Three things it would be extremely difficult to play a show without: makeup, my vocal cords and pants.
The Legacy of Behaviorism: Do this and you'll get that.
Being a team player should not imply a demand for simple obedience and conformity.
When we do things that are controlling, whether intentional or not, we are not going to get those long-term outcomes.
When was the last time you spent the entire day with only 42 year olds?
Trying to do well and trying to beat others are two different things. Excellence and victory are conceptually distinct. . . and are experienced differently.
If faculty would relax their emphasis on grades, this might serve not to lower standards but to encourage an orientation toward learning.
What's shaking, chiefy baby?
If you wish to begin life at forty, you must settle two large personal questions first of all. You must find work and play that call for no more energy than you can afford to spend on them. Then you must train your mind, eye and hand to the point of working and playing with ease, grace and precision.
There are many teenage vampire books you could have purchased instead. I'm grateful you made this choice.
Of all the ways we have found to hurt ourselves, the worse has been through love. We are always suffering because of someone who doesn't love us, or someone who has left us, or someone who won't leave us. If we are alone, it is because no one wants us.