Musician Quotes - Page 9

• When I'm lying in my bed, I think about life and I think about death.
  And neither one particularly appeals to me.

  Steven Morrissey

  Life, Death, Song

  "Song: 'Nowhere Fast'". 1985.

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• There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But there's no excuse for boredom, ever.

  Viggo Mortensen

  Inspirational, Sad, Depression

  "Finding Viggo" by Alex Kuczynski, Vanity Fair, January 1, 2004.

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• There have been times when I felt suicidal and I would stop my head from going in that direction of negativity because I thought there'd be something I'd miss that was funny in the future. If there's a chance I'm going to laugh tomorrow then want to live to experience that.

  Dave Navarro

  Funny, Depression, Suicide

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• To reminisce with my old friends, a chance to share some memories, and play our songs again.

  Ricky Nelson

  Friendship, Song, Memories

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• I have a condition called Aspergers Syndrome, which is like a mild form of autism It means I don't interact properly in certain social situations.

  Gary Numan

  Mean, Autism, Being Different

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  Every day I feel is a blessing from God. And I consider it a new beginning. Yeah, everything is beautiful.

  Prince

  Positive, Beautiful, God

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• I think in terms of emotions. And feelings. So sometimes what I say may not always be clear. But creatively, there's a lot to be said for that way of thinking.

  Brian Wilson

  Emotional, Thinking, Feelings

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• I still believe that something is right only when it feels right.

  Brian Wilson

  Believe, Feelings, Intuition

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• Music is my higher power

  Oliver James

  Music, Power, Religion

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• You need something to open up a new door, to show you something you seen before but overlooked a hundred times or more

  Bob Dylan

  Inspirational, Opportunity, Doors

  Song: Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie

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• They didn't understand it, but like so many unfortunate events in life, just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so.

  Daniel Handler

  Life, Mean, Understanding

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• Love is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear.

  John Lennon

  Love, Relationship, Romantic

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• love the life you live. live the life you love.

  Bob Marley

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• Sooner or later, everyone's story has an unfortunate event or two...The solution, of course, is to stay as far away from the world as possible and lead a safe, simple life.

  Daniel Handler

  Inspirational Life, Live Life, Adversity

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• I'm obsessively opposed to the typical.

  Lady Gaga

  Typical, Mediocrity, Actresses

  Song: The Fame Monster, Album: The Fame, 2008

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• And there are people that will stand in your corner and convince you to stand up for another round no matter what.

  Pete Wentz

  Inspirational, Moving On, Loyalty

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• There are many, many types of books in the world, which makes good sense, because there are many, many types of people, and everybody wants to read something different.

  Daniel Handler

  Book, People, Novelists

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• I'll never forget how the depression and loneliness felt good and bad at the same time. Still does.

  Henry Rollins

  Depression, Loneliness, Feel Good

  Henry Rollins (2009). “The Portable Henry Rollins”, p.34, Villard

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• But the three siblings were not born yesterday. Violet was born more than fifteen years before this particular Wednesday, and Klaus was born approximately two years after that, and even Sunny, who had just passed out of babyhood, was not born yesterday. Neither were you, unless of course I am wrong, in which case welcome to the world, little baby, and congratulations on learning to read so early in life.

  Daniel Handler

  Sarcastic, Baby, Congratulations

  "The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 12)". Book by Lemony Snicket (pen name of Daniel Handler), October 18, 2005.

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• Shyness is a curious thing, because, like quicksand, it can strike people at any time, and also, like quicksand, it usually makes its victims look down.

  Daniel Handler

  People, Novelists, Shy

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• And did you ever stop to think that im old enough to go to war but i aint old enough to drink.

  Tupac Shakur

  War, Drinking, Thinking

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  The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering.

  Tom Waits

  Writing, Suffering, Quality

  "Strange Innocence". Interview with J. T. LeRoy, July 2001.

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• Of course I'm trying to trick you! That's the way of the world, Baudelaires. Everyone runs around with their secrets and their schemes, trying to outwit everyone else.

  Daniel Handler

  Running, Secret, Trying

  "The End". Book by Daniel Handler, 2006.

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• I was 16 when we made the first song. We've been touring for half a decade together and we've had quite a bit of time spent learning our craft. You improve as a song writer and as a musician over time.

  Andy Biersack

  Song, Together, Firsts

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• The whole point of working and practicing your whole life is so that you're ready when that moment arrives; when the inspiration arrives, you are ready to be at the disposal of inspiration.

  John McLaughlin

  Inspiration, Life Is, Moments

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