"I just tried to come up with some honest songs. What I was writing about was real plain stuff that I wasn't sure was going to be interesting to other people. But I guess it was...I've never had any discipline whatsoever. I just wait on a song like I was waiting for lightning to strike. And eventually-usually sometime around 3 in the morning-I'll have a good idea. By the time the sun comes up, hopefully, I'll have a decent song."

-- John Prine

#Song Quotes #Morning Quotes #Real Quotes

“It is in the ordinances of the temple that we are placed under covenant to Himâ€¦.[If] we will enter into our covenants without reservation or apology, the Lord will protect us. We will receive inspiration sufficient for the challenges of life.”
“O naked flower of my lips, you lie! I await a thing unknown or perhaps, unaware of the mystery and your cries you give, O lips, the supreme tortured moans of a childhood groping among its reveries to sort out finally its cold precious stones.”
“Personally, I think young musicians need to learn to play more than one style. Jazz can only enhance the classical side, and classical can only enhance the jazz. I started out playing classical, because you have to have that as a foundation.”
“In order to build a career and to be successful, one has to be determined. One has to be ambitious. I much prefer to drink coffee, listen to music and to paint when I feel like itâ€¦ Maybe I was irresponsible. But part of the pleasure of being alive is that I didnâ€™t take everything as seriously as one should.”

Source : "Rise Up and Salute the Sun". Book by Suzy Kassem, 2010.
“Invent yourself and then reinvent yourself.”
“Poor people have more fun than rich people, they say; and I notice it's the rich people who keep saying it.”

Source : JACK PAAR (1965). “THREE ON A RUSH”
“Some men are more perfect than others.”
“We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us.”

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