A lot of people are singing about how screwed up the world is, and I don't think that everybody wants to hear about that all the time.--Mariah Carey

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

Real musicians and real fans stay together for a long, long time.--Bonnie Raitt

A good composer does not imitate; he steals.--Igor Stravinsky

I would advise you to keep your overhead down; avoid a major drug habit; play everyday, and take it in front of other people. They need to hear it, and you need them to hear it.--James Taylor, about music

I've been accused of vulgarity. I say that's bullshit.--Mel Brooks

We are born naked, wet and hungry. Then things get worse.--anonymous

If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, riddle them with bullets.--David Bedno

A burro is an ass. A burrow is a hole in the ground. As a journalist, you are expected to know the difference.--UPI Stylebook

If you haven't contemplated murder, you ain't been in love. If you haven't seriously thought about killing a motherfucker, you ain't been in love. If you haven't had a can of rat poison in your hand and looked at it for forty-five minutes straight, you ain't been in love. If you haven't bought a shovel and a bag and a rug to roll their ass up in, you ain't been in love. If you haven't practiced your alibi in front of the mirror, you ain't been in love. And the only thing that's stopped you from killin' this motherfucker was a episode of CSI: "Oh man, they thorough. I better make up. They might catch my ass."--Chris Rock

Oh yes, the past can hurt. But the way I see it, you either run from it, or learn from it.--Rafiki, The Lion King

Bart: You make me sick Homer. You're the one who told me I can do anything if I just put my mind to it.
Homer: Well now that you are a little bit older I can tell you that that's crock. No matter how good you are at something there always about a million people better than you.
Bart: Gotcha. Can't win. Don't try.
--The Simpsons

When things are going well, something will go wrong.
When things just can't get any worse, they will.
Anytime things appear to be going better, you have overlooked something.
--anonymous

Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket�safe, dark, motionless, airless�-it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.--C.S. Lewis

I pride myself on always being bigger than the moment, and smarter than the moment, and I'm just a sixteen year old kid in this moment--and this moment is kicking my ass.--John Mayer, accepting his Grammy at the 2003 Grammy Awards

Bell bottoms started with the best of intentions--"My ankles need more room!"--and ended with, "Why am I wearing a skirt from the knee down?" --Hal Sparks on bell bottoms, I Love the 70s

Steven: I'll try anything once.
Dalton: Yeah, except sex.
--from The Dead Poet's Society

Have you ever denied your feelings for someone because your fear of rejection was too hard to handle? We tell lies when we are afraid. Afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing we fear grows stronger. Life is all about risks and it requires you to jump. Don't be a person who has to look back and wonder what they would have, or could have had. No one waits forever...--anonymous

Donger's here for five hours, and he's got somebody. I live here my whole life, and I'm like a disease.--Samantha, Sixteen Candles

The key to faking out the parents is the clammy hands. It's a good non-specific symptom; I'm a big believer in it. A lot of people will tell you that a good phony fever is a dead lock, but, uh... you get a nervous mother, you could wind up in a doctor's office. That's worse than school. You fake a stomach cramp, and when you're bent over, moaning and wailing, you lick your palms. It's a little childish and stupid, but then, so is high school.--Ferris, Ferris Buellers Day Off