#why

The terrorists know what is at stake, which is why they are pulling out all the stops to derail our efforts. They understand that a free and democratic Iraq is a serious blow to their interests. ↗

— Elizabeth Dole

#democratic #democratic iraq #derail #efforts #free

Which is why, in my lieder concerts, I always strove, when possible, to sing only the works of a single composer, so that the audience could be gradually drawn into a particular creative genius' way of thinking, and could follow him. ↗

— Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

#audience #composer #concerts #could #creative

That's why so much of the music today sounds so much alike, because there's no in-between. So it's kind of nice to still turn some buttons every now and then. ↗

— Alan Vega

#because #buttons #every #in-between #kind

You know, punk bands now sell with one record - their first or second record - sell 10 times the amount of records than the Ramones did throughout their career with 20-something records. That's why I go over to Johnny Ramone's house and do yard work three times a week, just to absolve some of the guilt. ↗

— Eddie Vedder

#amount #bands #career #did #first

From a technical point of view, there seemed to me to be absolutely no reason why - with the existing technology - we couldn't do very high quality audio, because whereas the boom in digital graphics is ongoing, the boom in digital audio has already happened. ↗

— Thomas Dolby

#already #audio #because #boom #digital

I'm never going to be comfortable being squished into a box, and that's why it's been weird in Hollywood, they don't know what to do with me, because I can play the game up to a point, but then I can't at all. ↗

— Minnie Driver

#been #being #box #comfortable #game

And it's difficult for the average American to understand why something like that could be so important and why a little small place like Taiwan would be so important to the PRC. ↗

— Fred Thompson

#average #average american #could #difficult #important

I never understood why the metal heads in my school hated the punks. ↗

— Trevor Dunn

#heads #i #metal #never #school

I still take photographs for my own use, personal studies. I do not feel that I can fully express my views through the medium and this is why I have moved towards painting. ↗

— John Dyer

#feel #fully #i #i can #i do

All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why. ↗

— James Thurber

#die #learn #men #running #should