quotes about Lonely At The Top

“Refuse to criticize, condemn, or complain. Instead, think and talk only about the things you really want.”

“The man who has led a good life will find many allies.”

“It was interesting the way a small hate could grow inside a big hate and take it over.”

“No one can deal with the hearts of men unless he has the sympathy which is given by love.”

“Thinking very hard about the same problem for several hours can produce a severe fatigue, close to a breakdown. I never really experienced a breakdown, but have felt "strange inside" two or three times during my life.”

“I do not see a delegation for the four-footed. I see no seat for the eagles. We forget and we consider ourselves superior.”

“The two big mistakes were the belief in a sky god - that there's a man in the sky with 10 things he doesn't want you to do and you'll burn for a long time if you do them - and private property, which I think is at the core of our failure as a species. That's the source of my indignations, my dissatisfactions, however it comes out on the stage. I feel betrayed by the people I'm part of, these creatures, these magnificent creatures.”

“The rawness and the richness of music on vinyl almost went away, but it still seems to be on a lot of people's radar, and for good reason. It does something different than more accessible means of music playing, like MP3 players and downloads and whatnot. You get in front of these archaic contraptions that go 'round and 'round.”

Source : "Interview: ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons and the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach". Interview with Ted Drozdowski, www.guitarworld.com. November 13, 2012.

“If you're not invited to the party, throw your own.”

“Perhaps the things that break our hearts are the very things that serve to open them.”