Getting Quotes

Getting married and then having children just centered me and grounded my values. It was like a whole new world. It started happening in New York with a little play called Cruise Control, where I relaxed, and then I kept getting work in Hollywood till this series happened.

I've found that in now having experienced what it's like to make records and just through growing up in general that you should be expressive about what's affecting you instead of trying to sing about a subject just for the sake of other people getting something from it.

As of late, I am more of a homebody. I like having people over. You can smoke in the apartment. I'm just not into going out so much. The crowd is getting younger and younger.

It was all about music, about getting your friends to come and see you play. I don't see that same intimacy happening very much today.

So I was getting into my car, and this bloke says to me 'Can you give me a lift?' I said 'Sure, you look great, the world's your oyster, go for it.'

The first time I went to Johnny Depp's house in LA is when I realized what I was getting myself into. I knew he was famous, but I didn't really know what that entailed.

Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.

For me music is a vehicle to bring our pain to the surface, getting it back to that humble and tender spot where, with luck, it can lose its anger and become compassion again.

I don't believe anyone should ignore all the fires around you and stand pat and not worry about getting singed.

High-level, big-deal publicity has a way of getting old for me, but what never fails to thrill me is when I make personal appearances.

Getting out of the hospital is a lot like resigning from a book club. You're not out of it until the computer says you're out of it.

I'm getting those familiar feelings, and I'm just going to enjoy the process of getting to know someone again.

In Hollywood, an equitable divorce settlement means each party getting fifty percent of publicity.

I'm the first to admit this whole salary thing is getting out of control. In the final analysis, it's still about the work.

You cannot hold on to anything good. You must be continually giving - and getting. You cannot hold on to your seed. You must sow it - and reap anew. You cannot hold on to riches. You must use them and get other riches in return.

I have a very difficult time getting the Napster world.

There is just no getting around that turning bad things into good things is up to you.

Making an effort is polite, and getting ready and looking after yourself makes an event more fun.

But filming is good for you, because the crew isn't allowed to laugh. You can't get addicted to getting the laugh.

Making a film, setting it up and getting it cast and getting it together, is not an easy thing.

The secret of getting things done is to act!

It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it... anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

You see a lot of us lingering around. We'll just stand there on the edge of the pool and kinda psych ourselves up into getting in.

One thing you really have to watch as a writer is getting on a soapbox or pulpit about anything. You don't want to alienate readers.

And later, if I ever felt that I was getting swept away by the craziness of being in a band, well, I'd go back to Virginia.

Because one of the benefits of getting older, I guess-there are very few benefits, really - most of them are a pain in the butt. People depend on me more; they believe in me more, they think I'm good.

If you're always battling against getting older, you're always going to be unhappy, because it's going to happen anyhow.

Getting buried alive will always be my claim to fame.

I'm getting better now, but I used to be incredibly awkward with girls. I think any guy who says 'I've never had an awkward moment with a girl' is a liar.

In the world of classical ballet there are only a handful of story ballets, so getting a new one is cause for excitement.