- Challenge
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- 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
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd like to work with Justin Bieber. He's talented and he's so young. I know what he's going through. I've lived what he's living through right now. Working with him would complete a circle of sorts for me. And he might find it a worthwhile experience himself.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm going to be true to what I want to do, because if I care what people think about me, I'm a puppet. Which I have been in my life. And you can't live life that way, man!
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of people think that there has to be extreme continuity in an album, but if you look at my background, it's variety! I want to see some variety in an artist, I want to be entertained, I want some depth. Show me some different styles!
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
I haven't accepted anyone telling me what is or isn't possible and have just kept moving along toward my goals.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe BMX has shaped me into who I am today, so if this journey never would have begun, then who knows the person I would be or what I would be doing with my life.
- Body
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't have the ideal body type for BMX, but just with anything, you have your pros and your cons. And being small kind of allows me to maneuver through the other bigger riders and make passes they couldn't necessarily make.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have always just experimented, and I come from a very ancient, acoustic root. It was very hard to put a finger on me.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I already had top 10 records before 'Sunshine Superman,' with 'Catch the Wind' and 'Colors,' but this was a real breakthrough for me. It was a consciousness change for songwriting, as people are now saying I initiated the psychedelic revolution with this album, 'Sunshine Superman.'
- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes the songs just come to me. I don't sit down to write like you'd sit down to make a pair of boots.
- Guitar
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't know until later, but my uncle was quite a famous bohemian in Glasgow, and he played guitar. My father was a kind of a poetic bohemian, and he read me poetry.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Having had polio never held me back as I got older. Although having one leg smaller than the other isn't much fun, I could always get about without any trouble. Luckily, in the music industry, everyone was only interested in my singing and playing and not the size of my legs.
- Rock
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Jimmy Page gave me the MOJO Maverick award. I got an Ivor Novella Award for my very first song.
- Nov 07, 2020
With songwriters like me who are prolific, you just write the song and then put it on tape.
- Meditation
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's not like me and Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr hang out every week, but we keep together in promoting Transcendental Meditation.
- Love Is
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- Nov 07, 2020