#usual

A conventional good read is usually a bad read, a relaxing bath in what we know already. A true good read is surely an act of innovative creation in which we, the readers, become conspirators. ↗

— Augustine Birrell

#already #bad #bath #become #conspirators

My operas usually come from musical ideas rather than ideas about subject matter. ↗

— Harrison Birtwistle

#come #ideas #matter #musical #musical ideas

Sometimes when I write lyrics there are images in them, usually on a quite simplistic level, like colors. But most often music comes first and then later I sit down with visual people and we chat about what we want to do. I don't look at myself as a visual artist. I make music. ↗

— Bjork

#artist #chat #colors #comes #down

Usually when you see females in movies, they feel like they have these metallic structures around them, they are caged in by male energy. ↗

— Bjork

#caged #energy #feel #females #like

For a person as obsessed with music as I am, I always hear a song in the back of my head, all the time, and that usually is my own tune. I've done that all my life. ↗

— Bjork

#am #back #done #head #hear

I find vacuuming very therapeutic, but I hate ironing. I usually have no shirt on while ironing, because I'm ironing it, and I end up burning my chest. ↗

— Warwick Davis

#burning #chest #end #find #hate

The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and of elevated opinions. ↗

— John Dawkins

#elevated #fond #lofty #man #opinions

I just try to get out of my own way because if anyone is their own worst enemy, it's usually you. ↗

— Taylor Dayne

#because #enemy #get #i #just

I love clothes, so when I wear clothes, they're usually somebody's. You know, I'm not wearing Kmart. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#i #i love #know #love #somebody

Apart from anything else, I find boots are too hot except in wintry weather. At home I usually wear a sweater, shirt and slacks. ↗

— Honor Blackman

#apart #boots #else #except #find