Jon Crosby Quotes

I've never really had anybody close to me die. I think the song is about a feeling that I have that, it still applies. It's a feeling of longing, once again.

Jon Crosby

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• I do two cups of coffee with a little bit of raw sugar and soy creamer, and then I do a bowl of plain oatmeal with walnuts and blueberries. Now, if I could do what I really wanted to do with my life, every morning I would have a salami-and-cheese omelet with hash browns and a buttermilk biscuit - and pancakes. But my heart would explode.

  

  Ike Barinholtz
  • Life
  • Heart
  • Morning

• My son Darrel could recite 'Straight Outta Compton' at two years old. He loved it! You can expose your kids to anything as long as you sit there and explain it to them.

  

  Ice Cube
  • Long
  • Kids
  • Son

• You know, Saint Augustine said our hearts are restless 'til they rest in thee. And I had a restlessness in my heart. Something just wasn't quite right.

  

  Pat Robertson
  • Heart
  • You
  • Know

• I didn't actually begin professionally acting until I was 30.

  

  Katey Sagal
  • Acting
  • Actually
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• I am always interested in that relationship between outer reality and inner desire, and I think it is important to pay attention to the inner voice because it is the only way to discover your mission in life and the only way to develop the strength to break with whatever familial or cultural norms are preventing you from fulfilling your destiny.

  

  Laura Esquivel
  • Life
  • Important
  • Reality

• It was clear to me that men and women were equal - if not more so.

  

  Al Gore
  • Men
  • Women

• I guess by taking lessons early on, and really trying to play all the rudimentary stuff, and try to have it sound as good as my teacher. It took a lot of practice, which I enjoyed, and still do.

  

  Matt Cameron Soundgarden
  • Good
  • Trying
  • Practice

• I was signed at 18 and had to grow up quickly.

  

  Rita Ora
  • Up

• I really wanted to pursue music, but all those other girls are doing it and it is annoying.

  

  Alexa Vega
  • Music
  • Annoying

• I have cellulite. I admit it. But sometimes I just say, 'Screw it, I am going to wear a bikini.'

  

  Cindy Crawford

• I have often felt bad that I am not great at any one thing. Like just a super super singer. Or the Gregory Hines of something.

  

  Jasmine Guy
  • Great
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• Every other day I read a book. It takes me two days to finish a book. I like reading because if I'm not doing anything, then I read. If my mom tells me to go take out the trash, I'll go take out the trash, and come back and start reading again.

  

  Khleo
  • Book
  • Reading
  • Mom

• The juxtaposition between fishing and touring couldn't be greater.

  

  Dean Ween
  • Fishing

• If you just want ten songs to fit somebody else's script, then I'm not really the composer for that.

  

  Andrew Lloyd Webber

• When I came to America, I was already a writer, already published in Bosnia. I was planning to go back, but I had no choice but to stay here after the civil war, so I enrolled at Northwestern in a master's program and studied American literature.

  

  Aleksandar Hemon
  • American
  • America
  • War

• But the truth is that critics are by definition critical. That's their job.

  

  Frank Black
  • Job
  • Truth

• When I was thirty, and a long time after that, I felt like I had to leave home to do what I had to do. Now, it's just the opposite.

  

  Kris Kristofferson
  • Time
  • Long
  • Home

• I believe in legacy. And I believe in making the radio sound better. If I gotta listen to it, I want it to sound good.

  

  Betty Wright
  • Good
  • Believe
  • Legacy

• As you can imagine, over the years I have been asked many times to discuss and explain my song "American Pie." I have never discussed the lyrics, but have admitted to the Holly reference in the opening stanzas. You will find many interpretations of my lyrics but none of them by me. You will find many “interpretations” of my lyrics but none of them by me. Isn’t this fun? Sorry to leave you all on your own like this but long ago I realized that songwriters should make their statements and move on, maintaining a dignified silence.

  

  Don McLean
  • Long
  • American
  • Fun

• When I'm writing a song, things are always popping into my head, it's not so direct. It feels more like I'm in a room and there's this whole big jumble of clothes on the floor and it's like choosing what to wear. There are a lot of different things in there and you kind of pull something out and think, "No, that's not right," or you're like, "Yes I'll put this on with this."

  

  Julia Natasha Stone Angus & Julia Stone
  • Different
  • Thinking
  • Writing

• I'm really interested in modern history, but to fulfill a History degree at Brown you have to do modern and pre-modern.

  

  Emma Watson
  • History

• There's a lot of movies, and I've made some of them that could be categorized this way, but there's definitely been a trend in animated features of all types to be a little bit cynical, if you will, to have a little bit of 'knowing' humor to them, kind of a wink to the audience.

  

  Kelly Asbury

• Obama's victory in November 2008 was a historic political accomplishment.

  

  John Podhoretz
  • Political
  • Victory
  • Accomplishment

• I've never really had anybody close to me die. I think the song is about a feeling that I have that, it still applies. It's a feeling of longing, once again.

  

  Jon Crosby
  • Song
  • Feeling
  • Longing