#band

I used to soak my mitts in a bucket of water for about two days. Then I'd put a couple of baseballs in the pocket and wrap it up with a rubber band. Today you don't have to do that, because catchers' mitts are more like first baseman's gloves. ↗

— Bob Uecker

#band #baseman #because #bucket #couple

The music industry is a strange combination of having real and intangible assets: pop bands are brand names in themselves, and at a given stage in their careers their name alone can practically gaurantee hit records. ↗

— Richard Branson

#assets #bands #brand #careers #combination

A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned. ↗

— Xun Zi

#any #born #crime #envy #faith

A person is born with desires of the eyes and ears, and a liking for beautiful sights and sounds. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to immorality and lack of restriction, and any ritual principles and propriety will be abandoned. ↗

— Xun Zi

#any #beautiful #born #desires #ears

The best practice you can get is on the bandstand, but in between gigs I feel I have to stay in shape. ↗

— Bill Bruford

#best #between #feel #get #gigs

I try to devote my afternoons to making music in my home studio, but it's a lot more fun hanging out with musicians and friends, and trying subtly to influence a band than making your own stuff. ↗

— David Byrne

#devote #friends #fun #hanging #home

I'm a strong person, I'm a strong family man, I'm a strong husband and a strong father. ↗

— David Beckham

#family man #father #husband #i #man

The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#avoided #better #dangers #destiny #exceeds

Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away. ↗

— Thomas Beecham

#bands #brass #miles #outdoors #place

Nothing makes a man feel older than to hear a band coming up the street and not to have the impulse to rush downstairs and out on to the sidewalk. ↗

— Robert Benchley

#coming #downstairs #feel #hear #impulse