You write a song about how you think at the time, and then gradually you drift away from that, and when it's far enough in the past, that's when you think, 'Now I have to write something new.' Jarvis Cocker driftgraduallypast Change image and share on social
One time they traded me for seven horses. Seven stunt horses. James Stewart horsestunttime Change image and share on social
As basic rules of a language must be practiced continually, and therefore are never fixed, so exercises toward distinct color effects never are done or over. New and different cases will be discovered time and again. Josef Albers basiccasecolor share on social
The abstract analysis of the world by mathematics and physics rests on the concepts of space and time. James J. Gibson abstractanalysisconcept Change image and share on social
I sort of enjoy the fact that I'm misunderstood most of the time. That's fine. Billie Joe Armstrong enjoyfactfine Change image and share on social
You've got to be an observer. And you've got to take time to listen to people, talk, to watch what they do. Jonathan Winters havelistenobserver Change image and share on social
We played Carnegie Hall, and that was one time where I felt... Carnegie Hall as a legendary, very venerable place to perform. I'd never heard of anyone going into the Hall and kind of standing on the seats and playing throughout the aisles and having the audience stand on the seats. So when we did that in 2013, even for me it was a shock. Jon Batiste aisleaudiencecarnegie share on social
Imagine if you grew up in a place where your lineage was there for a hundred years, and part of the culture was to play music 50 percent of the time. You'd probably have a lot of musicians in your family too. Jon Batiste culturefamilygrow share on social
As far as favorite 'overall package' record of all time, I'd have to say 'My Girl' by The Temptations. I like everything about it, not only the composition - but the arrangement, the production, the lead vocals, the background vocals, the horns, the strings. That one I listen to over and over again. Paul Shaffer arrangementbackgroundcomposition share on social
It took, for me, a long time to develop this idea of what to do on the radio. But from the beginning of my time in radio, I had pretty non-traditional tasks. Ira Glass begindevelopidea Change image and share on social