Charlie Haden Quotes
The bass, no matter what kind of music you're playing, it just enhances the sound and makes everything sound more beautiful and full. When the bass stops, the bottom kind of drops out of everything.
Quotes to Explore
-
I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make sure my speeches are well researched and footnoted. I make sure I am not talking through my hat.
-
I really honestly can't see myself as a lawyer. It's pretty much safe to say I'll never become one.
-
To this day, some of my closest friends say, 'Gaga, you know, everything's great. You're a singer; your dreams have come true.' But, still, when certain things are said to you over and over again as you're growing up, it stays with you and you wonder if they're true.
-
I think mobility is very important, not only to discover opportunities elsewhere but at times, also to appreciate better what your home town has. Allahabad, for instance, has the feel of a small, tightly-knit community where everyone participates.
-
We got orders to strike the Marshall and Gilbert Islands. We had a task force with the Enterprise. We had two or three cruisers and probably eight or 10 destroyers.
-
The old series of sittings with Mrs. Piper convinced me of survival for reasons which I should find it hard to formulate in any strict fashion, but that was their distinct effect.
-
It should simply be an empirical matter whether the climate is changing or not and whether we're responsible. But the various sides of the debate have now become so tribal that it's no longer a matter of changing our views as more information comes in.
-
Obviously, for me, story is first and foremost, even in the face of the attractive idea of having all the cast there, or having a great piece of talent come to it.
-
I call tennis the McDonald's of sport - you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out.
-
On what can we now place our hopes of solving the many riddles which still exist as to the origin and composition of cosmic rays? It must be emphasized here above all that to attain really decisive progress greater funds must be made available.
-
The government should move towards supporting aspirations and not entitlement. Subsidies supporting non-productive growth should be reduced.
-
I think it's fun to get in a room and sweat with people. I'm happy to share my workouts with everyone.
-
I am happy to donate funds to various organizations that help people in need.
-
I was the first one to allow a projectile to come off of the stage and into the audience. And I kind of take responsibility for the mosh pit.
-
One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
-
I do believe that all of the world needs reform. The reform must take place everywhere.
-
One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up.
-
A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind.
-
I hope that the movie industry will learn from the experiences of the music industry and will be much more constructive in their approach to P2P.
-
'Don Quijote' by Cervantes. I read the original Spanish version when I was in high school. Such a classic!
-
Then Nature shaped a poet's heart - a lyreFrom out whose chords the lightest breeze that blowsDrew trembling music.
-
And I took a long time to appreciate Lynch.
-
The bass, no matter what kind of music you're playing, it just enhances the sound and makes everything sound more beautiful and full. When the bass stops, the bottom kind of drops out of everything.
