John Young Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
To be a great painter means to be a great poet: someone who transcends the limits of his language.
-
One thing I hear a lot is, 'Dude, my mom loves your record,' or 'I got it for my dad for Christmas.' I'm essentially doing dad rock. Which is great, because I love Steely Dan, you know? Nothing wrong with dad rock!
-
I think that Richard Nixon is a great man and that he is very dedicated to what he does. I had the pleasure of meeting him when I attended the Republican National Convention in Miami. You can really tell that he is willing to go out of his way to help the American people.
-
Bollywood music is definitely a big part of Indian music and can be a great way to introduce people to the sound. But I hope to continue to incorporate other types of Indian music into my work.
-
People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
-
Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.
-
Whoever has not begun the practice of prayer, I beg for the love of the Lord not to go without so great a good. There is nothing here to fear but only something to desire.
-
Dad went to Canada to learn how to fly with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He took me on my first airplane ride, where I could have a hand on the stick.
-
I think we raised about 20,000 pounds. There was a live performance thing so we thought we'd donate the equipment for an online charity in Britain. I hated to part with my guitar, but it was for such a great cause.
-
Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.
-
I think pop music is a great place to get new ideas across.
-
I had a Guru. He was a great saint and most merciful. I served him long - very, very long; still, he would not blow any mantra in my ears. I had a keen desire never to leave him but to stay with him and serve him and at all cost receive some instruction from him.
-
I don't have a great imagination to share something with you that you don't know, so it's about interpreting things - a dialogue.
-
One of the things I was so glad that happened to me on Knots was that I learned to relax.
-
There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.
-
Yes, actually ever since I saw his films and tried to write about them, Sirk's been in everything I've done. Not Sirk himself, but what I've learned from his work.
-
Children are our second chance to have a great parent-child relationship.
-
I think 'Pretty Little Liars' is going to be hugely popular for adults, for kids, for girls, for guys, you know, something for everyone to look at, and the stories are going to be great. There's suspense every week. The friendship is really fun to watch. I think it's going to have something for everybody.
-
One thing is certain: We can't go back. The musical will never be the same as it was.
-
Driving through much of the southern part of the U.S. reminds me of where I grew up in Canada. The trees, homes, sense of community... I love the South.
-
It's good to fight with your brothers, and it's good to tease them to give them advice.
-
The last great delusion is soon to open before us. Antichrist is to perform his marvelous works in our sight So closely will the counterfeit resemble the true that it will be impossible to distinguish between them except by the Holy Scriptures.
-
I started to sing after high school, and I may have dreamed about being Randy Travis a time or two.
-
We've learned a great deal. And that's why you fly a test flight, so you can learn.
