Avantgarde Music Quotes & Sayings

I'm an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense. — Al McGuire

Remember, frustration is out of expectation, and ego is always expecting. The ego is a beggar. — Rajneesh

Sometimes people get passionate about the obscure jokes. — Martin Short

I used to write a lot of songs. I was an English major in college. I was a deluded poet for a year. Totally deluded. — Paul Dano

Throughout history in the theater and film people do like sarcastic characters, and they do like curmudgeons - if they're amusing, they do like them despite the fact that they're vitriolic, particularly if they're for the right thing. If you can see that the person is a decent person and is for the right thing, and is not just a nasty person with base motives, but someone who is a decent human but expresses himself. — Woody Allen

Climbing K2 or floating the Grand Canyon in an inner tube; there are some things one would rather have done than do. — Edward Abbey

Sometimes things that are crippling to hear may be true or they wouldn't be so crippling. — James E. Cohea Jr.

I summon to the winding ancient stair;
Set all your mind upon the steep ascent — William Butler Yeats

The things you learn through your sadness, believe me, these are one of the best kind of lessons.

Happiness can never teach you any of that. — Khadija Rupa