"Adele Adkins' retro-soul debut, '19', was striking less for her songs than for that voice: a voluptuous, slightly parched alto that swooped and fluttered like a Dusty Springfield student trying to upstage her teacher, or at least update the rules."

-- Will Hermes

#Song Quotes #Teacher Quotes #Voice Quotes

“Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say â€œMy tooth is achingâ€ than to say â€œMy heart is broken.”
“It was on the first day of Beltaine, that is called now May Day, the Tuatha de Danaan came, and it was to the north-west of Connacht they landed. But the Firbolgs, the Men of the Bag, that were in Ireland before them, and that had come from the South, saw nothing but a mist, and it lying on the hills.”
“There is a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit that they enjoy life.”
“I have my fears. Yet, notwithstanding the complicated difficulties that rise before us, there is no receding; and I should blush if in any instance the weak passions of my sex should damp the fortitude, the patriotism, and the manly resolution of yours. May nothing ever check that glorious spirit of freedom which inspires the patriot in the cabinet, and the hero in the field, with courage to maintain their righteous cause, and to endeavor to transmit the claim to posterity, even if they must seal the rich conveyance to their children with their own blood.”
“I'm just going to try to hit the ball hard. If it's going out of the park, that'll be OK.”
“Nothing lies on our hands with such uneasiness as time. Wretched and thoughtless creatures! In the only place where covetousness were a virtue we turn prodigals.”
“I also think if you're an actor and you can improvise, when you go on an audition and you can improvise you're just a genius. If you can, you know, take a Tide commercial and you can just say one funny line that's not in the commercial they think you're a genius.”
“My heart, independent of my logic, had reserved a place for my tormentor and my solace.”

You may also like:

Catharine Arnold
Author
Chris Stein
Guitarist
Chuck Eddy
Journalist
Luc Sante
Writer
Michael Azerrad
Author
Rob Sheffield
Journalist
Kelefa Sanneh
Journalist