"Talent is a burden not a joy. I am not of this planet. I do not come from you. I am not like you."

-- Nina Simone

#Music Quotes #Joy Quotes #Jazz Quotes

“We have won the time lottery of the last 4 billion years.”
“It's great to be paid, but it's better to do something original that's going to be memorable.”

Source : "Interview with Locker 13 Star and Uncle Rico Himself Jon Gries". Interview with Bobby Blakey, www.axs.com. April 07, 2014.
“If you erased New York, I hate to say it, if you erased Frankfurt, even London, the world would not have changed.”
“There is no repose for the mind except in the absolute; for feeling, except in the infinite; for the soul, except in the divine.”
“Absolutely everything you experience in your life is a result of what you have given in your thoughts and feelings, whether you realize you have given them or not.”
“When I was going through my transition of being famous, I tried to ask God, why was I here? What was my purpose? Surely, it wasn't just to win three gold medals. There has to be more to this life than that.”
“I don't need anyone. Because I can do every single thing that a person in a relationship can. Everything. Even zip up my own dress. You know, there are some things that are actually harder to do with two people. Such as monologues.”
“I'm constantly lying to my dog. He only responds to manipulation and blackmail.”

Source : Interview with Steven Soderbergh, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 26, 2015.

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