Alison Jackson Quotes
A lot of people who look at my photographs think it is an easy joke, but it does take a bit of thinking about.
Quotes to Explore
-
I think downloading is both saving and killing the music industry at the same time.
-
Irrespective of any political party, I am a supporter of good people who want to do something for the society.
-
I attended the bedside of a friend who was dying in a Dublin hospital. She lived her last hours in a public ward with a television blaring out a football match, all but drowning our final conversation.
-
I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.
-
For the most part, I don't have a Facebook page; I don't Twitter.
-
I don't want to get too philosophical, but in a sense, you're given this gift, this sort of creative force in you, and I think everyone has it, and it's completely unique to you. And you as a person have a little bit of a responsibility as its shepherd if you choose to incorporate that into your life.
-
I didn't have traditional stage fright. If there was 500 people in the audience or three people in the audience, it didn't really make a difference. What made a difference was the conductor. Everything that I was scared about as a drummer was him.
-
I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
-
I love the Royal Family. The Queen, she's fabulous.
-
I wouldn't let a biopic be made on me. That's because I don't believe in them. I don't like them.
-
I just wanted to rollerblade at Union Square.
-
I go back and forth between indie and studio because I feel like it, not because I feel obligated to do one or the other.
-
Your focus should be on creating an environment where growth can occur and then letting nature take its course.
-
The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.
-
It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.
-
I find celebrity really scary.
-
The extras are a nice bonus feature, but the main incentive is the musical experience.
-
When I had cancer, people were surprised at how cheerful and upbeat I was, but I couldn't let myself go to depression - to go there, that defeat would allow everything in. If you look too far into the abyss, you might never come out again. You can stand on the abyss and peep but not give in to sadness.
-
Quarterback is not a position that you come in having not played it your whole life.
-
The pressure of special interests, the demands of special sections of the state, the needs of friends, all must be subordinated to the good of the people as a whole.
-
Who have I been starstruck by in real life? One of the weirdest ones was, when we were making 'Cry-Baby,' David Nelson from 'The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet.' I couldn't believe he was sitting in my living room. Certainly Patricia Hearst. Tab Hunter. A lot of the stars I've worked with, when I first got them.
-
I have on my table a violin string. It is free to move in any direction I like. If I twist one end, it responds; it is free. But it is not free to sing. So I take it and fix it into my violin. I bind it and when it is bound, it is free for the first time to sing.
-
A lot of people who look at my photographs think it is an easy joke, but it does take a bit of thinking about.
