Joe Bonamassa Quotes
I'll tell you, what the world doesn't need is another Joe Bonamassa DVD.
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I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.
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I've been called 'musically schizophrenic,' and some people think that's a cool thing.
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The greatest risk is really to take no risk at all. You've got to go out there, jump off the cliff, and take chances.
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War has been good to me from a financial standpoint but I don't want to make money that way. I don't want blood money.
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On almost every environmental issue I care about, in fact, I've been wrong at one point or another. I used to think that climate change was no big deal, that most environmental problems were massive exaggerations, that oil reserves were effectively unlimited, and more.
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I can go back to poverty if a situation comes. I have sailed through the worst days of my life, and I am prepared for any crisis.
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Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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I just want to be myself and be real and be funny.
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There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production.
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I think, people look at me, and they say, 'You were very aggressive,' I say, 'Yeah,' you know, and I've made a better life for myself, for my son, so I should reflect that with my music now. I shouldn't still be rhyming like that; that would be me lying.
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Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.
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The truth is I had lots of rehab and now I have a clean bill of health.
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Democracy means that people can say what they want to. All the people. It means that they can vote as they wish. All the people. It means that they can worship God in any way they feel right, and that includes Christians and Jews and voodoo doctors as well.
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Kids are very cruel to each other.
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I was not the son of a worker or lacking in material or social resources for a relatively comfortable existence; I could say I miraculously escaped wealth.
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I have a lot of vanity.
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I used to be fast and loose with the term 'country' because I didn't know what else to call my music. I still don't.
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I lose things all the time. I used to lose my license all the time before I put a place in my car for it.
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There is maybe a cynicism because of my past as a writer.
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I was the worst, most sickly kid of all – 30 pounds underweight. The girls used to beat me up. Actually I was a mean kid, early on because I had no self-esteem.
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As I've gotten older, I've realized that things are a lot more permeable. It's not so black and white: not every journalist is a jerk.
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I think the Colorado Plateau is the most scenic area in the world - let's begin with that. Not just the United States.
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I'll tell you, what the world doesn't need is another Joe Bonamassa DVD.
