General Music Chat

"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." -Thomas Edison.

So as long we never give up...we are among the successful!

reminds me of a descendents lyric:
"you can only be a victim if you admit defeat"
coolidge
-wise words tho.

It's your attitude over your aptitude which will determine your altitude in life . . .

Music makes the world go round !

"Remember when the days were long, And rolled beneth the deep blue sky". "Didnt have a care in the world, With mommy & daddy standing by". "But happily ever after fails, And we been poisend by these fairy tails". "The lawyers dwell on small details, Since daddy had to fly". "Aw but I know a place where we can go, Still untouched by men" "We'll sit and watch the clouds roll by, And the tall grass waves in the wind". "And you can lay your head back on the ground, And let your hair fall all around me". "Offer up your best defence ". "But this is the end". "This is the end of the innocence". {Don Henely}

not sure that henley would fall under positive with the trajic 'loss of innocense' theme so you've opened the door to...

"Davenports and kettle drums
and swallow tail coats
table cloths and patent leather shoes
bathing suits and bowling balls
and clarinets and rings
and all this radio really
needs is a fuse
a tinker, a tailor
a soldier's things
his rifle, his boots full of rocks
and this one is for bravery
and this one is for me
and everything's a dollar
in this box

Cuff links and hub caps
trophies and paperbacks
it's good transportation
but the brakes aren't so hot
neck tie and boxing gloves
this jackknife is rusted
you can pound that dent out
on the hood
a tinker, a tailor
a soldier's things
his rifle, his boots full of rocks
oh and this one is for bravery
and this one is for me
and everything's a dollar
in this box" -Tom Waitts

So far...so good

"Life is difficult.
This is a great truth. One of the greatest truths.
It is a great truth because, once we truly see this truth, we transcend it.
Once we truly know that life is difficult- Once we truly understand and accept it...then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters."
M. S. Peck.

That was easy

To find what you seek in the road of life,
the best proverb of all is that which says:
"Leave no stone unturned."
Edward Bulwer Lytton

My fav, cause it is me now~
Every artist was first an amateur.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.
Leon J. Suenes

I try to follow this quote on here with you guys!! ~
Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.
Thornton Wilder

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.
Vince Lombardi

I thought this was poignant ~
I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure--which is:
Try to please everybody.
Herbert Bayard Swope

Ok, So I did go to one of my fav websites and got a little crazy! I love inspirational quotes. I just wanted to share.

"If your life is burning perfectly, then poetry [music] is just the ash." - Leonard Cohen

Maybe people fail because they have a wishbone where their back bone should be.
Instead of waiting for your ship to come in - you can row out and meet it.

Maybe people fail because they have a wishbone where their back bone should be.
Instead of waiting for your ship to come in - you can row out and meet it.

Thats a good one "Samic", Will have to remember it, cause Heck! I dont know any good ones........DANG!

"Abortion is advocated only by those who have themselves been borne" -Ronald Reagon

"The amount of suffering required and the amount of depravity suggested by the emmergence of a Rockefeller is often left out of the picture" Che Guavara(paraphrased)

Than kyew, than kyew . . .

You can learn a lot from a clock - always on time, and your arms always busy . . .

when all hope is gone and you've lost your dreams....
there's nothin' like a campfire and a can of beans.
tom waitts