they never knew who he was - that's palpable in the histories. His face is so cartoony that he's become this cartoon figure. I never really related to the romanticization of J.F.K., and I knew too much about Reagan to idealize him. Nixon falls in between.

Austin Grossman

FaceToo MuchBecomePresidentNever

I never failed at anything in fiction.

Susan Isaacs

NeverFictionAnythingFailed

In Boston, they love their sports celebrities. And it's great.

Tom Brady

LoveSportsGreatBostonCelebrities

I was a rapper. The reason I stopped rapping was because I realized that people wanted guys like Puff Daddy. That's not what I do. I quit. That was it. I had to sacrifice for my choice. I said, 'Forget it. I'll be a producer.' Nobody was going to make me do anything.

No I.D.

SacrificePeopleMeChoiceNobody

Multiculturalism is a bed of beautiful roses that has some thorns, so we just have to be careful not to get pricked or to prick one another.

Reuven Rivlin

BeautifulRosesBedBe CarefulGet

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