"When I played football was somewhat taboo for a girl. Today it's not as much of a problem. Not all girls want to play football but it's not a case of 'Oh my god she plays football, that's a bit odd.' It's a lot more accepted now."

“I never felt a need to manipulate my career from the outside - try to be someone I wasn't to get ahead.”

“There definitely isn't a structure anymore to how I get ideas. A lot of times I'll just write down a phrase, or I'll have an idea that's attached to just a few chords. Other times, it's work.”

“I think the climate is too important to say we are going to wait until all our economic woes are over before we act effectively.”

“We all must live our lives always feeling, always thinking the moment has arrived.”

Source : Song: If Not Now, Album: Tracy Chapman, 1988

“You can see the weakness of a man right through his iris.”

“You fall so deeply in love with your grandbaby. It's so so so much easier than being a parent, because you really don't have much responsibility. And just when you are at the end of your rope with exhaustion, the parents take the baby away. So it's the best of both worlds.”

“Not, like, that, boychik, you sound like a herd of elephants charging through a music store.”

Source : Jordan Sonnenblick (2010). “Notes From The Midnight Driver”, p.248, Scholastic Inc.

“I always find people who are unique very attractive.”