John Heywood Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.
-
Anyone familiar with my work knows that I am extremely critical of all religious faiths.
-
Work is the thing that happens around the game time.
-
You're creating new things in movies and people are going to steal them.
-
I hate ugliness. You know I'm allergic to ugliness.
-
You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.
-
You've got to be all-in on this sport; you can't be one foot out the door.
-
I never identified with anybody. I have always been very sensitive about my color, because everybody called me 'yellow gal.' I was caught in between both sides - nobody wanted me. I love that my audience is there, but I always feel as though I have to fend for myself.
-
The grandchildren should not bear the debts of the grandparents.
-
War triggers unforeseeable military dynamics and sets off massive political shocks, creating new problems as well as new opportunities.
-
I remember when the palm trees were short and Tomorrowland was modern.
-
When I left the Giants in 2014, my comments were emotional, insensitive, and misguided, and I truly regret and apologize for my actions. I am committed to working hard to contributing to the success of the Giants.
-
I always want to work on things that really scare me and interest me at the same time, and you know, I definitely had some projects in the past that did that, but the stars never aligned in getting them up. So 'Lion' was another project that really interested me, and the stars did align on this one. It just happened to be my first film!
-
How does one endure in a place they shouldn't be condemned to live in? You could take that same question and apply it to any number of neighborhoods in any number of cities.
-
It's very simple. You have to be faithful to your other half and not have secrets. That's my rule.
-
Small paintings can be fantastic. But you can't often get a narrative out of a small painting. In any case, museums are huge places, and you want to take up some space.
-
I'm really scared of flying. Like, really, really, really scared.
-
Hip-hop is such a disposable art form from a business standpoint. It never treats its artists as art; it never treats its product as art.
-
It felt when I was growing up that sport was, like, the only thing you should do... if you do music, you're really different and a bit weird.
-
Basically, when I'm writing something, I think about what is the subject of the piece. The subject of the piece is our fear of getting old, which is a variation on our fear of dying.
-
Working on 'Drive', a lot of fun. This is Tim Minear whom I've worked with before on 'Firefly' of course. He called me up and said, 'I've got a part for you that you will love,' and I love Tim's writing. I love his stories. I love his characters, his dialogue. He has a knack for reveals and he has a knack for moments.
-
The one cool thing about being underground is that it gives you such freedom. You have to be so on top of it, releasing singles all the time, doing videos all the time, and I don't know if I'm ready to give up that freedom.
-
I'm hoping that word-of-mouth on the film - people seeing it and liking it - that that will drive more people to the theaters, because I haven't seen the billboards or the posters or anything.
-
The still sowe eats up all the draffe.
