#ay

I've always been hopeful about Scotland's prospects. And I now believe more than ever that Scotland is within touching distance of achieving independence and equality. ↗

— Sean Connery

#achieving #always #been #believe #distance

Marriage has made me a lot happier and I'm deeply in love with my wife, and I thank God for her every day. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#deeply #every #every day #god #happier

I say sorry to my wife about five times a day for various reasons. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#day #five #i #reasons #say

I'm a natural piano player. So all the practicing I do at this point is in my head. If I don't play for a year, my chops aren't going to get any worse. I've spent my time playing scales, and I don't necessarily want to play any faster than I play. So everything I do at this point is more philosophical. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#chops #everything #faster #get #going

Everything I do is part of my passion. I do the things I like to do. It's sort of a bigger version of having more than one hobby. I love to play piano, sing, and act. I love to do all those things. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#bigger #everything #having #hobby #i

A lot of the music that you listen to now is because of the things that the Meters did, the Neville Brothers did, and they're there, the guys who invented those beats that the guys sample today. Such an enormous opportunity. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#because #brothers #did #enormous #guys

Facing it, always facing it, that's the way to get through. Face it. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#face #facing #get #through #way

I always laugh at these rock n'rollers where you can't understand them. Mind you, it's not because they're inaudible or indistinguishable; it's because they're too obscure. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#because #i #i always #inaudible #indistinguishable

I had tons of friends, played ball with my friends on the street, and did the normal things. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#did #friends #had #i #normal

The impulse to dream was slowly beaten out of me by experience. Now it surged up again and I hungered for books, new ways of looking and seeing. ↗

— Richard Wright

#beaten #books #dream #experience #i