Worrell Quotes & Sayings

To be at peace in any endeavour, we must release our need to control the outcome. — Diane Dreher

We used to have a main female vocalist. But she had a baby. Now we do the singing ourselves. — Bernie Worrell

To me, if you're going to talk about funk, you have to go back to George Clinton and Bernie Worrell. Those guys are the giants. I've played with Bernie, and it was unreal. He's the master. — Les Claypool

Never underestimate your power to change yourself; never overestimate your power to change others. — Wayne W. Dyer

I was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, and no one had ever taught anybody that young, back in those days. — Bernie Worrell

My mother wanted me to be a concert pianist. — Bernie Worrell

Woo means the ability to entice someone or something to get what you want. My first solo album was called: All the Woo of the Universe, which was titled by George Clinton. — Bernie Worrell

Night time really is the best time to work. All the ideas are there to be yours because everyone is asleep. — Catherine O'Hara

As far as arrangements after the basic track is cut, if I'm writing a horn arrangement or playing strings, I might arrange that, plan that out. Other times, I'll just sit and roll tape. — Bernie Worrell

I think it's appropriate in America for anyone to speak out and say what their reaction is to the president's State of the Union speech. — Jim Jordan

There is a celestial mind-force, a great sympathetic force which is life itself, of which everything is composed. — John Ernst Worrell Keely

I was known around the college for jamming in the lounge. — Bernie Worrell

I usually have an idea of how I want a song to sound, but I don't always know how to get there. — Lucinda Williams

The natural/supernatural distinction itself, and the near-equation of 'supernatural' with 'superstition', are scarecrows that Enlightenment thought has erected in its fields to frighten away anyone following the historical argument where it leads. It is high time the birds learned to take no notice. — N. T. Wright

You can be enticed by food, wooed by food, sex, money, or instruments. — Bernie Worrell

What gets me about the United States is that it pretends to be honest and therefore has so little room to move toward hope. — Audre Lorde

The radios are going to dictate. That's another fight. That's another story there. I wish they just let it be. — Bernie Worrell

Usually, I just do what I want, because I got it that way. — Bernie Worrell

Prince presented us at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. — Bernie Worrell

Providence School of Art students used to sneak into P Funk concerts. — Bernie Worrell

The one kind of person I have a lot of trouble understanding is the kind of person that says the existence of God or religion doesn't matter, it's not an important decision. I think it's vitally important; it's what all our lives are based on. — Penn Jillette

I got private lessons in keyboard at Julliard, before New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. — Bernie Worrell

The Pigtronix Envelope Phaser pedal is a definite 'must have' for your Funk recipe cookbook ... it adds definite Funkaliciousness to your WOO stew. — Bernie Worrell

What business strategy is all about-what distinguishes it from all other kinds of business planning-is, in a word, competitive advantage. Without competitors there would be no need for strategy, for the sole purpose of strategic planning is to enable the company to gain, as efficiently as possible, a sustainable edge over its competitors. — Kenichi Ohmae

I was born with a natural gift. My mother recognized the talent. — Bernie Worrell

I talk by playing, not by words. — Bernie Worrell

I have missed more than nine thousand shots in my career. I have lost almost three hundred games. On twenty-six occasions, I have been entrusted to take the game-winning shot ... and missed. And I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. - MICHAEL JORDAN — Frank Luntz

We're looking forward to the tournament. We still believe that if we play with effort, we can beat anyone. We just can't have those 2-3-minute lapses. — Rajon Rondo

People like my voice and say I can sing, but I don't like microphones in front of my face: it distracts me. — Bernie Worrell

He'll never do it again,' she swears, but he will because she'll let him. Now me? I've got no use for imitation love that packs a punch. — Nikki Grimes

When I was a kid, I looked up to an Olympian superstar. I won't mention his name but when I asked for his autograph he said, 'no.' — Ryan Lochte

I don't listen to a lot of radio today. It's not really music to me. — Bernie Worrell

The theory of relativity and quantum mechanics argue that you can twist time and space, that something can appear out of nothing, and that a cat can be both alive and dead at the same time. This makes a mockery of our common sense, yet nobody seeks to protect innocent schoolchildren from these scandalous ideas. Why? The theory of relativity makes nobody angry, because it doesn't contradict any of our cherished beliefs. Most people don't care an iota whether space and time are absolute or relative. If you think it is possible to bend space and time, well, be my guest. Go ahead and bend them. What do I care? In contrast, Darwin has deprived us of our souls — Yuval Noah Harari

1. Most wars are asymmetrical or irregular.
2. In these wars, the guerrillas/irregulars/insurgents do not aim for military victory.
3. You can not defeat these groups by killing lots of their members. In fact, they want you to do that.
4. High-tech weaponry is mostly useless in these wars.
5. "Hearts and minds," meaning propaganda and morale, are more important than military superiority.
6. Most people are not rational; they are tribal: "My gang yeah, your gang boo!" It really is that simple. The rest is cosmetics. — Gary Brecher