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Elvis came along when I was 10. My father gave me a bass ukulele. I

taught myself how to play from a book to play some chords, so I was laying down 'Hound Dog' and things like that when I was 10 years old in 1955. That's the way I was. My ear was glued to the radio. I knew right then what I wanted to do.
Bob Seger

To be a writer is to connect and to play and to attempt to see clearly and understand. It astounds me regularly that feeling things deeply and writing them down is basically my job description.
Deb Caletti

Humans have always used animals to depict ideas about themselves: ideas about their status, about their position in life and society and the world.
Alison Goldfrapp

I know that I am the kind of person that gets a little bit more nervous than other skaters, but that's because I care for my skating very much. I take all my emotions with me. I can't go out and say 'Now, this is just my job.' I really care.
Carolina Kostner

Is the Iranian record of intervention and terror worse than that of the U.S.?
Noam Chomsky

I just missed out on qualifying for the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
Natalie du Toit

In New York, the average total state and local tax burden is $5,260 for every man, woman and child. That's by far the highest in the country.
Tom Golisano

I'm pathologically incapable of making decisions. Just ask my wife how long it took me to propose - on second thought, best not to bring it up.
John Grogan

When I look at how fortunate I've been, being a musician... my response to being overpaid is that I should pay it back to my community in some way.
Dave Matthews

I don't think I sound like Janis Joplin. I'm a woman with a raspy voice.
Brittany Howard

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