#to

World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into. ↗

— Harry Browne

#been #decades #great #i #ii

You are where you are today because you have chosen to be there. ↗

— Harry Browne

#chosen #today #where #you

Now, guitar was pretty cool. Everybody knew something on the guitar. So I wanted to play guitar, but I told my dad if he wanted me to keep studying something, I'd like to study piano. ↗

— Jackson Browne

#dad #everybody #guitar #i #keep

The idea that I wrote something that stood for the way I feel about things, and that it lasts, that's probably my favorite thing that I've done. ↗

— Jackson Browne

#done #favorite #feel #i #i feel

Somewhere, things must be beautiful and vivid. Somewhere else, life has to be beautiful and vivid and rich. Not like this muted palette -a pale blue bedroom, washed out sunny sky, dull green yellow brown of the fields. Here, I know ever twist of every road, every blade of grass, every face in this town, and I am suffocating. ↗

— Lisa Ann Sandell

#beautiful #dull #face #grass #life

I was always drawn to performing. I took improv and acting classes during the summers and was involved in middle and high school plays. But when I discovered indie and punk music in high school, those things sort of took over. ↗

— Carrie Brownstein

#always #classes #discovered #drawn #during

You are absolutely beautiful," Anne said. "But if you see yourself, you'll want to pin your hair back like a shepherdess in a bad play." (Eleanor) "Are you saying that I normally look as if I'm tending sheep? With straw in my hair? As if I might yodel? ↗

— Eloisa James

#historical-romance #beauty

We are all tourists in history, and irony is what we win in wars. ↗

— Anatole Broyard

#history #irony #tourists #wars #win

Jazz is about freedom within discipline. Usually a dictatorship like in Russia and Germany will prevent jazz from being played because it just seemed to represent freedom, democracy and the United States. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#because #being #democracy #dictatorship #discipline

Jazz isn't dead yet. It's the underpinning of everything in this country. Whether it's a Broadway show, or fusion, or right on through classical music, if it's coming out of the U.S., it's not going to survive unless it's got some jazz influence. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#broadway show #classical #classical music #coming #country