Even if I wrote a song about math or animals or whatever, there would still be the question, ‘Why did you write about that? And what does it say about you?’ Jens Lekman Read Quote
Even when I was on the football pitch as a teenager, I wanted to be the teacher. Massimiliano Allegri Read Quote
I never minded giving my opinions. They are just opinions, and I had studied music and I had strong feelings. I was happy for my opinions to join all the other opinions. But you have to be prepared for what comes back, especially if you don’t agree with the dominant mythology. Wynton Marsalis Read Quote
Sly Stone made such a huge contribution to the good feeling in the universe, and I love him as a singer. Boy George Read Quote
My whole deal when I do accents or dialects is I gotta fool the locals. If I fool the locals then I’ve done my job. Brion James Read Quote
Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them. Voltaire Read Quote
Ever since the destruction of Baghdad by the Mongols in 1258, the Muslim world has been in slow decline relative to the west. With Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt and the creeping British annexation of Muslim India, that decline took on a malign aspect. James Buchan Read Quote
Nato has always acted according to a simple principle: it is not worth attacking somebody who is strong. Andrzej Duda Read Quote
