"On past records I usually did start with a story or an idea for a song and then write around it, but on Achilles' Heel I would just start writing and try to let the song and my sub-conscience determine the direction. which is a goofy way of saying I tried not to decide before hand what the song and or the characters would do and be like."

-- David Bazan

#Song Quotes #Writing Quotes #Character Quotes

“They were wrestling with canvases, using violent colors and huge brush strokes. I arrived with gray, silent, sober, oppressed paintings. One critic said they were paintings that thought.”
“Though I was careful never to mention it, I began to see a new dimension in everything that happened.”
“It's more than just selling pizzas. It's being a good fit for the community. We hire based on the betterment of the community as much as anything.”
“America can't work for only some people and become a dream for all people. It has to work for everyone. And even though everyone might not end up at the same place, if everyone starts with the same beginning, then that's the dream fulfilled. We all don't have the same abilities, but we should have the same opportunities.”
“The problem with a life spent reading is you know too much.”
“I wrote those poems for myself, as a way of being a soldier here in this country. I didn't know the poems would travel. I didn't go to Lebanon until two years ago, but people told me that many Arabs had memorized these poems and translated them into Arabic.”
“When you find your heart's desire, you'll have the key to unlocking your potential in every other part of your life.”
“Art disturbs, science reassures.”

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