#sm

The professional world was much more unpleasant than I thought. I was always wishing I could get back that enthusiasm I had when I was doing shows at college. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#back #college #could #doing #enthusiasm

I'm a huge fan of James Dean, that got me started. Nowadays I smoke four packs in a day. ↗

— Ville Valo

#dean #fan #four #got #huge

I never wanted to leave the Smashing Pumpkins. That was never the plan. ↗

— Billy Corgan

#leave #never #plan #pumpkins #smashing

In a weird kind of way, music has afforded me an idealism and perfectionism that I could never attain as me. ↗

— Billy Corgan

#attain #could #i #idealism #kind

Jazz is not the popular culture. Jazz is in the same position in our culture as classical music. A very small minority of people really love it. ↗

— John Corigliano

#classical music #culture #jazz #love #minority

Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#bad-reviews #boring #complain #literary-criticism #lotr

I don't care what you think unless it is about me. ↗

— Kurt Cobain

#narcissism #opinion #opinions

Being with someone who is smart and gives good advice adds tremendously wonderful elements to your life. ↗

— Patricia Cornwell

#advice #being #elements #gives #good

In my forties, my optimism was boundless. I had really good health and tremendous success which allowed me to do anything I wanted. ↗

— Patricia Cornwell

#anything #boundless #forties #good #good health

Then there is a still higher type of courage - the courage to brave pain, to live with it, to never let others know of it and to still find joy in life; to wake up in the morning with an enthusiasm for the day ahead. ↗

— Howard Cosell

#brave #courage #day #enthusiasm #find