Diane Cluck is part of the anti-folk movement in New York. She’s got a really haunting voice, and she usually sings in the pentatonic scale. Johnny Flynn Read Quote
I don’t know if nature is a direct literary influence on my writing, but it is certainly important to me. I take great joy in writing about it. It is something I have taken with me from my childhood; the body exposed to the threat of the physical world and at the same time being at home in it. Per Petterson Read Quote
It’s cool to be a Laker: that’s basketball royalty, in a sense. The best franchise in basketball, so to be drafted by them is pretty cool, pretty special. Kyle Kuzma Read Quote
I feel that losing both my legs was a blessing. It was meant to happen to me: I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to touch so many lives in such a positive way. Amy Purdy Read Quote
Getting on stage and performing and standing under lights is such an unsettling experience – in a good and bad way – but it’s the only place I can go to feel comfortable. Matt Berninger Read Quote
It’s nice to finally have a CD out which reflects my songwriting, my singing and the band that I have. Mick Taylor Read Quote
Not counting ‘Small Steps,’ I think ‘Holes’ is my best book, in terms of plot, and setting, and the way the story revealed itself. It hasn’t changed my life, other than that I have more money than I did before I wrote it. I’m still too close to ‘Small Steps’ to compare it to ‘Holes.’ Louis Sachar Read Quote
I might attempt Zumba. I haven’t yet, but I thought it would be a lot of fun and different. Jackie Joyner-Kersee Read Quote
I read about eastern philosophy and religion and existentialism. All that introspective thinking got me thinking about the great beyond. That turned my sights from inwards to outwards, and I started becoming interested in the makeup of the universe, and I started reading about astronomy, planets, and galaxies. Carolyn Porco Read Quote