By drawing our senses of perception inward, we are able to experience the control, silence, and quietness of the mind.
The Grammys used me for ratings. And they were up 18 percent!
Cry me a river, build a bridge, and get over it.
I sang in church growing up. Memphis is the blues capital of the world, we like to say.
I'm completely removed from any hype that comes my way.
I'm not trying to sound pretentious, but we did sell 12 million records on the first album, so we did get paid a little bit.
I think the first half of my 20s I felt I had to achieve, achieve, achieve. A lot of men do this. I'm looking around now and I'm like, Where am I running?
Truly it is allowed us to weep: by weeping we disperse our wrath; and tears go through the heart, even like a stream. [Lat. , Flere licet certe: flendo diffundimus iram: Perque sinum lacrimae, fluminis instar enim. ]
One a very basic level, you are what you remember - your very identity depends on all of the events, people and places you can recall.
If you fall out of favor, you quickly stop being part of the conversation. But it can take one great project to turn things around. All you need is one hit or one great idea well-executed, and everybody's talking about you again.
All men were made brothers. The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it. You might as well expect the rivers to run backward as that any man who was born free should be content when penned up and denied liberty to go where he pleases.