"In trying to defend everything he defended nothing."

-- Frederick The Great

#Focus Quotes #Trying Quotes

“It's not just about looking and copying, it's about feeling too”
“When one is the agent of order and civilisation in the universe, one doesn't stoop to negotiate. Especially with nonhumans.”
“Question everything. Every stripe, every star, every word spoken. Everything.”

Source : Ernest J. Gaines (2012). “Bloodline: Five Stories”, p.95, Vintage
“Strategies are great, business models are great, but the reality is your music has to mean something to people.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“A library is the only single place you can go to learn something new, be comforted, terrified, thrilled, saddened, overjoyed, or excited all in one day. And for free.”
“I'm not allowed to be as liberal as I would like to be, you know? I'd do a lot more damage if I could!”
“When the evil deed, after it has become known, brings sorrow to the fool, then it destroys his bright lot, nay, it cleaves his head.”
“I would say, if you're a musician then you probably have some capacity and some intuition. You've got to trust that intuition and be true to what compels you. There will be a lot of things along the way that will try to remove you from that, and if you do, then I think you are diminished. If you stay with it, then you have something that's real.”

Source : "Get Back to That Place: Third Eye Blind's Stephan Jenkins Talks Touring Again and Why He Adores Tove Lo". Interview with Kelli Bender, people.com. June 30, 2015.

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