I am part of an age-old profession of musicianship. I believe these times require grounding, real-ness and fun. Let's do it. Whatever happens is all good.
Jane Siberry
Related Whatever happens, happens, ... Whatever I can do to help this team out and win is what I am all for. WILLIE PARKER To me, part of the fascinating profession of acting is to participate in all these strange situation... MAX VON SYDOW I'm tired of playing people who are complete washouts and bums. I don't mind waiting for the... HARRY DEAN STANTON I just want to go out there, have fun and do my best routines. That's all you can do. Whatever happe... MEAGAN LEWIS Music is fun, but I'm an ice skater. I may sing songs and do shows, make movies and other things... JOHNNY WEIR Music doesn't really require whether the person's a young person or old person for whatever ... LEON REDBONE I just do a random roulette wheel version of what I've recorded or sometimes tunes I haven't... LEON REDBONE I am only this successful because I'm so good at grounding myself. ADAM PEATY I definitely believe in plastic surgery. I don't want to be an old hag. There's no fun in th... SCARLETT JOHANSSON I believe the fast track to atheism is reading the Bible. I've read it three times all the way t... PENN JILLETTE I've had good times and bad times. That's me. That's how I am. MARAT SAFIN My mother enjoyed old age, and because of her I've begun to enjoy parts of it too. So far I'... LIONEL BLUE I very often get that question: 'What is your real profession?' That's because in Sweden... ERLAND JOSEPHSON What I'm trying to do is put back into rap music what's missing - which is the good part, th... FLAVOR FLAV I am a gypsy, in a way. It's a condition of my profession. CHRISTIAN SLATER I really believe you'll get a music video one of these days that I shot with an iPad because it&... BRAD PAISLEY Whatever happens at the end of the day, as long as I glorify His name, that's what it's all ... ALBERT PUJOLS I'm finally watching 'Mad Men.' As a child of the '60s, I can't believe how old ... LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON I have an action figure, and so do my parents, so it's odd that we all have these dolls of ourse... JULIET LANDAU I'm an actress. In this sense, my profession is less complex than that of a model. True, they... AYELET ZURER I try to physically and mentally immerse myself in whatever it is I am doing. That is good for me as... WILLIAM EARL BROWN How many times do you take yourself to the brink of complete collapse? It's not a real fun place... BRYAN CLAY Whatever poet, orator or sage may say of it, old age is still old age. SINCLAIR LEWIS Whatever poet, orator, or sage may say of it, old age is still old age. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW I think it's an important part of the visual effects supervisor's job to get really deeply e... JOHN KNOLL People ask me over and over how is it that I work with stars. How do you work with Barbra Streisand,... SYDNEY POLLACK There's still the part of me that wants to leap at every opportunity, but now there's the ot... KIM CATTRALL I'm from the old school - you go where the power is, and you try to make fun of it. When it beco... DANA CARVEY What do I believe? As an American I believe in generosity, in liberty, in the rights of man. These a... ADLAI STEVENSON What do I believe? As an American I believe in generosity, in liberty, in the rights of man. These a... ADLAI E. STEVENSON My blog is a celebration of the unexpected, settled, happy life I find myself living in Portland, Ma... KATE CHRISTENSEN I believe that when you think of the negative, and you get up discouraged - 'There's nothing... JOEL OSTEEN I think that even if you're wondering if two characters are ever going to kiss, drawing out the ... J. J. ABRAMS I feel a strong affinity to Ke$ha and Katy Perry and a lot of these women who are really pushing the... T. J. MILLER I thought I'd be doing theater, really. That's all I had experience with growing up. I mean,... ZELJKO IVANEK Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked. LAWRENCE DURRELL Music is just kind of an expression of who I am. It's what I do. DAVID SANBORN I'm kind of all over the place, and I need grounding. COURTENEY COX What attracts me to Bourne's world is that is a real world, and I think I'm most comfortable... PAUL GREENGRASS There are people out there who hate me and who say I'm arrogant, vain, and whatever. That's ... CRISTIANO RONALDO I became a human jukebox, learning all these songs I'd always known, discovering the basics of w... JEFF BUCKLEY I don't talk about how old I am because sometimes it can affect parts that you get in Hollywood.... GARRETT CLAYTON Seriously, I don't find not being able to hear an obstacle or a boundary. For me, and for many o... NYLE DIMARCO I'm not asking that people accept homosexuality. I'm not asking that they believe like I do ... ROSIE O'DONNELL For me, the best thing I can do is play live. The best way for me to put over what I'm trying to... PAUL WELLER I'm a romantic, but I'm not a romantic in the traditional sense. I like to romanticize what ... ZOOEY DESCHANEL I'm not one of those New Age types that