Good Quotes

I was never trying to write a hit. I was just trying to write good songs and get a message out, and it was my great good fortune to be popular.

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.

Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world.

I'm quite bullish. We're coming up on year 15 of a flat stock market. Historically that's a pretty good sign. So I'm not a hedge-fund manager but if I was I think I'd be feeling pretty good.

I like the idea that people hear my stuff, and if it's commercially successful, that's a good sign that it's being heard.

I stopped getting nervous a long time ago, so any time I do get nervous, which is rare - about work, anyway - I always take that as a really good sign.

Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success.

There were times when I blundered and got the dreaded look from the lads. But that was a good sign. It showed I'd attempted something I'd not tried before.

If I find something I like, I'll chase it and see what comes out the other side. Once a song gets momentum and gets away from you, that's a good sign.

I also have two dogs, a Chihuahua and a Yorkshire terrier, so if they like him, that's a good sign.

Beware the old man in young guy's clothes. If he's over 35 and comes to pick you up looking as though he's headed for a skateboarding competition while you are dressed to go to a nice restaurant, this is not a good sign.

I thought, this is a good sign. There's something perfect and right about this.

Negative things, and they were all deliberate and I'm not going to say who they were but I know who they were and it was in the business, and that's not a good sign.

When the stories come easily and the writing process doesn't feel laboring, that's usually a good sign for me.

I have seen 'Thor', yeah. It's fantastic. Being that close to something, it's often pretty hard to watch yourself, but the film in so many ways is so impressive that I was swept along with it like an audience member, and that's a pretty good sign.

Abundance and vigor of automatic movements are desirable, and even a considerable degree of restlessness is a good sign in young children.

You could write a song about some kind of emotional problem you are having, but it would not be a good song, in my eyes, until it went through a period of sensitivity to a moment of clarity. Without that moment of clarity to contribute to the song, it's just complaining.

Music's always been really cathartic. It's the best drug for me to get away from the everyday pressures just for a second via a good song.

There's a lot of personal stuff that can go into songwriting but there's also a lot of dramatization and fictionalization. You have to do that to make a good song.

I think I always had a musicality, and I think I could tell a good song from a bad song. And I would appreciate hearing something that was new to me.

I think Bridge Over Troubled Water was a very good song. Artie sang it beautifully. The Boxer was a really nice record. But I don't think I've written any great songs.

I'm competitive with anyone who writes a good song - I don't care if it's a band or solo artist or whoever.

If it's a good song and it fits me, that's what I'm going to do, I'm not out there trying to change the world. I'm just out there trying to sing country music the best way I can.

I guess you could write a good song if your heart hadn't been broken, but I don't know of anyone whose heart hasn't been broken.

I'm not afraid of being thought of as someone who is associated with film music. Why not? If it's a good song, what does it matter?

I never have any problem getting enthusiastic with a good song and a good band.

I guess a good song is a good song is a good song, ya know.

Maybe I'm a dreamer, but I think the ordinary guy has just as much right to say 'This is a good song' as somebody who is in the music business.

Right from day one, you know when you've written a good song.

Even Crazy Horses is a good song, by the Osmonds. I've known many bands who have covered that. It's just a great song. I bought it in a brown, paper bag because I didn't want anyone to know I had it.