"What's important? That which is dug out of books, or out of the guts?"

-- Theodore Roethke

#Book Quotes #Important Quotes #Importance Quotes

“Nothing affected me until I heard Elvis. Without Elvis there would be no Beatles.”
“... the lead is now 6.9 seconds. In fact it's just under 7 seconds”
“Friends of friends had bands in college or in their early 20s and had a moment where they had some kind of interest from a record label or manager. It's always interesting how people handle those decisions and those moments.”
“Writing is so hard.... The first draft writing is so hard that sometimes in the beginning, before the work itself takes over, carrying you on its flood, you must give yourself rewards. "When I write this chapter, I can call my boyfriend." "When I finish one page more, I can get an ice cream cone." "If I write this section, I'll find a check in the mail."”
“He takes himself far too seriously and thinks he is very important. I don't like it when someone glorifies themself.”
“I believe there is a place where the restless souls wander. Burdened by the weight of their own sadness, they cannot enter heaven.... And so they wait, trapped between our world and the next, endlessly searching for a way to rid themselves of their pain- in the hope that somehow, someday they will be reunited with the ones they love. If two people really love each other, nothing can keep them apart.”
“If you're really a rapper, you can't stop rapping.”
“She was married for seven years to a concrete castle king. She said she wanted to learn to play the guitar and to hear her children sing. So I'd show up about once a week in my faded tight-legged jeans with a backlog full of hobo stories and dilapidated dreams.”

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