Laughing together heartily at the same thing forms an instant bond.
When Jazz broke through in England, I remember sneaking to listen on the radio much to my parent's disapproval.
I don't understand why some people will only accept a guitar if it has an instantly recognizable guitar sound. Finding ways to use the same guitar people have been using for 50 years to make sounds that no one has heard before is truly what gets me off.
Things turn out better by accident sometimes. But you can't organize accidents.
That old funny-shaped bit of wood is still staring me in the face every day saying 'come on, you haven't started yet!' It's infinite.
After I saw Jimmy [Hendrix] play, I just went home and wondered what the f*** I was going to do with my life.
I play purely from the heart, y'know, and so if it doesn't work the first couple of hours, forget it.
Cease negative mental chattering. If you think a thing is impossible, you'll make it impossible. Pessimism blunts the tools you need to succeed.
The strength and clarity of your vision will lift you out of the depth of any hardship.
When desire is still in this pure state, the man and the woman fall in love with life, they live each moment reverently, consciously, always ready to celebrate the next blessing. When people feel like this, they are not in a hurry, they do not precipitate events with unthinking actions. They know that the inevitable will happen, that what is real always finds a way of revealing itself. When the moment comes, they do not hesitate, they do not miss an opportunity, they do not let slip a single magic moment, because they respect the importance of each second.
It is folly to use as one's guide in the selection of fundamental science the criterion of utility. Not because (scientists). . . despise utility. But because. . . useful outcomes are best identified after the making of discoveries, rather than before.