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“Like most women, I remember my first drink in tender minutiae.”
Source : Koren Zailckas (2006). “Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood”, p.12, Penguin
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“Money, again, has often been a cause of the delusion of the multitudes. Sober nations have all at once become desperate gamblers, and risked almost their existence upon the turn of a piece of paper.”
Source : Charles Mackay (1852). “Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds”, p.8
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“Begin with art, because art tries to take us outside ourselves. It is a matter of trying to create an atmosphere and context so conversation can flow back and forth and we can be influenced by each other.”
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“I am inspired by thinkers. I am inspired by rebellion. I am inspired by children. I have been inspired by love. I have been inspired by heartbreak. I try to take everything that comes at me in life. There have been times in my life that I didn't handle things... right. But even though you stumble, you still kind of get through it.”
Source : "Ian Astbury on the Death of the Rock Star". Interview With Mick Stingley, www.esquire.com. December 27, 2013. 
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“There are times when quantity is at least as important as quality in learning an art.”
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“The mid-life crisis hits men harder than women.”
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“The pool of people you care about is going to shift over time.”
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“If you want to be a leader, go lead”
