It was Rick's Rubin idea to have the 'Brooklyn' verse repeat. It already was a story, but having that made it a folk song. Instead of this rambling m….
I very much enjoyed Leo Tolstoy's What is Art? I can't quote it, it's been a while, but at the end of the day, the idea is that "art that does good i….
I did not know him, I knew my idea of him..
I gave up that idea of trying to make music that I thought other people would want. I just made music for myself and music for people that I knew..
I like the idea of the painting looking at the viewer than the other way around..
It's very easy to overproduce stuff and you can forget those first spontaneous ideas are often the best ideas..
uproar against a new idea, and laws to prevent anybody's accepting it, nearly always can be regarded as a signal that the new idea is just about to b….
God did not send a concept, an idea, or a virtue. He sent his Son. Follow the God of love, not love as your god..
The saner you are, the crazier you are..
I approach song writing three different ways. One way is where I write the initial melody and lyrics first and then take it in to the producer to col….
You know that feeling when you finish a final exam and you think, 'I never want to do that again'? Well I have the same feeling when I finish a novel….
Religion has everything on its side: revelation, prophecies, government protection, the highest dignity and eminence. . . and more than this, the inv….
democracy ... is not something that occurs overnight. It is not a gift delivered on a golden tray. Democracy is a long process of fighting, challengi….
The best ideas come unexpectedly from a conversation or a common activity like watering the garden. These can get lost or slip away if not acted on w….
I don't champion the idea of being in a Hollywood movie. I never had fun in one of them.
What needs to be grasped is that the system itself is the cause of all of the misery in the world. This is a simple but powerful idea..
I didn't want to become this stiffened - and that was just a personal choice, at that time. And, the idea was also to go to film first, get enough no….
The more alone I am, the more focused I can get. I've written things with people, some of which I liked and others I think are total travesties. Coll….
Like a researcher in his laboratory, I am the first spectator of the suggestions drawn from the materials. I unleash their expressive possibilities, ….
We must remember that the people of all the States are entitled to all the privileges and immunities of the citizen of the several States. We should ….
The partisans of eugenic planning hear that other music, the music that says that there shall be nothing random in the world, nothing independent, no….