"When people get up on the stage and say, "I've got AIDS," or "I'm in recovery," gosh, it's hard for them. It's like that story touches every person's story. You know, they open their entire humanity up. Storytelling is very important in life. Telling the truth is critical. It's like, again, the melody. The melody of jazz music is the truth, for me."

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Source : Source: www.psychologytoday.com

Cecil Williams

#Recovery Quotes #People Quotes #Humanity Quotes

“I shall devote only a few lines to the expression of my belief in the importance of science Â… it is by this daily striving after knowledge that man has raised himself to the unique position he occupies on earth, and that his power and well-being have continually increased.”
“The human longing for story is so powerful, so primitive, that it seems like something not learned, but locked into our genes.”
“That Mick Jagger, I feel sorry for him. After all these years he still can't get no satisfaction.”
“Hip-hop music, in my opinion, is still very closed-minded, and if you're trying to do something that's too different, you get categorized as trying to do some kind of "alternative hipster" thing.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I can't think of anything I'd rather have more than somebody lovin' me.”
“The media, I think, wants Kerry to win.... And I think they're going to portray Kerry and Edwards ... I'm talking about the establishment media, not Fox - but they're going to portray Kerry and Edwards as being young and dynamic and opportunistic and all. There's going to be this glow about them - that's going to be worth maybe 15 points.”

Source : "FOX News Watch" with Eric Burns, www.foxnews.com. July 17, 2004.
“Human race cannot coexist with nuclear weapons”
“I met Gemma, my wife, when she was 12. She had a schoolgirl crush on me and her dad had arranged for her to meet me. Later, she started coming to my concerts, but I only got to know her well after her mother died. I rang to see how she was, and that's how it started.”

Source : "Gary Numan: My family values". Interview with Angela Wintle, www.theguardian.com. May 4, 2012.

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