- Nov 07, 2020
Trying Quotes
Sometimes the effort matters more than the outcome.
This collection finds humor and sincerity in the act of trying - baseball becoming enjoyable again only after quitting the attempt to play it, and a small reading ritual used to get through a demanding project. Related reading in I Am Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Something
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I'm trying to do is to write a story. If you take something from it, that's wonderful; if you don't, that's wonderful as well.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm just trying to say that it should reassure us that the inevitable traumas of being human do end up producing some good. Otherwise, the human condition is overwhelmingly depressing.
- Boards
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been a very visual creator. I make mood boards or sit with coloured pencils and scribble and try and figure out what I'm trying to work through musically.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Marketers are out there trying to figure out how to get your money out of your child.
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't feel that normal anymore because I get recognised, even when I'm just trying to have fun or going to get ice cream with my friends.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of the time I spend when I get up in the morning is trying to figure out what is going to happen.
- Agree
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't agree with what Joe McCarthy was trying to do, but I sure did admire his methods.
- Guitar
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got this Christmas gift with the entire Beatles catalog. I had fun trying to duplicate what I was hearing on these records, only using the instruments I had at hand - an acoustic guitar, and that's all. It was endlessly amusing to me to try to imitate John Lennon and Paul McCartney's harmonies using the guitar.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a band called the Sound Of Love, and that was R&B songs about girls in my high school. I played in some other indie bands who were trying to make it big; those sucked. Then I started Makeout Videotape, and that was that.
- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want a job, and I think I've been trying my hardest to make sure I don't have a job.
- Genius
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- Nov 07, 2020