And loss of control is always the source of fear. It is also, however, always the source of change.
If there's anyone in space, what they'll learn about the human race will be listening to us talking on the car phone.
He blew his mind out in a caaaar.
Scotty Moore plays one of the first really amazing riffs in rock history on Heartbreak Hotel with Elvis Presley. . . it was dangerous, it scared everybodys parents, which was part of the attraction then - as it still is now. . . it totally blindsided me and made me want to get a guitar and do that.
Man has tried his suicide with bigotry and hate, but in the end he'll kill himself with nothing but his waste.
Now, you can just get a laptop, get some software, put a microphone on it and make a record. You have to know how to do it. It does help if you've had 35 or 40 years of experience in the studio. But, it still levels the playing field so artists can record their own stuff.
How many years will you crawl through this castle, so satisfied and still wanting more?
But the real life of a writer resides in showing up at the keyboard every day, with the necessary patience and mercy, and making the best decisions you can on behalf of your people. It's a slow process. It often feels hopeless, more like an affliction than an art form. Most of us will have to find our readers one by one, in other words, and against considerable resistance. If anything qualifies us as heroic, it's that private perpetual struggle. Put down that magazine, soldier. Forget about the other guy. Remember who you are.
Messi could be the best player in the world - if he was human.
I really do believe that if you don't challenge yourself and risk failing, that it's not interesting.
Cats are independent, by which I mean smart.