Quotes About Simplicity

Generally, I like Indian music because the melodies are usually not too complex, which is how I like music, and that's the way I write music.

I've always been a writer who does simplistic, simple melodies. But I think it works.

I try to find very simplistic melodies, which are the hardest ones to create.

I was always going out to joints in Jersey that played country music. I was always around it. I liked the lyrics, the simple melodies, the soulful-ness.

I find it really easy to write on the bass, because you kind of get straight to the point: you do lyrics and melody without thinking about decorating the song until after you've finished it.

Basically, country is my kind of music - the simple melody, the simple lyrics.

I don't keep a lot of memorabilia around.

Hardly any of my most memorable meals have been eaten in a restaurant, and definitely none in one of those fancy marble-floored, polished-silver establishments.

I don't hoard things and I don't cling to memories.

The uncluttered life is the key to a good memory.

We created Apple Music to make finding the right music easier for everyone - men and women, young and old.

You don't really need much. I try to live my life with that sort of minimalist mentality.

Our economic model allows us to invest a disproportionate amount in our food costs. We have a very efficient system: customers go through a single line, the people who serve you are the ones who make the food, and our menu board is not cluttered.

One-pot meals make a lot of sense... because so much of what people hate about cooking is really the cleanup, the mess, the grease.

I hate mess. I have the worst OCD so I'm not a hoarder of clothes.

All of my books have been about authentic Italian food in Italy and bringing that message about simple and authentic food.

I don't even have voice mail, and people get all out of shape about that. But, you know what, I don't want to transcribe your message; I want to talk to you. And that kind of freaks people out a bit. They go, 'Oh, who has time to talk?' and I'm like, 'Well, I'm gonna make time.'

I've always felt that some of my best lyrics are less than three minutes long, and it's great when you can do that - be succinct and get the message across in a simple, clear idea.

I sometimes try to write something that is actually really simple and I can't do it. So, then, it's not simple anymore. It's really hard and it gets all messed up. I sometimes sit down and try to write a song with just three chords and it doesn't work.

Luckily my own life is uncomplicated, which lets me really enjoy other people's complicated messes!

I've simplified much more in my writing. I say what I've got to say, not in metaphor.

Take a simple name like Nicholas: you can rhyme it with ridiculous. If you aren't too meticulous. You know, every word's rhymable.

I'm not an amazing engineer; I'm just super basic. I'm pretty cavalier about it - I stick the mic wherever it sounds good.

Michael Lewis has the amazing ability to take complex formulas and concepts and turn them into page-turners.