#wi

Before you worry about what genre it is, about whether it's a loop or a drum, it's about what suits the song. It's using what's within your reach, but also reaching for everything you can. I don't know if I always get it right, because I don't know every sound yet. ↗

— Beth Orton

#also #always #because #before #drum

Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. ↗

— George Orwell

#designed #give #language #lies #make

Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only the very young or the very foolish imagine otherwise. ↗

— George Orwell

#balance #fair #foolish #fun #get

Prolonged, indiscriminate reviewing of books is a quite exceptionally thankless, irritating and exhausting job. It not only involves praising trash but constantly inventing reactions towards books about which one has no spontaneous feeling whatever. ↗

— George Orwell

#books #constantly #exceptionally #exhausting #feeling

We went into that knowing that we were never going to sell a major record 'cause we didn't sound like these bands, so I just thought this was an opportunity for us to make the kind of records that we wanted and make some money at the same time. ↗

— Buzz Osborne

#cause #going #i #into #just

You can tell by looking at me that I've got more miles behind me than I've got in front of me. When you reach that point, if you've got some good years left, you want to make sure that you use them wisely. ↗

— Tom Osborne

#front #good #got #i #left

Because no matter what you say in life, the truth will always be the truth. You know when someone is telling the truth, you look in the eyes. I have a tendency to believe people. ↗

— Jean Claude Van Damme

#because #believe #eyes #i #know

Clearly, high energy prices will have a large negative effect on the California economy and could possibly drag the rest of the nation into a recession. ↗

— Doug Ose

#clearly #could #drag #economy #effect

Most people are blown away by the fact that Beck is Jewish... and Billy Joel. I didn't know he was Jewish. ↗

— Guy Oseary

#beck #billy #billy joel #blown #blown away

Well, unless you've suffered from panic attacks and social anxiety disorders, which is what I was diagnosed as having, it's hard to explain it. But you go on stage knowing you're actually physically going to die. You will keel over and die. ↗

— Donny Osmond

#anxiety #attacks #diagnosed #die #disorders