I used to play a lot of electric guitar. I don’t really consider myself a guitar player anymore. Then I got really into how the pickups work. And winding and de-winding Telecaster pickups. And then building Telecasters. And I became more fascinated with making them than I was with actually playing them. So it’s a slippery slope. Sturgill Simpson Read Quote
Teaching is so rewarding because when you see the look on student’s faces when they get it, when you’re able to excite them about what you’re excited about; it’s so rewarding, and it’s so much fun. Shanola Hampton Read Quote
If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is an artist. Marianne Moore Read Quote
When I was at the Miss India competition, I was just trying to learn. It was all very new for me, and I was wondering where do I fit in. But it is about enjoying the whole journey. Manushi Chhillar Read Quote
My actinic keratosis is a result of the triumphalism of the beach. The sun exacerbates it. John Updike Read Quote
If I come on for 10 minutes and play well, I can’t go home and tell everyone, ‘I played a great 10 minutes.’ I have to play the full 90. Lukas Podolski Read Quote
I think, in storytelling, people want to see triumph, and so it’s usually nice to start with failure and see someone somehow rise above it. People like to see people try. And they like to see people fail for comedy, and they like to see people succeed for the drama and emotion. Nick Kroll Read Quote
No matter how well or how bad you play, when you have a chance of winning and you come up a little bit too short, it obviously hits you a little bit. It stinks. Joe Flacco Read Quote
I’m a technician. I don’t go for the get-into-the-role stuff. I read the lines and play the scenes. Jodie Foster Read Quote
In the 1960s when the recording studio suddenly really took off as a tool, it was the kids from art school who knew how to use it, not the kids from music school. Music students were all stuck in the notion of music as performance, ephemeral. Whereas for art students, music as painting? They knew how to do that. Brian Eno Read Quote
