"The first record I bought myself could have been 'Oh Lonesome Me' by Don Gibson or 'Wake Up Little Susie' by the Everly Brothers."

-- John Oates

#Brother Quotes #Wake Up Quotes #Records Quotes

“It is a skill we learn early, the art of inventing stories to explain away the fearful scared strangeness of the world. Storytelling and make-believe, like war and agriculture, are among the arts of self-defense, and all of them are ways of enclosing otherness and claiming ownership.”

Source : William Kittredge (2002). “Owning It All: Essays”, Graywolf Pr
“It is incumbent on us diligently to remember that the kingdom of heaven was promised to the poor in spirit, and that minds afflicted by calamity and the contempt of mankind cheerfully listen to the divine promise of future happiness; while, on the contrary, the fortunate are satisfied with the possession of this world; and the wise abuse in doubt and dispute their vain superiority of reason and knowledge.”
“The Jews are the most hateful and the most shameful of the small nations.”
“People forget the punk thing was really good for women. It motivated them to pick up a guitar rather than be a chanteuse. It allowed us to be aggressive.”
“Glory, as anyone knows, is bitter stuff.”
“Different isn't bad, it's just different.”

Source : "America Morning", www.cnn.com. February 17, 2011.
“Art is the most important thing to me in the entire world. It is my passion. Nothing else. End of story.”
“In the end you get what you deserve, the amount of effort you put in determines the amount of joy that you receive.”

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