West is too materialist; East is too spiritual; North is too cold; South is too loose!
I am not scared of making mistakes.
When I was growing up, my idea of Led Zeppelin was all epic lasers, castles, and ten-minute drum solos - that sort of thing.
I do understand the perspective of die-hard fans who complain that we don't play the same as the record, but at the same time I think fans are getting an amazing deal.
In Western classical music the idea of holiness, purity, perfection, and total beauty is expressed through clarity of sound - a bell-like sound. Obviously, that has its own place, and it's a beautiful way of doing it. But I don't think I am the first to point out that in Africa, the more buzzing the sound is, the more it indicates the other world - the spirit world.
In a lot of African instruments, you find a rattle, and sound engineers have a hard time making sense of it.
Sometimes language is not enough.
I learned that hard work is everything. As long as you keep working, keep working and keep working, you will get where you wanna go.
Nothing is so firmly than that which is least known.
September is pantyhose month. No nonsense.
Now don't go wandering off, William," she said with a meaningful glance. "I don't want to lose you in the crowd. " Will's jaw set. "I'm getting the oddest feeling that you're enjoying this," he said under his breath. "Nothing odd about it. " Feeling unbelievably bold, Tessa chucked him under the chin with the tip of her lace fan. "Simply behave yourself.