believe 'it's all meant to be' and that our ... ROBIN S. SHARMA People are always wondering if I am an artist or political activist or politician. Maybe I'll ju... AI WEIWEI Race, class, childhood experience, the books I found on my mother's bookshelf, the albums I foun... RASHID JOHNSON It's the way life is, I suppose. Whatever happens, you deal with it. CHRISTIAN MARCLAY I really believe God has put me in the entertainment business, and he's taken real good care of ... AUSTIN O'BRIEN In some ways, jazz is the most precise of art forms and the loosest in the sense that it's all a... DAMIEN CHAZELLE I wouldn't change anything. I think that it's important to let things happen, and stay '... MIKE PETERS I love everything that's old: old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines; and, I beli... OLIVER GOLDSMITH Sometimes you're encouraged, and other times disappointed. It's a matter of going in and pre... CRAIG T. NELSON I think the paparazzi is a necessary evil... and if ya don't like it, and ya don't want to d... GAIL O'GRADY The best part of one's life is the working part, the creative part. Believe me, I love to succee... GARSON KANIN Everybody gets talked about. Jesus Christ got talked about. It's just what happens. It's jus... BLAC CHYNA I think in any profession, in general, you always imagine yourself at the top of it. And I'm not... JACOB BATALON So people think I'm lying about my age all the time? It's the records that are wrong. I'... CALISTA FLOCKHART To relax, I do yoga and meditate and do little math problems, and it's fun to check that part of... DAVID ALPAY I think I learned discipline on 'Jane Eyre.' Charlotte Bronte's dialogue, the intellectu... CARY FUKUNAGA Meek wifehood is no part of my profession; I am your friend, but never your possession. VERA BRITTAIN Whatever I do, I do for the universal. It's not like an individual thing; it's not like some... BURNING SPEAR To be completely honest, I just like whatever tells a good story. Put me in whatever setting, scenar... DREW ROY I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON Songwriting is such an intricate part of me as an artist and as a person; I couldn't just let so... SHAKIRA I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. BERNARD BARUCH I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. BERNARD M. BARUCH I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. FRANCIS BACON, SR. I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. FRANCIS BACON SR. I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. FRANCIS BACON Now that I am alone, I don't have to hide it; I don't have to hide anything any longer. I can let my... ROALD DAHL It's the kind of clothes that mothers and daughters can wear, in terms of concept... It's no... RALPH LAUREN I am paid a good amount of money to not blink for 12 hours. It's fun, but I don't take it ve... CHRISSY TEIGEN I can't actually believe how good 'The Sopranos' is. I genuinely am dumbfounded by it. I... MARTIN FREEMAN Because I'm in an adult world and I'm really working, my age is just a number. It's not ... MANDY MOORE It's part of a writer's profession, as it's part of a spy's profession, to prey on t... JOHN LE CARRE I am just an actor - all I do is I memorise someone else's words and tart around. OLIVIA COLMAN I watch 'Entourage.' I aspire the good life that they live and lead. Honestly, I am just try... RANBIR KAPOOR ...it is so silly of people to fancy that old age means crookedness and witheredness and feebleness ... GEORGE MACDONALD I love ensemble pieces, I love being a part of the entire tapestry of a piece, but I think character... MARK HAMILL I like a girl with a good personality that I can have fun with. If I am taking you out on a date, le... LUCKY BLUE SMITH There's no such thing as old age. I'm no different now than I was 50 years ago. I'm just... PHILIP JOHNSON I need to be doing different things all the time; it's just part of who I am. MAGGIE CHEUNG Many believe - and I believe - that I have been designated for this work by God. In spite of my old ... MICHELANGELO It's a great stretch for me to do my game show. It's very hard. It's not me at all. The ... BEN STEIN Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these. OVID Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these OVID I'd say I'm a pretty intense person. I'm definitely not my Denise character on 'Scru... ELIZA COUPE Whatever I own is temporary, since we're only here for a short period of time. It's what we ... NICOLAS BERGGRUEN Whatever age you think I am, you're probably right. VANESSA RAY I really felt like I finally made it. Having your first fake pregnancy rumor. It was really awesome.... LEA MICHELE I guess I am a rapper. It's weird to be called that, or tell someone that's your profession. ACTION BRONSON Democracy is not something that happens, you know, just at election time, and it's not something... JIM HIGHTOWER I think I've been inspired by Chris and his ability to be raw and genuine and admit flaws and le... TAYA KYLE I fully recognize there is an urgent need for constructing the _strategic we-nes-in-sameness_ and pr... NAMSOON KANG I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write ab... LOU REED The truth is, part of me is every age. I’m a three-year-old, I’m a five-year-old, I’m a thirty... MITCH ALBOM
