"Elizabeth Hardwick told me once that all her first drafts sounded as if a chicken had written them. So do mine for the most part."

-- Flannery O'Connor

#Firsts Quotes #Chickens Quotes #Mines Quotes

“Anybody who goes searching can find enough artistic things I've done that nobody can ever say I sold out.”
“I work out at least once a day. If I'm not working, I'll work out three times a day. I do it because I enjoy it. It's a way of living and it makes me relaxed. It gives me mental stability, honestly.”

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“Every year, my boys and I create new cool gift wrap paper. We hand paint the design and come up with interesting ways to wrap each gift.”
“I haven't met a rich technician”
“Music is my life, it is a reflection of what I go through.”
“You can choose not to be a performing musician. You can choose to just be a recording artist. But then you run into the problem of trying to earn a living and balancing the time that you spend working on your creative efforts to just getting the bills paid. You can go off the grid and live in a cabin and make whatever art you want and also provide all the sustenance you need and not interact with anybody else.”
“I'm not promoting myself as the next great American driver, as some people are describing me. If that's what people want to call me, fine. But I've got more important things to focus on.”
“We as consumers really do have the right to know what's in our food,”

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