David Means Quotes
What I appreciate about Radiohead's work - and it's most evident in 'Hail to the Thief' - is how the juxtaposition of narratives on the band's albums somehow creates a sense of wholeness.
Quotes to Explore
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Funny is an attitude.
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Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.
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To be honest, I think, for me, the power is always with art. The art world clearly couldn't happen without art.
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Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.
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The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.
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NRDC has helped bring hope spots to more of our shared ocean waters. We helped draft and pass a California law creating a network of underwater parks stretching from the Oregon border to the Mexican border.
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I would definitely like to start a family because it's the most important thing in the world and what you should take care of, along with your friends and the people you love.
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When I'm making music, I can hear all the parts, all the instruments. I can hear what it should be.
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The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.
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I suppose I shouldn't go around admitting I speak untruths on the radio.
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In my next life, I want to be a housecat. Naps all the time!
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I'm a child of the Women's Movement. I always believed that I could do anything. That women didn't have to be limited in any way.
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It has always been a dream of mine to put a play on film.
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I only know it takes weeks to recover, as if one had been in a car accident.
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I cannot even remember a time before being conscious of James Bond.
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Of course, I grew up hearing Latin music but, to be honest, aside from my personal circumstances, like most kids I wanted to rebel against what I considered to be such old fashioned fare.
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'Blood Meridian' was without question the novel that made me want to become a writer.
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A cap on carbon is important because it sets a specific goal for reducing carbon emissions 80% by 2050.
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Most performers are used to the highs and the lows. If you can let a low stop you, that would be a sad commentary.
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She is still less civilized than man, largely because she has not been educated.
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I would write 100 jokes a day. Most of them were terrible. But I just said, 'I'll write more than everybody else, and that's how I'll get better.'
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I wish I could tell you me and my rock band were traveling around, strung out. No, we were a family band. Straight Partridge Family.
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What I appreciate about Radiohead's work - and it's most evident in 'Hail to the Thief' - is how the juxtaposition of narratives on the band's albums somehow creates a sense of wholeness.
