#met

I don't do something because I think it will sell 30 million albums. I couldn't care less. If it sells one, it sells one. ↗

— Oscar Peterson

#because #care #i #i think #less

Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I'm concerned, that's success. ↗

— Tom Petty

#concerned #far #hopefully #i #like

I think television's become a downright dangerous thing. It has no moral barometer whatsoever. If you want to talk about something that is all about money, just watch the television. ↗

— Tom Petty

#barometer #become #dangerous #dangerous thing #downright

The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return to better thinking. ↗

— Phaedrus

#diverted #may #mind #ought #return

Everything that people lob at you who don't know you, it all hurts. When you're doing something as simple as making music, which really, theoretically, shouldn't hurt anyone - I mean, it's a song! Step back for five seconds and laugh. ↗

— Liz Phair

#back #doing #everything #five #hurt

I don't like being approached by people who look at me too intensely, who needed something from me that I didn't have. I don't represent anything. ↗

— Liz Phair

#approached #being #i #intensely #like

I have that thrill-seeking mentality, so when people want to know why my incarnations keep changing, or why I'll do something different than I did before, it's that same impulse. ↗

— Liz Phair

#changing #did #different #i #impulse

Picture being forced to talk endlessly about your feelings and listen and care when what you needed was just to get something done. ↗

— Liz Phair

#being #care #done #endlessly #feelings

Women's bodies are used to sell anything and everything because it works, it grabs people's attention, and advertisers aren't going to stop using something that works. ↗

— Liz Phair

#attention #because #bodies #everything #going

I think sometimes I guess you see records, say you want to get there and use that as motivation. In a way, it's kind of cool if there is a possibility to rewrite history and be up there with the greats of Olympic history. ↗

— Michael Phelps

#get #greats #guess #history #i