Music is a performance and needs the audience.

Law is a bottomless pit.

John Arbuthnot

From quiet homes and first beginning,Out to the undiscovered ends,There's nothing worth the wear of winning,But laughter and the love of friends.

Hilaire Belloc, Dedicatory Ode S

When we our betters see bearing our woes,We scarcely think our miseries our foes.

William Shakespeare

Duty has a trick of behaving unexpectedly -- something like a heavy friend whom we have amiably asked to visit us, and who breaks his leg within our gates.

George Eliot

I'm obsessed with the countryside: woods, forests, fields, lakes, mountains. I'm really into folk music and folklore. But more so I'm into electronic music. I'm into bands that have both aspects, like Boards of Canada is a perfect example. You could listen to that type of music running through a woods. It's kind of what I wanted to achieve.

Ellie Goulding

It's amazing marrying someone who wants nothing to do with Hollywood.

Nicolas Cage

You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body.

Kareem AbdulJabbar

I don't know about style. I know about my personal style.

Diane Kruger

I want to be safe in the knowledge that I can tour and play festivals for a long time. The main thing is that I want a good reputation as a live performer. If I have that, I'd be so happy.

Ellie Goulding

Behind every small business, there's a story worth knowing. All the corner shops in our towns and cities, the restaurants, cleaners, gyms, hair salons, hardware stores - these didn't come out of nowhere.

Paul Ryan

If you come into success too soon, you'll burn out and be finished before you know it. If you let the maturation process happen naturally, you'll be happier with yourself in the end.

Lucinda Williams

Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.

Abraham Lincoln