Multiplatinum Quotes & Sayings

No matter what it is, if you get 10 people in the business talking about something, you get 10 different opinions, but you know, they're amazingly well informed. — James Woods

When we try to conceal our innermost drives, our entire being screams betrayal. — Brian Herbert

A person may have no relatives anywhere, but Mahamaya may make him keep a cat and thus make him worldly. This is how She plays! — Sarada Devi

I just want to make good music that, you know, appeals to all people, man. I want to branch out and you know just have a lot of multiplatinum albums. — Ruben Studdard

In 1942 Cachao wrote a tune for Arcao, 'Rareza de Melitn,' with a memorable catchy tumbao. In 1957 Arcao recorded a reworking of it under the name 'Chanchullo'; and in 1962 Tito Puente reworked that into 'Oye como va,' still with that same groove. In this form, audibly the same, it powered Carlos Santana's multiplatinum 1970 cover version, close to three decades after Cachao first played it. — Ned Sublette

Where I come from, they won't let me play with this rope. They think I might hurt myself. — Will Rogers

Lilacs on a bush are better than orchids. And dandelions and devil grass are better! Why? Because they bend you over and turn you away from all the people in the town for a little while and sweat you and get you down where you remember you got a nose again. And when you're all to yourself that way, you're really proud of yourself for a little while; you get to thinking things through, alone. Gardening is the handiest excuse for being a philosopher. Nobody guesses, nobody accuses, nobody knows, but there you are, Plato in the peonies, Socrates force-growing his own hemlock. A man toting a sack of blood manure across his lawn is kin to Atlas letting the world spin easy on his shoulder. — Ray Bradbury

I'm floored! Tony Rettman's NYHC is by far one of the most informative looks at New York hardcore. An amazing read loaded with remnants of my life and a movement I truly adore. Hardcore lives! — Roger Miret

His presence, so strange and wonderful, seemed to fill the room and press against me. I didn't think I'd ever sleep again. — Maggie Stiefvater

Certainly, there are huge, multiplatinum bands whose singers command their audience's attention. Sadly, much of the time they have little to say. — Henry Rollins

Not many people are able to say that they had in their professional career the chance to perform in two bands that won Grammys and were multiplatinum bands. — Scott Weiland

Do you know why the French are so honest? because there are so few words in their language they're forced to be. — William Gaddis