"After I left Texas and went to California, I had a hard time getting anyone to play anything that I was writing, so I had to end up playing them myself. And that's how I ended up just being a saxophone player."

-- Ornette Coleman

#Writing Quotes #Player Quotes #Hard Times Quotes

“Perhaps it's better if I live in your heart, where the world can't see me. If I'm dead, there will be no stain on our love.”
“In the roughest moments, remember: God is our Father; God does not abandon his children.”
“The Cloud Maze. â€œ An Excursion in Dimension A Climb Though the Firmament; There Is No Beginning There Is No End Enter Where You Please Leave When You Wish Have No Fear of Falling”
“I am a gay, Christian, farm girl from Kansas who sang Country Music and I did the very best I could do -- to know God and to share God.”

Source : "Confessions of a Gay Christian Country Singer" by Chely Wright, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 24, 2011.
“I don't need an Iron Man suit. I'm already a weapon of mass seduction.”
“I take my fun very seriously, whether it's playing the drums or acting in comedy bits. The need to be disciplined about it, and not take it lightly, and not be too casual, is something I take deeply to heart.”
“Every tear is answered by a blossom, Every sigh with songs and laughter blent, April-blooms upon the breezes toss them. April knows her own, and is content.”
“Our deepest wounds surround our greatest gifts.”

Source : Ken Page (2014). “Deeper Dating: How to Drop the Games of Seduction and Discover the Power of Intimacy”, p.28, Shambhala Publications

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