Ian Anderson Quotes
It might work with one orchestra, and the next orchestra - the oboe player might not get it. It's different every time, but some of the orchestras do end up enjoying it and having a great time.
Quotes to Explore
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Reading allows me to recharge my batteries.
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When one takes action for others, one's own suffering is transformed into the energy that can keep one moving forward; a light of hope illuminating a new tomorrow for oneself and others is kindled.
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If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I'd have it tinned. With vinegar.
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When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?
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Obviously, I never want to make the same record twice. I want to keep moving forward. That's the real challenge, I think.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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Corruption is in society and in every strata of society.
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I didn't get a ton of interest from colleges in baseball and football, but I was outstanding in track and had the sense that this would be my meal ticket... Track was a sport where I saw immediate improvement, and I had a lot of good support behind me... and the coaches had a lot of experience and pushed me in that direction for sure.
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At any Maroon 5 concert, you'll see a room backstage marked 'yoga.'
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Working 40 hours a week used to mean a minimum standard of living and a foothold on the first rung of the economic ladder to the middle class.
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The journey matters as much as the goal.
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I had the most magical childhood, running free and going anywhere I wanted to in my head.
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I said I didn't want to spend most of my life in Holidays Inns, but I've checked and they've all been redecorated. They're marvelous places to stay and I've thought it over and that's where I'd like to be.
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Of course, no one has enough time to see every shop that Mumbai has: That would take more lifetimes than even the gods could offer.
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What is the natural reaction when told you have a hopeless mental illness? That diagnosis does you in; that, and the humiliation of being there. I mean, the indignity you're subjected to. My God.
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People call me a hermit. But I'm happy.
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I think feeling bitter or angry is really useless.
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I really like 'The Three Kings' DVD. I love that movie and all the extra footage and documentaries.
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A lot of people who are born here don't appreciate the freedoms we have, the opportunities we have, because they've never had it any other way.
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I was born and grew up in Fitzgerald, way down in south Georgia. It was a mill town and my family ran the cotton mill. My grandfather was mayor many times and my family felt deeply rooted to that spot.
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No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears.
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Being negative is easy. There will always be a downside to everything good, a hurdle to everything desirable, a con to every pro. The real courage is in finding the good in what you have, the opportunities in every hurdle, the pros in every con.
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There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.
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It might work with one orchestra, and the next orchestra - the oboe player might not get it. It's different every time, but some of the orchestras do end up enjoying it and having a great time.
