ZZ Ward quotes

You don't need the frills and thrills to make something amazing. I think that's what inspires me with the blues.
-- ZZ Ward

#Thinking #Inspire

What's the coolest thing in the world is when you have fans that know the lyrics to your songs. That's amazing! Such a great feeling! When I go out there and am playing "Grinnin' In Your Face" and people are singing the lyrics to it, that's amazing to me. I'm actually taking a song where people wouldn't know it, and I'm bringing it back. It's a really cool feeling.
-- ZZ Ward

#Song #People #Feelings

Touring has been a new part of my life in a lot of ways. We've just been touring massively since the record came out and before. Learning how to write while all that is going on is a new thing.
-- ZZ Ward

#Writing

Don't be afraid to get stupid and feel it. Remember everyone's looking at me and not you.
-- ZZ Ward

#Stupid #Remember

I used to ride the school bus to school and just listen to music with my headphones. I'd stick my head out the window and just think about how much I wanted to be a singer. I always wanted to do it, but I think I was always in the wrong place. I didn't really have any opportunities. So I left LA four years ago and I really just left my old life behind. I threw everything into pursuing music.
-- ZZ Ward

#School #Opportunity #Thinking

Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

Some of my academic friends think Ive fallen from a very special grace.

Because of a friend, life is a little stronger, fuller, more gracious thing for the friend's existence, whether he be near or far. If the friend is close at hand, that is best; but if he is far away he still is there to think of, to wonder about, to hear from, to write to, to share life and experience with, to serve, to honor, to admire, to love.

Nobody ever forgets their first night in the bush. It's among the precious, meagre handful of life firsts that remain indelible.

If a man will comprehend the richness and variety of the universe, and inspire his mind with a due measure of wonder and awe, he must contemplate the human intellect not only on its heights of genius but in its abysses of ineptitude...

My experience of life is that it is not divided up into genres; it’s a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel. You know, with a bit of ***** if you're lucky.

I really learn from something that really inspires me and it becomes something that I remember.

There are times, like after a long day of work, when the thought of an easy drive-through is enticing. But then I remember how crappy I felt when I ate fast food in the past, and it inspires me to head to the grocery store or my local farmer's market and whip up an easy but healthier option.

Economics, as it has emerged, can be made more productive by paying greater and more explicit attention to the ethical considerations that shape human behaviour and judgment.

Poverty is the deprivation of opportunity.