Bill Mallonee famous quotes

The good news doesn't make any sense unless you know what the bad news is first, and the bad news goes pretty deep.
-- Bill Mallonee

#News #Firsts #Knows

Winnowing is more like a trip to the confessional...transparent & vulnerable without being sentimental. These songs have elements that are more like prayers & pleas for faith. They're questionings and wrangling in the dark about the journey.
-- Bill Mallonee

#Song #Prayer #Dark

Reason dies collapsing under its own load.
-- Bill Mallonee

#Culture #Christianity #Reason

I tend to prefer the band thing. I think playing solo is good for about 45 minutes. I remember when I was on my solo tour that I got a chance to play with Martin Stephenson of the Daintees. He's now refashioned himself as almost a delta blues guitar player and he's got all the technique, all the persona and the charisma on stage. I think I do too, but I'm more of a first position strummer guy with a little bit of filigree work. I could listen to him for hours; I could listen to myself playing solo for about half an hour!
-- Bill Mallonee

#Player #Thinking #Guitar

The idea of 24-hour news, if you really step back, is pretty insane. Just even saying '24-hour news' almost has satire laced in it.

News is only the first rough draft of history.

The good news is that we are Buddha. The bad news is that all beings are Buddha. The sickness of being human is the sickness of wanting to be unique.

It's great news. The reality of negotiations today is that they take time. But these have always been conducted in a good spirit and we are very pleased with the outcome. We can now look forward to the future.

I started writing by doing small related things but not the thing itself, circling it and getting closer. I had no idea how to write fiction. So I did journalism because there were rules I could learn. You can teach someone to write a news story. They might not write a great one, but you can teach that pretty easily.

I read my first book on Woodrow Wilson at age 15, and I was hooked.

I don't feel like I'm out of my element or anything like that. I'm very comfortable where I'm at. I enjoy being in this position, and actually it feels like I haven't really been away from it. I feel very comfortable out there from the first tee onwards.

Always trust strangers, it's the people you know that let you down.

I do have insecurities. I don't know if you can tell. I'm not brimming with confidence.

I don't really know what's wrong with Jay Leno. I don't have the training to make a professional diagnosis.