#pi

The first thing that inspires any song is a chord progression. When I have one I really like, I get into the lyrics even more. ↗

— Frank Black

#chord #even #first #first thing #get

It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek it first. The very first condition of lasting happiness is that a life should be full of purpose, aiming at something outside self. ↗

— Hugo Black

#condition #first #full #happiness #lasting

Yeah, because I think it's more important just to inspire people to wake up one day and pick up a book and start feeling it out for themselves. ↗

— Maynard James Keenan

#book #day #feeling #i #i think

Laws are made to protect the trusting as well as the suspicious. ↗

— Hugo Black

#made #protect #suspicious #trusting #well

I don't have any real spirituality in my life - I'm kind of an atheist - but when music can take me to the highest heights, it's almost like a spiritual feeling. It fills that void for me. ↗

— Jack Black

#any #atheist #feeling #fills #heights

When we have spiritual reading at meals, when we have the rosary at night, when we have study groups, forums, when we go out to distribute literature at meetings, or sell it on the street corners, Christ is there with us. ↗

— Dorothy Day

#corners #distribute #forums #go #groups

I played, like, a year of piano until I learned the 'Pink Panther' theme. That was my goal. Once I was good enough, I quit. Now my music has to have some rock. ↗

— Jack Black

#goal #good #i #i quit #learned

The movie Spinal Tap rocked my world. It's for rock what The Sound of Music was for hills. They really nailed how dumb rock can be. ↗

— Jack Black

#hills #how #movie #music #nailed

The real challenge is if you don't look super sexy, like a Brad Pitt, you're going to have to try harder. You're going to have to make up for it in other ways. ↗

— Jack Black

#brad pitt #challenge #going #harder #like

I know I didn't like that dress 'cause it didn't fit but I thought it was a great picture. We weren't the first band to do a picture in drag; The Rolling Stones were. If it was good enough for them then it had to be good enough for us. ↗

— Jimmy Carl Black

#cause #drag #dress #enough #first