Justin Jesso Quotes
The biggest obstacle was getting people to take me seriously as an artist. I would write songs and I’d send them to A&R’s as pitches for other artists—this actually happened three different times.
Quotes to Explore
-
Clinton has more important things to worry about. He not only risks being destroyed historically, like Afghanistan's Buddha statues; he also could end up going to jail.
-
It's not easy to talk about things that are still hurting.
-
A store is just a collection of content. The Steam store is this very safe, boring entertainment experience. Nobody says, 'I'm going to play the Steam store now.'
-
I thought I knew how to work out before I immersed myself into boxing. I now know what an extreme workout really is.
-
The Iraqis are not threatened by the Turks or by the Iranians or by the Saudis and they tell me that these are not weapons of mass destruction, they are weapons of self-destruction.
-
To play something which is a big spectrum is so much more fun, so much more of a challenge.
-
Practice puts brains in your muscles.
-
I think we judge talent wrong. What do we see as talent? I think I have made the same mistake myself. We judge talent by people's ability to strike a cricket ball. The sweetness, the timing. That's the only thing we see as talent. Things like determination, courage, discipline, temperament, these are also talent.
-
The problem is that there is many great chefs and many great cookbooks, but none of them work at home.
-
Peacemaking and democratic state-building require blood and magic.
-
For a while, even in the house of good friends for dinner or for cocktails, they would really be upset. They thought I had single-handedly destroyed the best phone service in the world.
-
I'd love to meet the right girl and have a family. I'm very broody.
-
Only in spontaneity can we be who we truly are.
-
My father usually does not talk to me about my films, and it was a pleasant moment when he appreciated me the first time.
-
There is a healthy fraternal rivalry, but nothing serious and we both have been looking for a project to do together. I guess he may direct me in a project some day.
-
Why, der language down dar in de far South is jus' as different from ours in Maryland, as you can think. Dey laughed when dey heard me talk, an' I could not understand 'dem, no how.
-
I tend to worry about the minutiae of life. But living in the mountains of Idaho and having retreated from fame, I am more in tune with life.
-
I've started doing yoga and meditation, but I'm not very good at that kind of thing and turning my brain off.
-
Be happy in your own skin.
-
We're a nation of immigrants - there's no question about that. But we're also a nation of laws. I think we have to honor both of those.
-
...why is an artist an artist? Artists simply do feel and see things in a different way to other people. In a way it's a blessing, but it can also be a terrible curse. There's a great deal of satisfaction to be earned from it but often it's also a terrible burden.
-
Our poets do not write about it; our artists do not try to portray this remarkable thing. I don't know why. Is nobody inspired by our present picture of the universe? The value of science remains unsung by singers... This is not yet a scientific age.
-
Very much like that, and very much a loner, do you know and I didn't fit really into sport or all kind of group activities as a kid, I couldn't find a niche. And music was not really part of the kind of village curriculum it would, you know.
-
The biggest obstacle was getting people to take me seriously as an artist. I would write songs and I’d send them to A&R’s as pitches for other artists—this actually happened three different times.
