William Blake Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I was brought up with beautiful music - Nat King Cole and Glen Miller from my dad, and my mum loved Judy Garland and Doris Day - brilliant stuff. Through my brothers and sisters I heard David Bowie and The Specials, The Carpenters, Meatloaf and The Rolling Stones.
-
Oh, there's going to be debate because you're dealing with the Bible and religion is supposed to be separate from state and that to me is already a conflict before it even hits the gay issue.
-
My target is to give everything, and only if we win the trophies will I be relaxed.
-
Some musicians I know are incredible fathers. Like Keith Richards. A fantastic dad.
-
There is no debate that social media is a great tool for networking with others in our industry. It can lead to friendships, support, and serendipitous connections with reviewers, agents, reporters, or editors.
-
The dove act? I'm still working on it. I don't think it's perfect yet. I got my first pair of doves when I was 14 years old. That was the beginning of the formation of that act. So it's been 24 years now that I've been working on it.
-
The only people playing the roles of classic rock stars are hip-hop artists, now. Kanye's stage persona, and the way he approaches making albums, and the way he wants to be better than everyone else? That's reminiscent of Freddie Mercury. That's reminiscent of the Beatles.
-
You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.
-
I was in an awful lot of trouble in Hollywood.
-
Whenever I visited China in the past, the relationships always felt superficial; there was no time where I felt those moments of conflict and delight that make you feel close to another person. But since I started touring there in 2004, I would always collaborate with local musicians, and that opened up a new level of intimacy.
-
The American dream is more about opportunity than anything else.
-
Germany is determined to provide substantial help. So are the Netherlands and other states. But a day will come when we have to count on our own resources.
-
Maybe it's a tired tale, but without an education, you're not going to go anywhere.
-
Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that.
-
I'm more of a tough girl, and I'm attracted to things that reflect that in my perfumes. That means sandalwood, musk, amber, and vanilla notes.
-
There's no one who has been living for centuries.
-
I don't believe Jesus was the son of God, although I'm inclined to think he might have been a great prophet.
-
When I was 15, I worked as a bag boy in a grocery store. I also needed to walk old ladies to their car and put their bags in the car, and they would give me two dollars. I felt like the richest man in the world.
-
My politics are private, but many of my feminist politics cross over into my professional life.
-
We often have an exaggerated sense of what nonprofits and governments are doing to help the poor, but the really inspiring thing is how much the poor are doing to help themselves.
-
Love is not fashionable anymore; the poets have killed it.
-
I am a lucky man. I have had a dream and it has come true, and that is not a thing that happens often to men.
-
Great things are done when men and mountains meet.
