Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chris Beyer

Previously it was acoustic guitars, now it's taking a turn into more electric guitars.

Micky Adams

People have said to me the acoustics in the stadium work very well, that it's a loud stadium - but the acoustics don't work if nobody's got anything to shout about,

J. C. Watts

Just because you're totally acoustic doesn't mean you have to play old music. We're straight-ahead but not dated, ... Besides, if the lights go out, you can still hear the band.

Shamir

I wrote all my songs on my main instruments, and the songs I would record in my bedroom were just acoustic guitar, mandolin, and sometimes bass. I really like the texture the mandolin added to my music, but my fingers were too big to play it... I could only do little riffs and whatever.

Eugene Kelly

It hasn't got the scuzzy rock of the Vaselines, or the more refined scuzzy rock of Eugenius. It comes from writing songs on an acoustic guitar. I bought one again and, playing it in a public place, the songs just started to flow out.

Stuart Murdoch

He delivered, but at first I had my doubts. He was quite brutal about taking a machete to songs if he thought they had too many verses; one song he completely halved. And he didn't like my acoustic guitar playing. Did you notice that, Chris? He would accidentally lean on the mute button. But I'm surprised and delighted with the way the record has turned out.

Stephan Jenkins

I have all this technology-you know, I built this really cool recording studio in San Francisco-but when I write, it's with an acoustic guitar and a yellow notepad. I keep it very simple.

David Sanborn

I think with the acoustic bass it allows you to explore the fuller dynamic range.

Steve Gulley

He's a bluegrass fanatic and loves acoustic music. He approached us, and it was a mutual thing. We did it through Ricky, and it worked out to be a great situation. We had a wonderful time in the studio. It was a mutual love affair with the music, and he brought us so many great songs.

Brian Barnhart

Regardless of the number of participants we have on May 30, and I'm confident it will be 33, we will have again for at least the second year in a row, one of the deepest and most competitive fields in the history of the Indianapolis 500 with more cars, more teams and more drivers capable of winning than this place has had in past history.

Janet Reno

regardless of the conclusions that the department has reached concerning Microsoft's conduct, as of yet no court has found that Microsoft has violated the antitrust laws; to the contrary, the recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has raised serious questions about the validity of the department's antitrust suit against Microsoft.

Peter Goelz

Regarding some of the issues raised by Mr. Salinger in recent days, they are again a combination of falsehoods and claims that are only partially based on the truth and, when taken out of context, are completely misleading.

Donald Walker

(Reed) is a guy that all he wants to do is play defense, ... Even when we're running our first-team offense against our scout team defense at practice, he wants to be out there. He just never quits. He has played with confidence the first one-and-a-half games, which makes him that much better. Our defense as a whole needs to gain that type of confidence.

Wayne Richardson

Reece worked a little bit today on the side, and his arm feels real good. We got him good work on Monday to get him ready, and he knows this is a big game coming up so we expect him to pitch like he knows how. He'll be up against a good, hard-throwing arm with whoever Benton goes with, but we've got confidence in our guy.

Sean Miller

Recently against us, if you're that guy that can't make a 3, you usually knock a few down. It was good to see that percentage come our way.

Lawrence Eagles

Recently a former aid, giving evidence against him, said he was running short of funds. Therefore, if he was the instigator of the attacks on the US, another sponsor was likely to be involved.

Jamie Dixon

Rebounding is our biggest fundamental. It's our biggest emphasis. We didn't get it done against DePaul.

John Shoffner

Records and style of play go out the window. I think we match up well against them.

David Decker

Sure, we bought some too early, ... But take out calendar-year performances and look longer term. Over the time we've held them, those names have turned out to be pretty good investments for our shareholders.

David Gornall

Some of the reasons why people bought gold don't hold true anymore. Rising energy costs, inflation, the double deficit in the U.S. and geopolitical tension. None of them seem to be much of a problem.

Louise Bennett

Some of the people who bought tickets told us to keep the money.

Terry Davis

Some journalists may be silenced through intimidation, others may be bought into compliance, but the end result remains the same because democracy cannot properly function without media which is genuinely free of governmental interference and control.

Shigeru Endo

Some investors bought back debt that they sold on speculation consumer prices would post a gain.

Doc Sadler

That crowd was terrific. I don't know if we could have won the game without them. And I know there were people who couldn't come, sitting home by their radios, and they helped us, too. SMU is one of the top four teams in the conference and I'm glad we've got them out of the way. Our defense was key. Our defense is something we work hard on and something the kids have bought into. We also held them (the Mustangs) to only seven offensive rebounds. Doing that to a team like that is big.

Mark Driscoll

Our fans really stepped up for us; I thought they were great. I think we had about 3,500 fans there, and those who couldn't come still bought tickets and sent in money to help us. I feel really good about the whole experience.

Dan Zweifel

Play solid half-court defense, don't do anything fancy, really kind of dumb our offense down. The kids really bought into it.

H. Hart

Manuel has brought stability, he has bought long term predictability, he has brought pragmatism to the whole field of the budget and the economy.