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JANE PORTER A lot of actresses I've worked with recently have done so much Botox their faces don't look ... JANE SEYMOUR I should think he must be rather a dressy man for his time of life. Such a number of looking-glasses... JANE AUSTEN I left Montana in Spring of 1866, for Utah, arriving at Salt Lake city during the summer. CALAMITY JANE We remained in Texas leading a quiet home life until 1889. CALAMITY JANE While in El Paso, I met Mr. Clinton Burk, a native of Texas, who I married in August 1885. CALAMITY JANE During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis. CALAMITY JANE I was in Deadwood at the time and on hearing of the killing made my way at once to the scene of the ... CALAMITY JANE On October 28th, 1887, I became the mother of a girl baby, the very image of its father, at least th... CALAMITY JANE Left the ranch in 1883, went to California, going through the States and territories, reached Ogden ... CALAMITY JANE As many of the riders before me had been held up and robbed of their packages, mail and money that t... CALAMITY JANE We were ordered out to quell an uprising of the Indians, and were out for several days, had numerous... CALAMITY JANE When I joined Custer I donned the uniform of a soldier. It was a bit awkward at first but I soon got... CALAMITY JANE It was considered the most dangerous route in the Hills, but as my reputation as a rider and quick s... CALAMITY JANE By the time we reached Virginia City I was considered a remarkable good shot and a fearless rider fo... CALAMITY JANE I actually failed my first license test. I got an automatic fail. I guess I had been doing well but ... JANE LEVY You spend all your life trying to do something they put people in asylums for. JANE FONDA You want, in a sense, to relate to the main character, so often, the main character POV is a bit mor... JANE GOLDMAN Thank God I've never had the sort of intense fame that means you can't walk up the road. Tha... JANE ASHER What strange creatures brothers are! JANE AUSTEN ...the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety. JANE AUSTEN [I]f a book is well written, I always find it too short. JANE AUSTEN Angry people are not always wise. JANE AUSTEN I am worn out with civility. I have been talking incessantly all night, and with nothing to say. But... JANE AUSTEN The conversation soon turned upon fishing, and she heard Mr. Darcy invite him, with the greatest civ... JANE AUSTEN Words were insufficient for the elevation of his [Mr Collins'] feelings; and he was obliged to walk ... JANE AUSTEN Neighborhood is a word that has come to sound like a Valentine. As a sentimental concept, 'neighborh... JANE JACOBS A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a mo... JANE AUSTEN What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. JANE GOODALL I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than ... JANE AUSTEN Mary wished to say something very sensible, but knew not how. JANE AUSTEN Elizabeth had never been more at a loss to make her feelings appear what they were not. It was neces... JANE AUSTEN I have been used to consider poetry as "the food of love" said Darcy. "Of a fine, stout, ... JANE AUSTEN Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love, has been my f... JANE AUSTEN We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of man; but this would be nothing if you really liked... JANE AUSTEN There could have been no two hearts so open, no tastes so similar, no feelings so in unison JANE AUSTEN I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine. JANE AUSTEN To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect JANE AUSTEN There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My cour... JANE AUSTEN I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. N... JANE AUSTEN Oh, Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection. JANE AUSTEN I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is to... JANE AUSTEN There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil, a natural defect, whic... JANE AUSTEN Somewhere a bird sang, its chant hanging plaintive and melancholy in the still air...I think it's a ... JANE JOHNSON We are all fools in love JANE AUSTEN ....how good Mrs. West could have written such books and collected so many hard works, with all her ... JANE AUSTEN What should I do with your strong, manly, spirited sketches, full of variety and glow? How could I p... JANE AUSTEN Here I am once more in this scene of dissipation and vice, and I begin already to find my morals cor... JANE AUSTEN Walter Scott has no business to write novels, especially good ones. — It is not fair. — He has f... JANE AUSTEN I cannot help thinking that it is more natural to have flowers grow out of the head than fruit. JANE AUSTEN If I am a wild Beast I cannot help it. It is not my own fault. JANE AUSTEN I will not say that your mulberry trees are dead; but I am afraid they're not alive. JANE AUSTEN I could not sit seriously down to write a serious Romance under any other motive