Billy Sheehan Quotes
I didn't follow the standard rules of bass playing, and many musicians on many different instruments who became noteworthy for their unique or particular style did a very similar thing.
Quotes to Explore
-
Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.
-
It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
-
My father's music has always inspired me in many ways... especially to be better at what I do.
-
The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested.
-
I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
-
The Stonewall riots were a key moment for gay people. Throughout modern history, gays had thought of themselves as something like a mental illness or maybe a sin or a crime. Gay liberation allowed us to make the leap to being a 'minority group,' which made life much easier.
-
When you give a lot of confidence in people and you don't get it back, you are a bit disappointed, but it's life.
-
My hair and my accent are sort of my main assets.
-
God, I can push the grass apart and lay my finger on Thy heart.
-
I think the reason they cast me as the good girls is because they couldn't find any in Hollywood.
-
I don't think it's possible to separate out the strands of a writer's history, circumstances, life events, and that writer's themes.
-
Although my art work was heavily informed by my design work on a formal and visual level, as regards meaning and content the two practices parted ways.
-
It's interesting, the things you learn when you're 21. I learned never to get tattoos in the middle of shooting a movie. Because if you're not Angelina Jolie or Megan Fox, they will fire you.
-
When I began we did not really have a lot of First Amendment law. It is really surprising to think of it this way, but a lot of the law - most of the law that relates to the First Amendment freedom of the press in America - is really within living memory.
-
It keeps me in touch with younger musicians who are constantly saying, 'Have you heard this new artist, or this new guitar player?' It keeps you reaching.
-
My mother reads tarot cards, actually, but I won't let her read mine.
-
I love the intimacy of venues like the House of Blues. When everyone is packed in and so close to you, it makes you play differently. It's so much more fun to play because there's so much more high energy in a place like that.
-
In brief, Western democracy, as other political models, is not exportable to all regions of the world.
-
Take a little time out of your busy day to give encouragement to someone who's lost their way.
-
How can you know what is missing if you’ve never met it? You must know of something’s existence before you can notice its absence.
-
Every inch of my writing career has been influenced by my screenwriting education. I was lucky enough to go to film school at USC, and I got a crash course in how to tell a story efficiently. I learned structure, pace, my style, how to know your audience, and most importantly, how to take criticism and edits properly.
-
Doing a sitcom is like doing a play - you rehearse for three or four days, and then you shoot what you rehearsed on Friday night in front of an audience. An hour-long drama is like shooting a movie. You're shooting 13-14 hour days. The endurance itself is different.
-
There needs to be more deliberate effort on the part of folks at VC firms to bring in a more diverse team of talent. You have to make a more concerted effort to bring in people who are different and who may not be in your network.
-
I didn't follow the standard rules of bass playing, and many musicians on many different instruments who became noteworthy for their unique or particular style did a very similar thing.
