When I was younger, I was ambitious. Now I’m not ambitious anymore. I just want to be happy. Does that make sense? James McBride Read Quote
I have cousins in North Carolina who talk in that old Southern style of ‘yakking,’ if you will. All the black men in my life when I was a boy talked that way, and I love that kind of talk. James McBride Read Quote
Being a best-selling author doesn’t make you a millionaire. It’s not like Stephen King. James McBride Read Quote
If you don’t have humor, you’re not going to make it. You’re going to be one of those people who walks around with your head about to explode. James McBride Read Quote
People don’t realize you’re blowing over changes, time changes, harmony, different keys. I mark a point in my solo where it’s got to peak at point D I go to A, B, C D then I’m home. James McBride Read Quote
John Brown was clearly flawed in real life. He did some terrible things, but he did some things none of us would have had the heart to do. His moral leanings were unquestionably admirable. James McBride Read Quote
As far as making a living, if plumbing earned more, I’d probably do it. At least you can leave the job at home once the tools are put away. A writer works in his mind 24/7. James McBride Read Quote
We don’t know who John Brown was, and in many ways, his work shaped where we are today. He was a Pennsylvanian. He was the prototypical Yankee who fought back and suffered in doing so. James McBride Read Quote
People call him a terrorist, but you can use language to do many things and say many things about people, but John Brown was a hero. James McBride Read Quote
