#who

I would practice while listening to records or learn from musicians who were better than I was. ↗

— Rick Springfield

#i #learn #listening #musicians #practice

I've never said, 'I'm squeaky clean.' It's always the people who project that image that are hiding something. No one's squeaky clean. ↗

— Rick Springfield

#clean #hiding #i #image #never

For me, I was somebody who was a smart young guy who didn't do very well in school. The basic system of education, I didn't fit in; my intelligence was elsewhere. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#education #elsewhere #fit #guy #i

I was the only person I'd ever met who had a record contract. None of the E Street Band, as far as I know, had been on an airplane until Columbia sent us to Los Angeles. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#angeles #as far as #band #been #columbia

Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it. ↗

— Madame de Stael

#creative #essentially #genius #individual #possesses

At home I'm just a guy who has interests that extend far beyond music. ↗

— Layne Staley

#extend #far #guy #home #i

I just really wanted to do art, except when I was taking those photographs of people I would make the clothes that I would photograph them in so I could control the whole thing. ↗

— Stephen Sprouse

#clothes #control #could #except #i

The photograph, the clothes, the sets - this was about 1974, and I started hanging out with my friend Richard Sold, who was playing in a band with Patti Smith. ↗

— Stephen Sprouse

#band #clothes #friend #hanging #i

A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble. ↗

— Charles Spurgeon

#carve #character #good #good character #hearts

A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are easy as an old shoe are generally of little worth. ↗

— Charles Spurgeon

#easy #evil #generally #little #men