"I'm not writing just classic-sounding songs, but songs that come from experience."

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Leon Bridges

#Song Quotes #Writing Quotes #Classic Quotes

“True states of realization occur when you throw away all the teachings. All of the teachings, absolutely. Everything. Then you are investigation itself finding out what you are.”

Source : A. H. Almaas (2011). “Diamond Heart: Book Five: Inexhaustible Mystery”, p.224, Shambhala Publications
“There are two kinds of investors, be thay large or small: those who don't know where the market is headed, and those who don't know that they don't know.”
“I am here and you will know that I am the best and will hear me. The color of my skin or the kink of my hair or the spread of my mouth has nothing to do with what you are listening to.”
“When you have a good heart: You help too much. You trust too much. You give too much. You love too much. And it always seems you hurt the most.”
“You can't really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the place will remain vividly with you.”
“I don't believe in a law to prevent a man from getting rich; it would do more harm than good. So while we do not propose any war upon capital, we do wish to allow the humblest man an equal chance to get rich with everybody else.”
“I'm hoping that when people hear a live Dawes song on YouTube or at a show and then they get that studio version, hopefully they're excited, rather than saying, "Oh man, I wanted completely new material I've never heard before."”
“To tell the truth, in Pacific 231 I was on the trail of a very abstract and quite ideal concept, by giving the impression of a mathematical acceleration of rhythm, while the movement itself slowed . Â I first called this piece Mouvement symphonique. On reflection I found that a bit colorless. Suddenly, a rather romantic image crossed my mind, and when the work was finished, I wrote the title Pacific 231, which indicates a locomotive for heavy loads and high speeds (a type unfortunately disappeared, alas, and sacrificed to electric traction).”

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