"I think Paul McGuinness and U2 created the Irish music industry. It certainly wasn't there before that."

-- Van Morrison

#Thinking Quotes #Music Industry Quotes #Irish Music Quotes

“A strong reputation is like a good bonfire. When you have one kindled it's easy to keep the flame burning, even if someone comes along and tries to piss on it. But if you fall asleep and neglect it...You'll wake up with ashes.”
“It's hard to take over the world when you sleep 20 hours a day.”
“If this is your God, he's not very impressive. He has so many psychological problems; he's so insecure. He demands worship every seven days. He goes out and creates faulty humans and then blames them for his own mistakes. He's a pretty poor excuse for a Supreme Being.”

Source : Edward A. Gross, Gene Roddenberry, Mark A. Altman (1994). “Great Birds of the Galaxy”, Image Pub of New York
“As actors, we went where we wanted to, and the camera followed us: it was like having another person in the room. There was no formal structure to the process. It was very liberating.”
“You must always be a-waggle with LOVE.”
“The first principle of solid wisdom is discretion, without it all the erudition of life is merely bagatelle.”
“Show me a person who sees himself negatively and I will show you a person who sees others in a negative way.”
“As an artist, and for me personally, my biggest fear is categorization. I hate the idea that I would become someone who says that "this is what I do and now that's what I am." What I really feel like is an explorer. I want to continue exploring my brain cave and see what's there, you know? And I don't want to just stay in one cave.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com

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