"I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
— Marilyn Monroe

"Who are you to judge the life I live?
I know I'm not perfect
-and I don't live to be-
but before you start pointing fingers...
make sure you hands are clean!"
— Bob Marley

"Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, goals that were never achieved and the many disappointments life has thrown at you. When something wonderful happens, you can’t wait to tell them about it, knowing they will share in your excitement. They are not embarrassed to cry with you when you are hurting or laugh with you when you make a fool of yourself. Never do they hurt your feelings or make you feel like you are not good enough, but rather they build you up and show you the things about yourself that make you special and even beautiful. There is never any pressure, jealousy or competition but only a quiet calmness when they are around. You can be yourself and not worry about what they will think of you because they love you for who you are. The things that seem insignificant to most people such as a note, song or walk become invaluable treasures kept safe in your heart to cherish forever. Memories of your childhood come back and are so clear and vivid it’s like being young again. Colours seem brighter and more brilliant. Laughter seems part of daily life where before it was infrequent or didn’t exist at all. A phone call or two during the day helps to get you through a long day’s work and always brings a smile to your face. In their presence, there’s no need for continuous conversation, but you find you’re quite content in just having them nearby. Things that never interested you before become fascinating because you know they are important to this person who is so special to you. You think of this person on every occasion and in everything you do. Simple things bring them to mind like a pale blue sky, gentle wind or even a storm cloud on the horizon. You open your heart knowing that there’s a chance it may be broken one day and in opening your heart, you experience a love and joy that you never dreamed possible. You find that being vulnerable is the only way to allow your heart to feel true pleasure that’s so real it scares you. You find strength in knowing you have a true friend and possibly a soul mate who will remain loyal to the end. Life seems completely different, exciting and worthwhile. Your only hope and security is in knowing that they are a part of your life."
— Bob Marley

"None but ourselves can free our minds."
— Bob Marley

"One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain."
— Bob Marley

""One love, one heart, one destiny"
"
— Bob Marley

"love the life you live.
live the life you love."
— Bob Marley

"Don't Gain The World & Lose Your Soul, Wisdom Is Better Than Silver Or Gold."
— Bob Marley

"Wake up and live "
— Bob Marley

"You have to be someone."
— Bob Marley

"This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man."
— William Shakespeare (Hamlet)

"We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams."
— Arthur O'Shaughnessy (Poems of Arthur O'Shaughnessy)

"Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness."
— Maya Angelou

"People haven't always been there for me but music always has."
— Taylor Swift

"the past is only the future with the lights on."
— Mark Hoppus ("Blink 182")

"It's only words and words are all I have to take your heart away"
— Barry Gibb

"And I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinking."
— Bob Dylan

"Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul."
— J. S. Bach

"Excuse me if I have/some place in my mind/where I go time to time."
— Tom Petty

"My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence."
— Edith Sitwell

"Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances. "
— Maya Angelou

"Girls you've gotta know when it's time to turn the page."
— Tori Amos (Tori Amos: From the Choirgirl Hotel)

"The world is spinning 'round/There's no sign of slowing down/So won't you take a breath/Just take a breath."
— Jonas Brothers (song)

"Music is the only religion that delivers the goods."
— Frank Zappa

"He was full of tenderness;
She was very hard.
And as much as she tried to stay thus,
Simply, and with no good reason,
He took her into himself,
And set her down
in the softest, softest place. "
— Hila Plitmann

"I don't like my language watered down, I don't like my edges rounded off."
— Ani DiFranco

"Am I the reason you breathe
Or am I the reason you cry?"
— Saliva

"life's too short to delay reality. you only have on echance on this earth, live it and live it well"
— Switchfoot (band)

"Do you believe in love like I believe in pain?"
— Seether

""I don't see myself as weird, I just see myself as honest."
"
— Tori Amos

"I see the dream and I see the nightmare, and I believe you can't have the dream without the nightmare"
— Tori Amos

"On bad days I talk to Death constantly, not about suicide because honestly that's not dramatic enough. Most of us love the stage and suicide is definitely your last performance and being addicted to the stage, suicide was never an option - plus people get to look you over and stare at your fatty bits and you can't cross your legs to give that flattering thigh angle and that's depressing. So we talk. She says things no one else seems to come up with, like let's have a hotdog and then it's like nothing's impossible.
She told me once there is a part of her in everyone, though Neil believes I'm more Delirium than Tori, and Death taught me to accept that, you know, wear your butterflies with pride. And when I do accept that, I know Death is somewhere inside of me. She was the kind of girl all the girls wanted to be, I believe, because of her acceptance of "what is." She keeps reminding me there is change in the "what is" but change cannot be made till you accept the "what is.""
— Tori Amos

"If you end up with a boring miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest, or some guy on television telling you how to do your shit, then you deserve it."
— Frank Zappa

"There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life."
— Frank Zappa

"There's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over."
— Frank Zappa

"There is no such thing as a dirty word. Nor is there a word so powerful, that it's going to send the listener to the lake of fire upon hearing it."
— Frank Zappa

"It's better to have something to remember than anything to regret."
— Frank Zappa (The Real Frank Zappa Book)

""My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style" "
— Maya Angelou

"Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside while still alive. Never surrender."
— Tupac Shakur

"Only God Can Judge Me
That which does not kill me can only make me stronger I don't see why everybody feel as thou that they gotta tell me how to live my
life "
— Tupac Shakur

"Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? Proving nature's laws wrong, it learned to walk without having feet. Funny, it seems to by keeping it's dreams; it learned to breathe fresh air. Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else even cared"
— Tupac Shakur

"All I’m trying to do is survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty, unbelievable lifestyle that they gave me."
— Tupac Shakur

"In life there are going to be some things that make it hard to smile. Through all the rain and pain you got to keep your sense of humor and smile for me now. Remember that."
— Tupac Shakur

"Why am I fighting to live,
If I am just living to fight
Why am I trying to see.
When there aint nothing in sight
Why am I trying to give,
When no one gives me a try
Why am I dying to live,
If I am just living to die?"
— Tupac Shakur

"Out of anger comes controversy, out of controversy comes conversation, out of conversation comes action."
— Tupac Shakur

"A coward dies a thousand times,a soldier dies but once."
— Tupac Shakur

"My biggest fear of death is to come back reincarnated"
— Tupac Shakur

""Fear is stronger than love""
— Tupac Shakur (Tupac: Resurrection 1971-1996)

"You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams."
— Dr. Seuss

"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt."
— Abraham Lincoln