Gordon Waller quotes

“Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, and a lot of American artists were my greatest influences.”
-- Gordon Waller

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“A good idea for lyrics and a melody to expand on.”
-- Gordon Waller

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“It was a great time to be making music because everything else was changing.”
-- Gordon Waller

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“I didn't want to be anyone else.”
-- Gordon Waller

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“I'm the daughter of two Indian immigrant doctors, and I have an older sister and younger brother, and none of us have pursued medicine as a career. We're all over the artistic side of things.”

“Jesus lives! the same comforting, helping, instructing, loving Elder Brother, as when John leaned on His bosom, as when He lifted Peter up from the waves, as when He dried Mary's tears with His, "Thy sins are forgiven thee." Jesus lives! the same almighty Saviour, Guide, Intercessor, as when He ascended to glory with the broken fetters of sin and death in His pierced hands.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 94, 1895.

“Now Anurag will be called Abhinav Kashyap's brother”

“Honor to the soldier and sailor everywhere, who bravely bears his country's cause. Honor, also, to the citizen who cares for his brother in the field and serves, as he best can, the same cause.”

“Before, I was terrified on stage. I only play guitar during the acoustic songs. After a while, you can elicit certain responses from the crowd, like Elvis.”

“Having a little pee in your pants had to be better than being dinner for some redneck.”

Source : Christopher Paul Curtis (2013). “The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963”, p.147, Yearling

“An artist’s job is to captivate… if we stumble into truth, we got lucky.”

“I think with anything where you delve into the back story of an artist, it kind of explains their work more intimately.”

Source : "Boy of Age: Aaron Johnson". Interview, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 6, 2010.

“Only a bad artist thinks he has a good idea. A good artist does not need anything.”

Source : Ad Reinhardt, Barbara Rose (1991). “Art-as-art: The Selected Writings of Ad Reinhardt”, p.143, Univ of California Press

“Painting cannot be the only activity of a mature artist.”