#ck

Comedy ages quicker than tragedy, to the extent that we can't know if the 10 commandments may originally have been 10 hilarious one-liners. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#been #comedy #commandments #extent #hilarious

Don Quixote's 'Delusions' is an excellent read - far better than my own forthcoming travel book, 'Walking Backwards Across Tuscany.' ↗

— Arthur Smith

#backwards #better #book #delusions #excellent

It was Julie Burchill who decreed that, beyond a certain age, a man should not be seen in a leather jacket. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#beyond #certain #certain age #decreed #jacket

Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be. ↗

— Barbara Smith

#been #black #fools #group #never

I wrote about people who liked fake fireplaces in their parlor, who thought a brass horse with a clock embedded in its flank was wonderful. ↗

— Betty Smith

#brass #clock #embedded #fake #flank

I don't go to clubs and stuff like that, so I don't have to put up with it in there. And normally, because obviously I could hurt somebody, and if I look at it that way, I have to back off. ↗

— Bubba Smith

#because #clubs #could #go #hurt

My girlfriend at the time convinced me to send these songs to Cavity Search. When they wanted to put out my record I was totally shocked. ↗

— Elliott Smith

#girlfriend #i #me #out #put

Well, I'm not a violent person. You have to back off. People sometimes will try you and try you until you try not to, but you have to react. Normally, I just walk away. ↗

— Bubba Smith

#back #i #just #normally #off

Playing well with others is important - not being too flashy, just keeping good time and of course coming up with cool beats. A good snare drum, kick drum, high hat. Just getting good at the hand feet coordination. ↗

— Chad Smith

#being #coming #cool #coordination #course

I took a private lesson, but it didn't really work out, so I went back to playing along with records. That's really the thing that got me into playing a lot - getting excited about playing along with my favorite bands like Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. ↗

— Chad Smith

#along #back #bands #black #black sabbath