Pauperize Def Quotes & Sayings

Never give up, never slow down, never grow old and never ever die young. — James Taylor

One of my favorite "deep thoughts" on the topic occurred when one of my other bands, Loaded, was opening for Alice Cooper a number of years back. After one particularly successful show, we got to talking about Bon Jovi. In the song "Wanted Dead Or Alive," the claim is made that "I've seen a million faces, and I've rocked them all." All? Let's ponder.
I have no doubt that Bon Jovi had played to a million people by the time "Dead or Alive" was released on Slippery When Wet in 1986. But did they rock them all? Couldn't it be that some dudes brought their girlfriends to the show and weren't necessarily into their music? What about some parents? Or maybe some people just didn't get rocked? Hey, it's happened to me. I've gone to gigs properly prepared to get rocked and it just didn't happen. — Duff McKagan

Neighborhood grocery stores, coal yards, gas stations, cheap taverns, big old rundown houses, a few churches with blank embarrassed faces. — Ross Macdonald

The world is waiting to see what the church has to offer to this troubled society — Sunday Adelaja

I think if people looked at my body of work, they'd see a great breadth of work. — Spike Lee

You only die once, but you will be dead for a very long time. — Moliere

Puffy's the only guy who's jealous. All drummers want to be singers. I think it's a myth that the singer needs to be the focus. Bands perpetuate that myth. With somebody like Sebastian Bach it makes sense. Look at him. He could be in an Avon ad. — Mike Patton

A man should not play the coward to his deeds. He should not repudiate them once he has performed them. Pangs of conscience are indecent. — Friedrich Nietzsche

In some ways, I believe that we are moving into a post-historical period, for lack of a better term. A time when whatever functioned previously will cease to function, or at least will have to be re-thought and re-considered. — Mark Pesce

He had to choke the knowledge. He had to kill the vision. He had to obey and draw the lines as instructed. — Ayn Rand

Americans are very patriotic and they want someone to support. In order to entice more fans, and to allow F1 to compete with Nascar and IndyCar, there needs to be an American driver. — Alexander Rossi