"In the 1990s I got to play in a group that played in prisons in California. We would play in maximum security wards. It was infuriating. Those kinds of situations stick with me. We got to come in and play music for them because that's a way of caring, just offering something, a gift, basically. They're basically the most grateful audiences I've ever experienced, because nobody's giving them anything."

-- Vijay Iyer

#Grateful Quotes #Caring Quotes #Giving Quotes

“Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.”
“Beliefs are dangerous. Beliefs allow the mind to stop functioning. A non-functioning mind is clinically dead. Believe in nothing.”
“I have this determination and drive to live a better life, change the world, and accomplish great things. Distractions are always there, but my purpose is so much greater that I'm always able to get back on focus.”

Source : Source: theimarketingcafe.com
“When I have a breakthrough in music and I hear the melody in my hands: that's when I get compelled - something in my gut just has to rise up and sing and put something to that.”
“Everyone needs someone to tell them not to wear so much Prada.”

Source : "Square Cofounder: Jack Dorsey Is Like Hello Kitty". Interview with Seth Fiegerman, mashable.com. January 26, 2014.
“When you're doing a play, you're onstage, there's no stopping or starting, there's no stopping to reposition for the camera or have a check done. You're there 'till the end of the show. What that gives you is a great gift, which is to command the audience, and you get to play with your script and your fellow actors. Every night, it's different. Hopefully it goes well and you get a great response. But the technique that you have to have on film or television is so delicate. It's fine-tuning. That is very different from being onstage, but they both have important skill sets.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“My first film role was a reporter. It's funny, because my father was a news reporter. I always thought there was something strange about that.”
“Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated.”

Source : "Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA‎". Book by Brenda Maddox (p.61), 2002.

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