"The only problem with Shearwater as a name for a band is that people sort of think that it's this amalgamated word like Pushmonkey or something. Doesn't have an actual...you know, like Clearwater or Stillwater, they don't realize that it actually is a thing. It seemed like such a beautiful word, I was so suprised that no body had named their band that."

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Source : Source: pitchfork.com

Jonathan Meiburg

#Beautiful Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“I have just had eighteen whiskeys in a row. I do believe that is a record.”
“Educated: no. Stupid: yes. And when I say "stupid," I mean stupid fresh.”
“I don't think I'm the best lyricist; it's hard for me to express feelings through words.”
“Some people come into our lives and they move our souls to sing and make our spirits dance. They help us to see that everything on earth is part of the incredibility of life... and that it is always there for us to take of its joy. Some people come into our lives and leave footprints on our hearts and we are never ever the same.”
“I love humanity, I love the way people look”
“For, in truth, an image is only dead matter shaped by the craftsman's hand. But we have no sensible image of sensible matter, but an image that is perceived by the mind alone: God, who alone is truly God.”
“We play with enthusiasm and recklessness. We aren't afraid to lose. If we win, great; but win or lose, it is the competition that gives us pleasure.”
“I remember the time an older man asked me when I was young, "Do you know what you are doing now?" I thought it was some kind of trick question. Tell me," I said. You are building your memories," he replied, "so make them good ones.”

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