John Doe quotes

“It's harder to gain relevance or traction. But I'm of the opinion that if something's really good - not pretty good, but really, really good - people will hear about it.”
-- John Doe

#People Quotes #Opinion Quotes #Not Pretty Quotes

“I think The Eagles single-handedly destroyed country music - well, now, country music has been killed by rap crossovers, so it's hard to say. Maybe we can just agree that money killed country music.”
-- John Doe

Source : Source: www.chicagotribune.com

#Country Quotes #Rap Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I think we all feel incredibly fortunate and grateful that we're still around. We're one of the last punk-rock bands standing. And, to be honest, if we weren't getting paid well, and there weren't these teenagers coming to see it and saying, "... this is good, these guys play hard," we probably wouldn't do it.”
-- John Doe

Source : "Punk-rocker growing older and happier". Interview with Dan DeLuca, www.philly.com. September 18, 2011.

#Teenager Quotes #Grateful Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“On the subway today, a man came up to me to start a conversation. He made small talk, a lonely man talking about the weather and other things. I tried to be pleasant and accommodating, but my head began to hurt from his banality. I almost didn't notice it had happened, but I suddenly threw up all over him. He was not pleased, and I couldn't stop laughing.”
-- John Doe

#Lonely Quotes #Hurt Quotes #Men Quotes

“A good song is a good song, and good musicians can play all different styles.”
-- John Doe

Source : Source: www.chicagotribune.com

#Song Quotes #Play Quotes #Style Quotes

“Blackwater was smuggling weapons into Iraq.”
-- John Doe

Source : "Assassinations, Weapons Smuggling, Wife-Swapping - The Latest Accusations Against Erik Prince and Blackwater" by Daniel Schulman, www.motherjones.com. August 4, 2009.

#Iraq Quotes #Weapons Quotes #Smuggling Quotes

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

Source : A.A. Gill (2007). “The Angry Island: Hunting the English”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

“The question of boundaries is a major question of the Jewish people because the Jews are the great experts of crossing boundaries. They have a sense of identity inside themselves that doesn't permit them to cross boundaries with other people.”

Source : "Boundaries And Crossing". Interview with Vered Shemtov, shma.com. March 4, 2004.

“The bells they sound on Bredon, And still the steeples hum. "Come all to church, good people"- Oh, noisy bells, be dumb; I hear you, I will come.”

“Find a need and fill it. Successful businesses are founded on the needs of people.”

“It's hard to have that debate around secret programs authorized by secret legal opinions issued by a secret court. Actually, it's impossible to have that debate.”

“Opinions I have about anything are in my personal life.”

“In the opinion of the anarchist, the sum total of human ills is expressed in one word-authority.”

“If we lose our wilderness , we have nothing left, in my opinion, worth fighting for; or to be more exact, a completely industrialized United States is of no consequence to me.”

“Comedy is not pretty.”

“It's harder to gain relevance or traction. But I'm of the opinion that if something's really good - not pretty good, but really, really good - people will hear about it.”