Kjartan Gunnarsson Quotes & Sayings

When people get in your face and say, 'This will pass,' you think, 'Are they crazy? I'm never gonna feel any better than I feel right this minute and nothing's ever gonna make sense again.' You see a lot of people play this blame game. Blame, blame, blame. You know? And it's a really easy thing to do, and I'm certainly guilty of it. [You have to] look at yourself and go, 'What part of this do I need to own? Which part of this is my responsibility?' And that's the painful work that you have to go through to hopefully get some real life knowledge out of it. — Reese Witherspoon

I'm passionate about pleasing people. — Michael Mina

I'm improvising all the time. Everything I do is improvised. On the piano, at least. — Mose Allison

Today's Baudelaires are hip-hop artists. — Jonathan Franzen

I think I got off on the wrong planet. Beam me up Scotty, there's no rational life here. — Robert Anton Wilson

My mother wanted me to learn how to read music. She'd given fiddles to my two older brothers, but they'd rebelled. I came along and my father said, "Oh, let Peter enjoy himself." What she did was leave musical instruments all around the house. Whistles, marimbas, squeeze boxes, a piano and organ. By age six or seven, I could bang out a simple tune on almost anything. I developed a good ear, so I didn't learn to read music until I taught myself at age eighteen, 'cause I was hearing so many good songs I couldn't possibly remember them all. — Pete Seeger

I live like a Nazi war criminal or a serial killer... like I have something to be ashamed of. — Elliott James