Roland Orzabal Quotes

The most gratifying thing, with no question, is making records.

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• Mum's a worrier, she looked after everybody apart from herself - I think it runs in the family.

  

  Gail Porter
  • Family
  • She
  • Think

• The danger of asteroid or comet impact is one of the best reasons for getting into space … I'm very fond of quoting my friend Larry Niven: 'The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program. And if we become extinct because we don't have a space program, it'll serve us right!'

  

  Arthur C. Clarke
  • Space
  • Friend

• One of the biggest challenges facing the globe is the gap that exists in the wealth and standards of living enjoyed by the world's nations.

  

  Brian Behlendorf
  • World

• I love with the heart not the eyes.

  

  Niall Horan One Direction
  • Heart
  • Love
  • Eyes

• I read a comment that made me think I should stop singing for a while. And I didn't want to stop singing, because it was the only thing I loved. At first I thought, "Maybe I'll get better and eventually please the person who wrote about my singing." But then I thought, "I probably will never please this person. I should just do what pleases me."

  

  Bette Midler
  • Thinking
  • Stop
  • Singing

• Accept the priceless gift - the joy of work. Apply the greatest value in life: love people and serve them. You will attract big and generous portions of success.

  

  W. Clement Stone
  • People
  • Life
  • Work

• To love is to battle, to open doors, to cease to be a ghost with a number forever in chains, forever condemned by a faceless master; the world changes if two look at each other and see.

  

  Octavio Paz
  • World
  • Love
  • Forever

• You know it's said that you make your own face. So you don't really have a face until you are 30 or your mid-20s. When you are starting to grow up and show your character in your face.

  

  Nan Goldin
  • Up
  • Character
  • Growing Up

• Women, in order to recharge their batteries, gather in groups. They can recharge their batteries with their sisters. I tend to recharge my batteries in solitude, therefore the motorcycle trips. I need to be alone. As a matter of fact, I have to be careful. I could turn into a hermit.

  

  William H. Macy
  • Facts
  • Solitude
  • Groups

• If you can wait till I get home, then I swear to you... that we can make this last.

  

  Jeremy McKinnon A Day to Remember
  • Get Home

• Art is the contemplation of the world in a state of grace.

  

  Hermann Hesse
  • Art
  • State
  • Contemplation

• But of all the water's secrets, he saw today only a single one-one that struck his soul. He saw that this water flowed and flowed, it was constantly flowing, and yet it was always there; it was always eternally the same and yet new at every moment! Oh, to be able to grasp this, to understand this!

  

  Hermann Hesse
  • Soul
  • Moments
  • Understand

• We can do many different things as a band. But that doesn't mean we should do that. If we did all we're capable of, it doesn't necessarily mean we'd be writing better songs. None of us are huge fans of bands that seem to go, 'OK, I'm gonna sing for no reason and then scream for no reason just because I can.'

  

  Alissa White-Gluz The Agonist
  • Band
  • Fans
  • Different Things

• In front of the camera and in front of the lens, there's no lawsuits, there's no agent, and there's most frequently no time limits... There's a longevity that's kind of built into it. I spend most of my time behind the scenes, and when it is time to perform, I'm genuinely delighted to do it.

  

  David Lee Roth Van Halen
  • Time
  • Camera
  • Perform

• It is only by frequent deaths of ourselves and our self-centered desires that we can come to live more fully.

  

  Mother Teresa
  • Desires
  • Deaths

• Collecting records is, for many, beyond a hobby.

  

  Henry Rollins Black Flag
  • Records
  • Hobbies
  • Collecting

• Not everybody gets to record with an orchestra, and not everybody that gets to record with an orchestra gets to write all their own stuff.

  

  Harry Connick, Jr.
  • Writing
  • Stuff
  • Records

• A lot of networks don't want to touch controversial subjects, and especially stuff that deals with race and history.

  

  Mike Jackson
  • Stuff
  • Deals
  • Subjects

• The most gratifying thing, with no question, is making records.

  

  Roland Orzabal
  • Records