"I can never make up my mind if I'm happy being a flute player, or if I wish I were Eric Clapton."

-- Ian Anderson

#Happiness Quotes #Being Happy Quotes #Player Quotes

“The wood-carver can fashion whatever he will. Yet his products are but toys of the moment, to be glanced at in jest, not fashioned according to any precept or law. When times change, the carver too will change his style and make new trifles to hit the fancy of the passing day. But there is another kind of artist, who sets more soberly about his work, striving to give real beauty to the things which men actually use and to give to them the shape which tradition has ordained. This maker of real things must not for a moment be confused with the maker of idle toys.”

Source : Murasaki Shikibu (2011). “The Tale of Genji”, p.61, Tuttle Publishing
“When you look across the ring at me, and you look into my eyes, you are not immmortal, you are not an icon; you are just like everybody else. You are an obstacle, and I will run you over. And that is not a threat, that is not a warning; that is just a fact! Because brother, I am THE GAME...and I AM THAT...DAMN...GOOD!”
“I want to win and I want to be in office.”
“Go and surprise the whole country by doing something right.”
“For me, I think the only danger is being too much in love with guitar playing. The MUSIC is the most important thing, and the guitar is only the instrument.”
“Should each individual snowflake be held accountable for the avalanche?”

Source : Franz Wright (2011). “Wheeling Motel”, p.12, Knopf
“If I stop to think about fans, or best-selling, or not best-selling, or good reviews, or not-good reviews, it just becomes too much. It's like staring at the mirror all day.”
“People also like partnerships because they can identify with the drama of two people in partnership. They can feed off a partnership, and that keeps people entertained. Besides, if you have a successful partnership, it's self-sustaining.”

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