Cuma 17 Haz 2011, 18:05

A few favorites…

Music

“To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.”
— Aaron Copland

"Music is my religion."
— Jimi Hendrix

"Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it."
— John Lennon

"Music happens to be an art form that transcends language."
— Herbie Hancock

“I’d rather die while I’m living than live while I’m dead.”
— Jimmy Buffett

"We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out."
— Decca Recording Company rejecting the Beatles, 1962

"It's much too late to do anything about rock & roll now …"
— Jerry Garcia

"Without music, life would be a mistake."
— Friedrich Nietzsche

"Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."
— Berthold Auerbach

"I don't believe in having bands for solo records."
— Mick Jagger

"For optimum amp tone onstage, plug your amp into your own AC outlet.."
— Eric Johnson

"I've always felt rock and roll was very, very wholesome music."
— Aretha Franklin

"Without Elvis, none of us could have made it."
— Buddy Holly

"..When I first heard Elvis' voice, I knew that I wasn't going to work for anybody … hearing him for the first time was like busting out of jail"
— Bob Dylan

"Solos are like sex, so it's surprising to me that there aren't more guys playing them"
— Ritchie Sambora

"Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without."
— Confucius

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything."
— Plato

Record Stores

"The indie record shop is the nucleus of the nerd…the internet has it's temptations but physically digging for booty? there's no substitute."
— Ursula 1000

"Music is an important part of our culture and record stores play a vital part in keeping the power of music alive"
— Chuck Berry

"I've always enjoyed the record shops…they gave me a reason to leave my house."
— Pete Yorn

“Folks who work here are professors. Don't replace all the knowers with guessors keep'em open they're the ears of the town”
— Tom Waits

"You can't roll a joint on an iPod - buy vinyl!"
— Shelby Lynne

Politics

"In religion and politics, people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination."
— Mark Twain

"I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend."
— Thomas Jefferson

"I don't believe in government that protects us from ourselves."
— Ronald Reagan

“I have learned never to ridicule any man's opinion, however strange it may seem”
— Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Nature

“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.”
— John Muir

"Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it."
— Theodore Roosevelt

“The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.”
— Nelson Henderson

"Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them."
— William Vaughan

"Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature."
— Marilyn Monroe

Life

“Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.”
— James Dean

"Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough."
— Mark Twain

"Man who go to bed with tiki wake up with wood."
— Anonymous

"The more you know, the less you know. I don't feel like I know shit anymore, but I love it."
— Mike Stern

Feel free to leave some favorites of your own in the comments.