Shawn Baumgartner

Part of it is to give the starters a rest. The other part is to get the others more quarters and get them into the flow of the game.

Eugene Jr

People needed to be more involved with each other for information to flow and knowledge to get passed on more quickly.

Jan Popa

Sprucing up the front porch is pretty critical. New paint is good and placing urns of flowers around the door, if the season is appropriate.

Benjamin Grumbles

Our peak flow policy puts a premium on stopping leaks and spills, improving treatment, and increasing public oversight.

Jack Scoville

Places further north haven't seen much rain. At flowering time you need to see an increase in rain. A month from now it could be a problem.

James Lloyd

Man, it will be 30 years next year, and they've really flown by, ... But even after 16 albums, we haven't hopped off yet.

James Lloyd

Man, it will be 30 years next year, and they've really flown by, ... But even after 16 albums, we haven't hopped off yet.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

What have you come to Earth for?' 'I'm having difficulties with a flower,' the little prince said. 'Ah!' said the snake. And they were both silent.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

You know...my flower...I'm responsible for her. And she's so weak! And so naive. She has four ridiculous thorns to defend her against the world...

Jim Thome

Starting with spring training, from Day 1, they really talk about winning here, and preaching winning. It's been very fun. It's been great. I can see now why this team wins. They're very focused, they're very upbeat about playing every day, and it's great.

Chester Pitts

Our first year, we had 76 sacks, ... That's not very good. Playing like this, we'll be right back where we started.

Garry Houston

Playing with Sergio was theatre and I suppose I thrived on it.

Trent Yawney

Playing with poise under pressure is something you can't teach.

Jeremy Roenick

Playing with Cammalleri and Frolov, I have to work a little harder, ... They're speedy.

David Carr

Playing the Titans is always tough, whether you're favored or you're not favored,

Tyler Murovich

Playing there would give me a lot of opportunities.

Gary Waters

Playing Princeton is like pulling teeth. It's been that way for a long time.

Lindy Ruff

Playing our own end, we've been flat-out sloppy.

Stephen Blythe

Releasing it to the public would not be the right thing to do.

Dean Laidley

It is not for public consumption, but we have a lot of work to do this week.

Pat Gillick

He's a blue-collar guy. And he's somebody that the public will like.

Charles Ray

Her public service announcement for us went out all over the nation,

Larry Nixon

He's always done things no one's surprised at, whether it's for publicity or by accident.

Tom Davies

He's going to have to give an explanation somewhere for how it got into his system, ... His public explanation is that he doesn't know how it happened.

Amanda Martin

If anything, we are going to see more and more things shielded from public view rather than fewer; that's been the trend.

Yvonne Johnson

I go for public safety ... for public health.

Dick Bronson

If we're in trouble, this should tell us, and it should be done in a public way.

Dan Quayle

Perestroika is nothing more than refined Stalinism.

Catherine Deneuve

It was so beautiful. Such extraordinary colors, classical, and refined and very structured as well. A superb collection.

Max Lucado

Don't be defined by your failures, be refined by them.

William Empson

It seems unpleasantly refined to put things off till someone knows.

Billy Gibbons

Rock 'n' roll and automobiles have always had this synergistic connection,

John Hall

Rock Me on the Water ... Still the One.

Richard Engel

Rockets fired by the Taliban generally aren't guided.

Billy Corgan

Rock & roll is not about what you play, it's about how you play it.

Billy Corgan

We had a wonderful time with this kind of grunge awareness, where suddenly rock was cool again. People wanted to head loud guitars. It was a great time, and I'm glad we were there. But the gimmick part has worn off.

Billy Corgan

Where is this great love for rock and roll that existed for 50 or 60 years?

Bill Dixon

Rock musicians, and a vast array of popular-music musicians, due to their wealth, acquired through the mass of their notoriety, are able to be listened to and heard and thus are able to effect change on an international level.

Bill Cosby

These people marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an education and now we've got these knuckleheads walking around.

Big Pun

Violence existed before our music was even suggested.

Dan Hill

Songs sometimes are so connected to the sociology of the time.

AJ Case

I got a team of songwriters I used to work with, and we wrote songs day and night.

Nick Cave

I would hate to think my songs were giving advice to people.

Vince Neil

If the songs aren't there and you throw a TV set out of the window, who cares?

Todd Rundgren

I don't know what the inspiration for most of songs really mean until I finish them. For the most part, I'm going for a visceral impression, and I write the words last.

Lucinda Williams

My approach to recording and all that is pretty organic. It just has to do with all the songs I wrote; go in and record them.

Gene Ween

I wrote most of these songs right before the end. A lot of these songs are about that. Even if it's not direct, you can feel the beginning of the end of the breakup in these songs.

Valerie June

I just let the songs tell me what to do - they are my guides, and they are the boss. So I am subservient to the songs, and I let them tell me what to do. I don't judge them; I just write whatever comes to me.

Neil Innes

But mostly, I wrote songs and Viv wrote songs.