"I think if you're writing from the heart, very often, the subject matter will adjust as you age... but you try to write the best song you can possibly write. For us, we have the same basic elements that make up the America sound."

-- Gerry Beckley

#Song Quotes #Writing Quotes #Heart Quotes

“I believe that that responsibility that reporters have is worthy of me showing them respect, and that's what I try to do on a regular basis, and I have been pleased that most reporters have reciprocated and shown me respect as well.”
“Alas! innocence is but a poor substitute for experience.”
“If people don't like Marxism, they should blame the British Museum.”
“I think that music, or at least the kind of music that I make, benefits greatly from improvisation.”
“Farms and ranches contend with much more than quarterly reports and profit margins - the weather can wreak havoc on their quality of life and economic viability. When natural disasters strike, we must do all we can to assist the backbone of our economy.”
“All I can say is, I don't talk about the personal stuff. It's the one thing you can keep to yourself. At least you try to.”
“I'd been familiar with comics, and I'd collected 'em when I was a kid, but after I got into junior high school, there wasn't much I was interested in”
“A conscious decision to eliminate certain details and include selective bits of personal experiences or perceptual nuances, gives the painting more of a multi-dimension than when it is done directly as a visual recording. This results in a kind of abstraction... and thus avoids the pitfalls of mere decoration.”

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