"I don't do something because I think it will sell 30 million albums. I couldn't care less. If it sells one, it sells one."

-- Oscar Peterson

#Thinking Quotes #Albums Quotes #Care Quotes

“The only point of government is to safeguard and foster life.”
“To me, a forever love is a bond that can't be broken.”
“Yes indeed I have gained a lot out of playing scales and etudes.”
“That's the funny thing about life. We're rarely aware of the bullets we dodge. The just-misses. The almost-never-happeneds. We spend so much time worrying about how the future is going to play out and not nearly enough time admiring the precious perfection of the present.”
“If you wake up / And the day feels broken / Just lean into the crack”

Source : Song: It's Not Up To You, Album: Vespertine, 2001
“You're the answer to are we alone in the universe?”
“Like a one eyed cat peepin' in a seafood store.”

Source : Song: Shake, Rattle and Roll
“Does character develop over time? In novels, of course it does: otherwise there wouldn't be much of a story. But in life? I sometimes wonder. Our attitudes and opinions change, we develop new habits and eccentricities; but that's something different, more like decoration. Perhaps character resembles intelligence, except that character peaks a little later: between twenty and thirty, say. And after that, we're just stuck with what we've got. We're on our own. If so, that would explain a lot of lives, wouldn't it? And also - if this isn't too grand a word - our tragedy.”

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