"What passes for identity in America is a series of myths about one's heroic ancestors."

-- James A. Baldwin

#America Quotes #Identity Quotes #Heroic Quotes

“I love 'Crazy Horse,' and Neil Young is one of my favorite guitar players.”
“We all mess up. It's what we learn from our mistakes that matters.”
“Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not.”
“There's a song called 'The Lights of My Hometown' that goes back to me growing up a regular kid. I mean, I lived in a town that I loved, but was too small for the dreams I was dreaming. You leave thinking the world has a lot more to offer than your hometown, only to realize years down the road that no matter where you grow up, you will never be able to recreate the innocence and feeling of 'home' anywhere else in the world. No matter who you are, or where that little town is, that's something we all have in common.”
“The key to success is to raise your own energy; when you do, people will naturally be attracted to you. Â And when they show up, bill â€˜em!”
“My wife was the first art collector in the family, and I didn't become interested until around 1973. The first important artwork we bought was a Van Gogh drawing of two peasant houses in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer.”
“In the States, it takes you a lifetime just to get from Chicago's South Side to the West Side.”
“If you argue and rankle and contradict, you may achieve a victory sometimes; but it will be an empty victory because you will never get your opponent's good will.”

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