Nicholas Payton quotes

[Louis Armstrong is] the father of us all, regardless of style or how modern we get. His influence is inescapable. Some of the things he was doing in the 20's and 30's, people still haven't dealt with.
-- Nicholas Payton

#Father #People #Style

Don't go in and out of meditative spaces - stay there with that awareness, always. Everything in life is meditative.
-- Nicholas Payton

#Space #Life Is #Awareness

Okay, you can stay at home and Spotify, or YouTube, or you can get off your ***** and come listen to what real musicians making real music sound like. And, hey, it doesn't have to be me, but if I'm in town, then yeah, you should definitely check me out.
-- Nicholas Payton

#Real #Home #Musician

Tis better to hit an air ball, than to force a note that don't wanna come out.
-- Nicholas Payton

#Air #Balls #Notes

There is no wonder more supernatural and divine in the life of a believer than the mystery and ministry of prayer...the hand of the child touching the arm of the Father and moving the wheel of the universe.

It should have great meaning that of all the titles of respect and honor and admiration that could be given him, that God himself, he who is the highest of all, chose to be addressed simply as “Father.”

I think about how truly interesting and odd it is that when a woman marries, traditionally she loses her name, becoming absorbed by the husband's family name - she is in effect lost, evaporated from all records under her maiden name. I finally understand the anger behind feminism - the idea that as a woman you are property to be conveyed between your father and your husband, but never an individual who exists independently. And on the flip side, it is also one of the few ways one can legitimately get lost - no one questions it.

I wanted to live. For the father and brother who I never knew and for my mother who was cheated of a life of happiness. I wanted to live for them. And I wanted to live for me.

Facts are what pedantic, dull people have instead of opinions.

There are a lot of people who know me who can't understand for the life of them why I would got to work on something as unserious as baseball. If they only knew.

My goal has been to encourage jointness, to push people to think of affiliations rather than to operate as solo entrepreneurs.

Angelina Jolie is my style inspiration.

A viewer as opposed to a filmmaker might see a film differently. But I'm extremely comfortable with my style.

Ah! my friend, for whomever is alone, without a god and without a master, the weight of time is terrible. One must then choose a master, God being out of style.