#so

Somehow I kept my head above water. I relied on the discipline, character, and strength that I had started to develop as that little girl in her first swimming pool. ↗

— Esther Williams

#character #develop #discipline #first #girl

Life magazine ran a page featuring me and three other girls that was clearly the precursor of Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues. ↗

— Esther Williams

#featuring #illustrated #issues #life #magazine

I think there's a lot of naivete and hubris within our mix of personalities. That's probably our worst crime. I keep wondering what a "mature" record means. ↗

— Ian Williams

#hubris #i #i think #keep #lot

I don't like giving names to generations. It's like trying to read the song title on a record that's spinning. ↗

— Ian Williams

#giving #i #like #names #read

I think one of the most boring things is a person's taste. ↗

— Ian Williams

#boring things #i #i think #most #person

It's like that Simpsons joke - they're filming a cow in a movie and they go, 'OK, we'll tape a bunch of cats together to make a cow', and it's like, 'Why don't you just use a cow?'. For some reason that is novel - like, 'Oh, my guitar sounds like a piano and now if I can just get my piano to sound like my guitar'. ↗

— Ian Williams

#cats #cow #filming #get #go

There is something magical about three you know - a trio is tight and nicely economical. ↗

— Ian Williams

#economical #know #magical #nicely #something

So when I'm playing, I'm sort of painting a feeling in the air. ↗

— Pharrell Williams

#feeling #i #painting #playing #sort

This is fun; consuming our music shouldn't be a responsibility like eating your spinach or something. ↗

— Ian Williams

#eating #fun #like #music #our

We made happy sounds because we were upset... just trying to make a positive situation out of a negative one. ↗