- Nov 07, 2020
Me Quotes
Quotes rooted in the first person.
These are quotes centered on 'me' - childhood memories tied to family traditions, like a grandfather's holiday reading passed down for decades, alongside admissions about how humor can double as self-protection. Several speak to the solitary nature of creative work, something also explored in Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Far
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are too many people that depend on me. I'm too obligated. I'm in too far to get out.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was an only child, and Mother was always right with me all my life. I used to get very angry at her when I was growing up-it's a natural thing.
- Hard Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
But a lot of my training can be done in Aston - a lot of the hard work, so to speak. But a new atmosphere, a new place, and it's good for me because I didn't want to get stuck in one spot, so coming home is good, back and forth, you know, where my roots are.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
You're always learning on different avenues and this is an opportunity for me to start on a fresh plate and start learning some other things that can really help me, that I need, and I want, to progress forward.
- Quality
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being an insomniac only slows me down. I try not to write at night, as I'm concerned that this will affect the quality.
- Quality
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being an insomniac only slows me down. I try not to write at night, as I'm concerned that this will affect the quality. I might have a Scotch to keep me going, but I like to be as awake and as alert as possible.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only currency isn't money. For me, it's about how can you build a good business that's also a social business.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's what my life has come down to - how can I have fun for me, be with my friends and my family, and how can I help other people.
- Dorm
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- Nov 07, 2020
Believe it or not, the first spark for everything I've done today came down to me meeting one person in college who changed my life. A student named Anthony Adams who lived across the hall from me in our freshman dorm showed me what it meant to be an 'entrepreneur' when I saw him launch his own start-up company.
- First World War
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- Nov 07, 2020
My entire life has really revolved around music that was written about the time that I was born, 1908, to just before the First World War and shortly after it. This music I've always known, and it is that music that's most important to me.
- Hard Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
In any case, Ives encouraged me to go into music even though he himself had such a hard time being a composer.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since I'm allergic to various things, the army wouldn't accept me during the war, and I got into the Office of War Information, which sent music to Europe.
- Nov 07, 2020