#w

Maybe this will be the beginning of a trend? Flat taxes, cutting foreign aid, a referendum on Europe, grammar schools. Who knows? ↗

— Nigel Farage

#beginning #cutting #europe #flat #foreign

And my dad wanted me to play the trumpet because that's what he liked. His idol was Louis Armstrong. My dad thought my teeth came together in a way that was perfect for playing the trumpet. ↗

— Jackson Browne

#because #came #dad #his #idol

I taught myself to play the piano, because I wanted to play it. ↗

— Jackson Browne

#i #myself #piano #play #taught

I told my father I wanted to play the banjo, and so he saved the money and got ready to give me a banjo for my next birthday, and between that time and my birthday, I lost interest in the banjo and was playing guitar. ↗

— Jackson Browne

#between #birthday #father #give #give me

I wrote the song For A Dancer for a friend of mine who died in a fire. He was in the sauna in a house that burned down, so he had no idea anything was going on. It was very sad. ↗

— Jackson Browne

#burned #dancer #died #down #fire

I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait. ↗

— Salvador Dali

#grow #his #i #i do #like

It was a great time to be born, because I got to have my own publishing company right from the beginning, so I made more money than somebody would have doing what I did ten or fifteen years before. ↗

— Jackson Browne

#before #beginning #born #company #did

Music itself is a great source of relaxation. Parts of it anyway. Working in the studio, that's not relaxing, but playing an instrument that I don't know how to play is unbelievably relaxing, because I don't have any pressure on me. ↗

— Jackson Browne

#anyway #because #great #great source #how

So I had a couple of years of playing trumpet. I really enjoyed it, but it was not the kind of instrument you could whip out at a party. Let's face it. ↗

— Jackson Browne

#couple #enjoyed #face #had #i

When you're C.E.O., you have to have two conditions: first, shareholders need to trust you and want you to head your company. The second is that you need to feel the motivation to do the job. So, as long as both are reunited, you continue to do the job. And today, they are reunited. ↗

— Carlos Ghosn

#company #conditions #continue #feel #first