"Spontaneously to God should turn the soul, Like the magnetic needle to the pole; But what were that intrinsic virtue worth, Suppose some fellow, with more zeal than knowledge, Fresh from St. Andrew's College, Should nail the conscious needle to the north?"

-- Thomas Hood

#College Quotes #Soul Quotes #Nails Quotes

“At one point in the mid-Eighties I shared a promoter with the Smiths. One night, we were sitting backstage when Morrissey burst in, utterly distraught, sobbing his heart out. Turns out someone had thrown a sausage at him on stage during 'Meat Is Murder.'”
“Gratitude is the attitude. That's the thing.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“No one's fingerprints are exactly the same as anyone else's.”
“There is no god higher than truth.”
“There's political content in almost every song we've ever written on some level. It colors everything.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“the captain is supposed to go down with the ship" . "unless the first mate knocks him out and throws him in a lifeboat”
“Where the eye divides, the ear connects.”

Source : John Luther Adams (2004). “Winter Music: Composing the North”, p.164, Wesleyan University Press
“I also have a different, softer side, and I want for people to hear that.”

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