My Favorite Quotations
"I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter."
-Walt Disney "The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique"
-Walt Disney "We are not trying to entertain the critics. I'll take my chances with the public."
-Walt Disney "When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable."
-Walt Disney “One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching”
-Gerard Way “Suicide is a serious thing. And if you know anyone who is suicidal, you need to get them help. No one should be in pain. Everyone should love themselves. Like I love you all.”
-Gerard Way “Tears are words the heart can't express”
-Gerard Way “There was a moment in my life when I really wanted to kill myself. And there was one other moment when I was close to that. . . . But even in my most jaded times, I had some hope.”
-Gerard Way “All your quirks and all your problems - even your depressions and your failures - that’s what makes you you.”
-Gerard Way “You have to destroy something to make it beautiful.”
-Gerard Way “The songs touch on things like despair, lack of hope, and frustration. They have to do with my own journey; they're about times when I've felt stuck-that I'll never achieve my goals. But ultimately, in the songs, I resolve it by seeing the light at the end of the tunnel and realizing that no matter how bad things get, there's always a way out.”
-Ryan Tedder "Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us."
-Steven Tyler "The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those that got there first."
-Steven Tyler "If it is worth doing, it is worth overdoing."
-Steven Tyler "Life's a journey, not a destination."
-Steven Tyler "I only write music for myself, I don't try and appeal to anyone else."
-Bryan Adams "Believe in your creativity and you will become what you consistently want you think of yourself"
-John Kehoe "Before you can be Creative, you must be courageous. Creativity is the destination, but courage is the journey"
-Joey Reiman "Only risks you've outgrown don't frighten you."
-David Viscott "To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, But also believe."
-Inatole France "The vision must be fallowed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs"
-Vance Havner "I tried to use sentences that were really visual and words that inspired people to see a moving picture in their heads. That way, listeners can really catch the vibe of what the music is about. In doing so, there's a more colorful flare to the lyrics. That also allows people to feel how dark a lot of the record is. I think the darker things are, the more they make an impact on you"
-Chester Bennington "I torched the life I had and started a new one."
-Chester Bennington "If people make fun of you, it probably means you're doing something right."
-Amy Lee "I know how it feels to be completely alone and helpless, and the last thing you want to hear in that situation is, 'It's going to be OK.' "The only thing that seems to really help is that someone else who has felt that low expressing those feelings to you." -Amy Lee "As a woman I feel offended because these artists portray women as people that can only do well in the world by selling their bodies. I'm determined to help prove that to be false" -Amy Lee "When you go through tragedy, you can either let that destroy you and you become bitter and never let it go, or you can let it make you stronger and let it make you grow. And that's what I did. My lyrics are coming from a place that I want people to relate to and feel that they're not alone" -Amy Lee "I cry a lot. I don't know why but it just helps me. I cry over bad and good stuff, sometimes sadness can be beautiful." -Amy Lee |
“I don’t view myself as outrageous — that’s not the intention. Its to be more and more original.”
-Lady Gaga “A record deal doesn't make you an artist; you make yourself an artist.“
-Lady Gaga “Every bit of me is devoted to love and art. And I aspire to try to be a teacher to my young fans who feel just like I felt when I was younger. I just felt like a freak. I guess what I'm trying to say is I'm trying to liberate them, I want to free them of their fears and make them feel that they can make their own space in the world.“
-Lady Gaga “I am a walking piece of art every day, with my dreams and my ambitions forward at all times in an effort to inspire my fans to lead their life in that way.“
-Lady Gaga “I don't see myself in terms of artifice. I see myself as a real person who chooses to live my life in an open way - artistically.”
-Lady Gaga “I hope that what you take away from my album is not just the music - which I did want to be fun, and I did want it to be about individuality, but please also take away from it that there's no dream that's too big. “
-Lady Gaga “I work very hard, but when God opens that door for you - when life opens that door for you, I should say - I think it's important to be giving, to return the love back.“
-Lady Gaga “When the whole world has their eyes on you, if you say something that doesn't truly come from your spirit and your soul, or if you wear something that doesn't come from your spirit and your soul, it's an injustice to your position. And so, I'm really myself every single day and I do it because I know my fans would want me to.”
-Lady Gaga “dont let anyone tell you what you are ever- that way you never run the danger of becoming anything but what you believe in.”
-Pete Wentz “It's not really about keeping your head above water, it's about feeling alright and feeling safe in your own skin. It's not about keeping your head above water and barely keep going.”
-Pete Wentz “I think writing lyrics allows me to emote in a way I otherwise wouldn't. If I didn't have that outlet, I would explode.”
-Pete Wentz “I haven’t figured myself out at all or (figured) where I fit into this world and I think that I probably can be an intensely divided person. I don’t think that anyone really knows me. I don’t even know myself. If I were such a one-dimensional person, I wouldn’t have such a hard time figuring myself out. I would know my motivations for everything.”
-Pete Wentz "A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions."
-Oliver Wendall Holmes JR. "You will recognize your own path when you come upon it, because you will suddenly have all the energy and imagination you will ever need"
-Jerry Giles "When you fallow your bliss, doors will open where you would not have thought there would be doors, and where there won't be a door for anyone else"
-Joseph Campbell "Remember you are not lost. You are Exploring."
-Unknown "Don't ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that, Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."
-Harold Witman "If you try to help a butterfly out of it's cocoon dies. It had to struggle. All of us need to struggle to reveal our beauty"
-Unknown "Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is what you give back to God."
-Unknown "Those who dance are considered insane by those who can't hear the music."
-George Carlin "One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain."
-Bob Marley "I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music."
-Billy Joel Heartbreak can definitely give you a deeper sensibility for writing songs. I drew on a lot of heartbreak when I was writing my first album, I didn't mean to but I just did.
-Adele |