"I busked from the age of 13 until I was 18."

-- Glen Hansard

“I think I'm actually in denial that I'm famous, it only sinks in when people crowd in the streets. My friends treat me like a regular person, which is what I wanted.”
“How was life before Pop-Tarts, Prozac and padded playgrounds? They ate strudel, took opium and played on the grass.”
“To a father waxing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter; sons have spirits of a higher pitch, but less inclined to endearing fondness.”
“Tomorrow may rain, so I'll follow the sun”
“Any time, every time, you can damn the Prime Minister and so long as it is not a lie and a criminal lie, nothing happens to you.Â You can say a lot of things.Â You can write books about him, damning him.Â So long as it is not a libel, go ahead.”
“When I'm in New York I look at the Empire State Building and feel as though it belongs to me ... or is it vice versa?”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". The New York Times interview, www.imdb.com. 1969.
“My skin still crawls if you call me a movie star. I get embarrassed. I think, don't be ridiculous. Maybe it's because I'm British. To me, Julia Roberts that's a movie star. But when people do call me one, that, I think, is an enormous compliment but, my God, is that a responsibility!”
“Education is so much of an organic unity that, if any of the stages or elements of it be defective, the deficiency is felt throughout all the subsequent growth of the organism.”

Source : George Trumbull Ladd (1899). “Essays on the Higher Education”

You may also like:

Bronagh Gallagher
Singer
Damien Rice
Singer-songwriter
Eddie Vedder
Musician
Iron & Wine
Singer-songwriter
Jason Molina
Musician
Judy Collins
Singer
Marketa Irglova
Singer-songwriter
Steve Kazee
Actor
Damien Dempsey
Singer-songwriter