Quotes About Simplicity

Hardware works best when it matters the least.

The older you get and the wealthier you get, the more complicated life becomes. That's why I have as few material assets as possible. Every material thing you have is more hassle.

I just make it my business to get along with people so I can have fun. It's that simple.

When you're out there thinking too much, that's when you can throw the ball away a lot of times. Just play. When I don't think, I have fun.

I think I miss just being able to go out on the street and have fun.

The stuff that I used to worry about before, it's like I don't worry about it anymore. Which is kind of a beautiful result of having a baby. It's like everything gets so simple. It's like, 'Great, I care about how you're doing. I care about getting you what you need, and the rest of this stuff, if it happens, great, if it doesn't happen, oh well.'

I enjoy certain things, but I don't go out; I don't party. I just like watching movies, making fun music, and having a good time hanging out with the people who helped me get here - I'm a really simple guy.

I never want to confuse people or go over their heads.

I try to eat almost the same thing every day, as it makes food shopping and what to eat much easier as well as healthier.

When I hear people who love my music and are trying to copy it, it sounds strange to me because it sounds so simple, made by other people. It took me a lot of years to find the balance, to find a way to be on the edge of being accessible but at the same time having the echo of a deep, more complex world.

I don't have time for heartache or problems, especially drama.

I don't like a heavy mask of make-up day or night - mascara and a bit of bronzer.

And I'm not trying to write heavy songs.

I'm not much of a hectic packer and prefer to travel light.

You're not going to make Hemingway better by adding animations.

All a woman needs is a good bath, clean clothes, and for her hair to be combed. These things she can do herself. I very seldom go to the hairdresser, but when I do, I just marvel.

I think that a woman that is elegant herself is somebody who can dress herself easily and effortlessly.

Good writing is deceptive in that it hides its own artifice - it makes it seem easy.

I think I have too little to hide to be interesting.

If you have a piece by Bach, he often develops the piece to such a high level that you can hardly do much more to it. But Saint-Luc wrote very simple baroque music, and so if you do not embellish it, it just falls apart. It's way too simple.

I, for the most part, subsist on very little, high-quality, dense-in-nutrition food.

I don't go in for the high-end gyms with the high-tech equipment and all the fancy stuff.

We're pretty much Luddites when it comes to demos; we don't do anything too elaborate or high-tech.

I'm not high maintenance, and I'm not into a highly manicured man. I don't want to see a lot of hair product.