Home » Forum » Open mic at the Blue Iguana »
Your Favourite Quotes

Your Favourite Quotes

mpointon posted on Dec 16, 2015 #1
mpointon
Member
Posts: 522
Joined: Feb 27, 2015
A completely irrelevant thread from me but I'm in a retrospective mood this evening.

I'm looking for quotes, sayings, etc., from any source and era which ring true or seem particularly relevant to you. My favourite of all time is from Alice In Wonderland author C.S. Lewis (year unknown, probably somewhere in the early 20th Century). With the ever-increasing interference from Governments and, in particular, the EU who seem to think they know what's best for you (usually by increasing the tax on it or spying on you for your 'safety' ), this quote rings so very true to me:

[i]“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated, but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” [/i]

I would translate it into French and German for our European friends but Google will probably make a complete mess of it.

Any gems you care to share?
OliVBee posted on Dec 16, 2015 #2
OliVBee
SUPPORTER
Posts: 763
Joined: Jan 7, 2013
always loved this one by Mark Twain :

[i]“Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.”[/i]
Harley Benton TE-52 NA Vintage Series
Harley Benton TE-52 NA Vintage Series
Electric Guitar
159 €
iThis widget links to Thomann, our affiliate partner. We may receive a commission when you purchase a product there. Visit Shop
mpointon posted on Dec 16, 2015 #3
mpointon
Member
Posts: 522
Joined: Feb 27, 2015
Mr Twain is a great source of one-liners! I love his healthy cynicism.
alexj posted on Dec 16, 2015 #4
alexj
Member
Posts: 20
Joined: Mar 18, 2012
It's a simple message (easily forgotten), but when it comes to music I always think of this quote from Duke Ellington:

"If it sounds good, it is good."
incivanpico posted on Dec 16, 2015 #5
incivanpico
Member
Posts: 48
Joined: Jan 25, 2014
When we look at modern man, we have to face the fact the modern man suffers from a kind of poverty of the spirit, which stands in glaring contrast with scientific and technological abundance.
We've learned to fly the air as birds, we've learned to swim the seas as fish, yet we haven't learned to walk The Earth as Brothers and Sisters.
- Martin Luther King Jr
Rickplayer posted on Dec 17, 2015 #6
Rickplayer
Member
Posts: 990
Joined: Oct 16, 2011
I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.
B. B. King

Saturday night is your big night. Everybody used to fry up fish and have one hell of a time. Find me playing till sunrise for 50 cents and a sandwich. And be glad of it. And they really liked the low-down blues.
Muddy Waters

Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel.
Jimi Hendrix
Tofzegrit posted on Dec 17, 2015 #7
Tofzegrit
SUPPORTER
Posts: 244
Joined: Dec 14, 2014
"Why the dogs lick their ass hole?
Because they can"
goldtop68 posted on Dec 17, 2015 #8
goldtop68
Member
Posts: 50
Joined: Aug 5, 2015
Tofzegrit wrote:
"Why the dogs lick their ass hole?
Because they can"


So true !
great stuff here.
Mine is;
"One man's ceiling is another man's floor"
Harley Benton TE-52 NA Vintage Series
Harley Benton TE-52 NA Vintage Series
Electric Guitar
159 €
iThis widget links to Thomann, our affiliate partner. We may receive a commission when you purchase a product there. Visit Shop
jmrukkers posted on Dec 17, 2015 #9
jmrukkers
Administrator
Posts: 287
Joined: Jan 20, 2014
“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.” ― Bob Marley

“Without music, life would be a mistake.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
Dick posted on Dec 17, 2015 #10
Dick
SUPPORTER
Posts: 2940
Joined: Dec 30, 2010
"When I was growing up, I decided I wanted to make a living from what I can do best.
Then I realized there was no real market for masturbation,
so I started playing the bass.
"
- [i]Les Claypool[/i]

its not the exact quote, but he said something along those lines...
Rickplayer posted on Dec 17, 2015 #11
Rickplayer
Member
Posts: 990
Joined: Oct 16, 2011
The Blues are the true facts of life expressed in words and song, inspiration, feeling, and understanding.
Willie Dixon

God, I'm just a fat bald guy, 60 years old, singing the blues, you know?
Joe Cocker

" One must learn by doing the thing, for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try.”
Aristotle

"When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up? I wrote down "Happy" they told me I didn't understand the assignment and I told them they don't understand life"
John Lennon
incivanpico posted on Dec 17, 2015 #12
incivanpico
Member
Posts: 48
Joined: Jan 25, 2014
"Life Is What Happens When You're Busy Making Other Plans"

- John Lennon


This one has to be my favourite Quote!

"If You Tried To Give Rock'n'Roll Another Name!...You could Call It Chuck Berry!"
- John Lennon
Daddario EXL170
Daddario EXL170
Electric Bass String Set
22,90 €
iThis widget links to Thomann, our affiliate partner. We may receive a commission when you purchase a product there. Visit Shop
DannyK posted on Dec 17, 2015 #13
DannyK
Member
Posts: 213
Joined: Mar 7, 2014
"Don't sweat the petty stuff and don't pet the sweaty stuff." - [i]George Carlin[/i]
mandolodda posted on Dec 17, 2015 #14
mandolodda
Member
Posts: 92
Joined: Jan 18, 2011
what want you to be, when you grew up? "Musician"
Sorry, both is not possible
R_T_71 posted on Dec 18, 2015 #15
R_T_71
Member
Posts: 30
Joined: Feb 14, 2015
"there is no knowledge that is not power." these are the words of Rayden ;)
nilton posted on Dec 24, 2015 #16
nilton
Member
Posts: 374
Joined: Mar 25, 2012
"Assumption is the mother of all major fuckups!"
bhunt1 posted on Dec 26, 2015 #17
bhunt1
SUPPORTER
Posts: 77
Joined: Mar 22, 2014
"Play on the one, and don't fake the funk." - Bootsie Collins
Fishinmissio posted on Dec 28, 2015 #18
Fishinmissio
Member
Posts: 139
Joined: Nov 28, 2013
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my grandfather did–in his sleep. Not yelling and screaming like the passengers in his car.

Bob Monkhouse
Daddario EXL170
Daddario EXL170
Electric Bass String Set
22,90 €
iThis widget links to Thomann, our affiliate partner. We may receive a commission when you purchase a product there. Visit Shop
Marceys posted on Dec 28, 2015 #19
Marceys
SUPPORTER
Posts: 160
Joined: Jun 9, 2014
Where words fail, music speaks.......
mpointon posted on Dec 28, 2015 #20
mpointon
Member
Posts: 522
Joined: Feb 27, 2015
Marceys wrote:
[i]Where words fail, music speaks.......[/i]


Too true! Too true!
wikiloops online jamsessions are brought to you with friendly support by:
user profile image
Wikiloops, the first place for sharing my ideas in music. Meet fantastic musicians all over the world. I'm learning every day! You will love it!!
frankyguitar

wikiloops uses Cookies and processes data in compliance with the GDPR,
as stated in our data privacy policy.