than to save my lif... JANE AUSTEN To you I shall say, as I have often said before, Do not be in a hurry, the right man will come at la... JANE AUSTEN Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book. JANE SMILEY Is not general incivility the very essence of love? JANE AUSTEN The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really... JANE AUSTEN In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to te... JANE AUSTEN There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving peop... JANE AUSTEN To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plai... JANE AUSTEN Her pleasure in the walk must arise from the exercise and the day, from the view of the last ... JANE AUSTEN ...when pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure. JANE AUSTEN You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure. JANE AUSTEN To be womanly is one thing, and one only; it is to be sensitive to man, to be highly endowed with th... JANE HARRISON Men are creatures with eight hands. JANE MANSFIELD It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage. JANE AUSTEN Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. JANE AUSTEN A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of. JANE AUSTEN Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does. JANE AUSTEN Telling lies and showing off to get attention are the mistakes I made that I don't want my kids to m... JANE FONDA I personally think we developed language because of our deep inner need to complain. JANE WAGNER When you affirm your own rightness in the universe, then you co-operate with others easily and autom... JANE ROBERTS A good many dramatic situations begin with screaming. JANE FONDA But look what we have built low-income projects that become worse centers of delinquency, vandalism ... JANE JACOBS You can do one of two things; just shut up, which is something I don't find easy, or learn an awful ... JANE FONDA A young and vital child knows no limit to his own will, and it is the only reality to him. It is not... JANE HARRISON My husband said he wanted to have a relationship with a redhead, so I dyed my hair. JANE FONDA I worry that no matter how cynical you become, it's never enough to keep up. JANE WAGNER You're probably not a member of a major league baseball team, your errors, unless they are truly spe... JANE GOODSELL Channels, psychological and psychic, always exist, sending communications back and forth through the... JANE ROBERTS Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, whoever ... JANE HOWARD From politics it was an easy step to silence. JANE AUSTEN There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person. JANE AUSTEN I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle. JANE AUSTEN Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced and the inconvenience is often considerab... JANE AUSTEN Social advance depends as much upon the process through which it is secured as upon the result itsel... JANE ADDAMS One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty. JANE AUSTEN It is indolence... Indolence and love of ease; a want of all laudable ambition, of taste for good co... JANE AUSTEN It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, s... JANE AUSTEN I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than o... JANE AUSTEN The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain - until it is secured for all of us and... JANE ADDAMS One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other. JANE AUSTEN One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, noth... JANE AUSTEN Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied. JANE AUSTEN Those who do not complain are never pitied. JANE AUSTEN Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery. JANE AUSTEN In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels. JANE AUSTEN I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety. JANE AUSTEN Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor o... JANE AUSTEN What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance. JANE AUSTEN With men he can be rational and unaffected, but when he has ladies to please, every feature works. JANE AUSTEN There are certainly are not so many men of large fortune in the world as there are of pretty woman t... JANE AUSTEN It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be... JANE AUSTEN And I, Mr. Knightley, am equally stout in my confidence of its not doing them any harm. With all dea... JANE AUSTEN America's future will be determined by the home and the school. The child becomes largely what he is... JANE ADDAMS The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself. JANE ADDAMS Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion,... JANE AUSTEN Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish prepara... JANE AUSTEN Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct. JANE AUSTEN Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies. JANE AUSTEN For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn? JANE AUSTEN To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment. JANE AUSTEN It may be possible to do without dancing entirely. 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