"I think I can pinpoint the moment when my first band recorded, when I was 14 and 15 years old. I always enjoyed writing songs and playing, but there was something about going in and capturing it that felt very Zen and perfect for me. A light switch went on and I just realized that's where my musical capacity was the most suited. I just followed on blind faith that that was like a calling for me."

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Source : Source: www.wbur.org

John Congleton

#Song Quotes #Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“My wife and I left New York when she got pregnant - we just thought it would be really hard to stay in the city.”
“You need to grab your dream out of the sky like it's a kite and pinch the string through your fingers until you reach the spool.”
“The myth of the self-sufficient individual and of the self-sufficient, protected, and protective familytells us that those who need help are ultimately inadequate. And it tells us that for a family to need help--or at least to admit it publicly--is to confess failure. Similarly, to give help, however generously, is to acknowledge the inadequacy of the recipients and indirectly to condemn them, to stigmatize them, and even to weaken what impulse they have toward self-sufficiency.”
“Watch how the propaganda unfolds once the bombing is over and the Americans are running Baghdad and their spin machine. There will be the discovery of Saddam's secret arsenal, probably in the basement of one his palaces.”
“I think that the notion of justice and the issues and values that I understood growing up and [have] continued to embrace throughout my life and into my career have been the same.”
“When you're not playing the hero of the story, then you have to know that you're always a foil for the good guy. I love playing that. I think that's always an interesting place to be.”

Source : "Jessalyn Gilsig Talks VIKINGS, Being Part of the History Channel’s First Scripted Series and Her Character’s Dynamics, Plus Her Upcoming Projects". Interview with Christina Raish, collider.com. March 10, 2013.
“Bright as does the morning star appear, Out of the east with flaming locks bedight, To tell the dawning day is drawing near.”
“Truth is the easiest thing to sell.”

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