"I came into music because I thought the presentation of poetry wasn't vibrant enough. So I merged improvised poetry with basic rock chords."

-- Patti Smith

#Rocks Quotes #Enough Quotes #Chords Quotes

“All I've ever tried to do is get the best out of people and to bring a bit of humour into it. Unlike, say, 'The X-Factor,' which may be great TV, but has no humour at all.”
“The beholder's eye, which moves like an animal grazing, follows paths prepared for it in the picture.”
“My earliest childhood memory is watching the sunlight through a jar of amber full of wasps.”
“Behind every footballing tough guy there lurks a mincing aesthete with a love of art for art's sake, football for football's sake. A win without art is somehow less than a victory; less, almost, than a beautiful defeat. In football, the romantic and the pragmatist are ever at war in the same breast. Beauty, it must be understood here, is not Barcelona's aim but their method. And last night they were ready to use this method at every opportunity - quick-fire passing of wit and purpose in the danger areas, seeking always to produce an unlooked-for player in a position of threat.”
“We may eventually come to realize that chastity is no more a virtue than malnutrition.”
“I have a lot of faith. But I am also afraid a lot, and have no real certainty about anything. I remembered something Father Tom had told me--that the opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty. Certainty is missing the point entirely. Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns.”
“I want to do action, romantic comedy, and I love drama.”
“Self is the lord of self, who else could be the lord?.”

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