Fred Russell Quotations

My contract is tied to the City of Boston's wholesale pricing. So it's whoever has the lowest pricing above Boston costs. That usually ends up being a two-year contract, but because of the dynamic of gasoline costs, you can't lock into a price,

Positively, ... Is my budget in jeopardy? Yes. I predicted a $1.80 cost per gallon without predicting gas going up more than 20 cents because of a hurricane.

I hated finals week. Finals week was 24-7 quiet hours, which meant no serious guitar playing for a week.

Just be respectful of your roommates. If they're studying or sleeping, don't crank your amp up to 11 and rock out. It's just going to create unneeded tension between you and your roommate.

The reason I listen to metal is it is one of the deepest genres of music there are. It's meant to move you as a person, physically and emotionally. Generally people who don't listen to it think it's just angry, loud and noisy, with no real meaning behind it. This isn't always true ... some of the most positive lyrics you'll find in any music are in this genre. ... Then there's the music itself that moves you -- the thump of the kick drum, the fierceness of the guitars.

To me, music is like air, food or water. I just have to have it. I use it to shut things out when I want to study ... it helps pass the time on the long walk to class, and is just my way of unwinding at the end of the day.

The stock market likes the deal, and it should. I wouldn't call it a sale of assets. I'd call it a new form of ownership.

The most common mistake I would hear is people being excessively loud, and doing it with their door open so you could hear them all the way down the hall. Shutting your door kills a great deal of noise.

The best part for me about living in the dorms was I could promote my shows and stuff so easily because I could convince (people) to come see me because they hear me practice all the time.