Quotes
Authors
Andrew McMahon

"I had this idea when I was in the hospital, .. It seems like every year I always have different people come and ask for a Christmas song and it seemed strangely appropriate for me this year because Christmas is the time that I am supposed to be sort of back and up and running and whatnot. So I just wrote a song about returning from this very interesting journey and kind of getting back to normal and getting back to work and my regular life."

-- Andrew McMahon

#Christmas Quotes #Running Quotes #Song Quotes

“Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.”
“You can write a song about a girl or you can write a song about walking down the shops, and it's fine. I just try and do something as meaningful as I can without trying to be a pretentious loser because it's genuinely just how I see things.”
“I feel pain everywhere. A lot of guys in chairs do feel their legs. But if you don't, there's a thing called disreflex, so you know if something happens, say, you can't feel your foot or your leg and your body reacts. You know something's not right and you survey what's going on.”
“That sense of failure, I don't know where people put it who don't write songs and aren't able to emote physically. It must go somewhere.”
“I try to make very careful decisions about what I choose to do, and it's - I know that unfortunately one of the misperceptions about me, I think, is that I'm sort of a moth to the limelight.”

Source : "Larry King Live", www.cnn.com. January 3, 2000.
“Sink or swim! You never really feel ready, there is always sometime more that your mind tells you you should be doing. However, the trick is to be able to show up and perform no matter what the circumstance.”
“Now, be brave and don't look back. Don't look back.”

Source : "Fictional character: Shmi Skywalker". "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace", www.imdb.com. 1999.
“It's the attitude of the players, not their skills, that is the biggest factor in determining whether you win or lose.”

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