"When you have nothing to say, set something on fire."

-- Richard Siken

“People have said to me, You can't write songs. You can't play an instrument. But I've got 10 gold records.”
“We're all unique and we all have our own talents. If you keep acknowledging your assets and accomplishments , and strive to be the best you can be, you'll let that 'not good enough' mentality go and be on your way to loving yourself, no matter what.”
“It's often wrong to write for specific actors because one ends up using what is least interesting about them, their mannerisms and habits. I prefer not to write for specific people.”
“Our life as consumers seems light years away from that of our grandparents. But you don't change human nature. Optimism, for me, is the belief that we can spread the opportunity for everyone to be fully human. Sustainability, like music, is an impulse to make sense of the world around us. It is core to our humanity. If you only like one composer, or think all the best music has already been written, you have reason for pessimism. If not, it is within us to have good reason for hope”
“Life does not count by years. Some suffer a lifetime in a day, and so grow old between the rising and the setting of the sun.”
“Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.”
“A policeman's lot is not a happy one”
“I have learned over the years that the nicest thing I can do is to just say to myself, "Good Morning Darling, I love you; we're going to have a really great day today."”

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