Neville Johnson Quotes & Sayings

There are no bad herbs or bad men; there are only bad cultivators. — Victor Hugo

Lord, give me the heart of a child, and the awesome courage to live it out as an adult. — Catherine Doherty

Most of the time, as an artist, I can be self-indulgent, fulfilling my own impulses, embracing imagery that contains poetry on my own terms, without immediate regard to an audience or the particular placement of my finished work. — Clifford Ross

When I was a little kid wanting to play music, it was because of people like Pete Johnson, Huey Smith, Allen Toussaint, Professor Longhair, James Booker, Art Neville ... there was so many piano players I loved in New Orleans. Then there was guys from out of town that would come cut there a lot. There was so many great bebop piano players, so many great jazz piano players, so many great Latin piano players, so many great blues piano players. Some of those Afro-Cuban bands had some killer piano players. There was so many different things going on musically, and it was all of interest to me. — Dr. John

A man may rule his household,
And a King govern his land,
But Death walks in the thrall of Cephrael's Hand. — Melissa McPhail

It seems to me that sometimes-or perhaps I might venture most of the time-occurrences have no cause at all. New stars appear and old ones vanish. Short hats become popular again. Things are as they are and do as they please for absolutely no reason at all. — Galen Beckett

I mean, why am I considered an 'it girl?' Because I'm in a lot of movies right now or am on the covers of magazines? I just hope there is something solid behind that. Because here's the thing with 'it girl' status. It's great and amazing that anybody is saying that at all. But how long does that last? — Amanda Seyfried

Love is born from disagreeing over something we believe in. Hate is born from disagreeing over something we fear. — Craig Stone