"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away"
- Henry David Thoreau
About this Quote
This quote recommends that it is alright to be various and also not comply with the group. Thoreau is motivating individuals to accept their originality and also not be constrained by social standards or stress to conform. He thinks that each person has their very own one-of-a-kind perspective, concepts, and also enthusiasms, and that it is very important to comply with those and also live a life that clings oneself. Thoreau is promoting for individualism as well as self-discovery, advising individuals to trust their very own instincts as well as tune out the noise around them. He is claiming that the songs one hears might be far-off or challenging to listen to, yet it is worth adhering to, no matter how it may be viewed by others.
"We worked very hard to make the lyrics suit the music. I can't, like Elton John, for example, compose by lyrics. Elton has a great talent for that. Whatever you give him, including your questions, he composes in half an hour and makes a great song out of it"
"I just had lunch with Slash two days ago. He loves Axl. He holds no grudges towards him. Twenty years of great music wasn't created because of some stupid grudge. That's a shame"
"In Evita I wasn't really hugely involved with it. I gave a little bit of help but they needed a bit of technical help on the movie and so some of my music people went in at the end of the movie and helped out with it"
"I record all of my music with authentic instruments in a studio before we start editing, doing many, many versions. The music shapes the film as we edit so it has an organic relationship to the content"
"We never considered ourselves to be a good band or anything, we just thought we were playing for fun and we wanted to play music that sounded like Black Sabbath or Soundgarden or the music we were into at that time"
"The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the additional merit of being human and palpable. Dancing is poetry with arms and legs"
