Quotes About Exploration

I like to go hear jazz late-night up in Harlem.

Jazz sometimes can be really complicated and inaccessible to people because they don't know what to start with. You can start with something that you love, but if you start with something that you hate, then it's like, 'You know what, I hate jazz.' It took me a lot of time to catch on to jazz, too.

The way that I got involved with microtonal music was, frankly, through jazz.

After I exhausted the blues thing, I got into jazz.

I just don't know anything about jazz, really. I've never really listened to it, but I'd definitely like to discover more about it.

I use a lot of tunings because I listen to a lot of jazz.

You have to go out and learn jazz by playing.

You will not accept credit that is due to another, or harbor jealousy of an explorer who is more fortunate.

Just for daily wear, I love discovering new jeans companies.

People like Jeff Buckley, the Mars Volta and Bjork made me listen to music differently. You learn the voice is an instrument you can do crazy things with.

I was 35 years old and in a position to take a shot at whatever I wanted to try. The Air Force said I was too old to fly fighter jets. I thought about becoming a fishing boat captain, before deciding that acting seemed pretty cool.

I like connecting new synapses. Like Jim Morrison did.

Don't be limited by your job description.

What Joe and I get excited by, creatively, is exploring all of the different forms of filmmaking.

I have to confess that a strong contributing factor was that I had just taken what was probably the first acid ever made, given to me by a guy called Johnny Fellows, who had just returned from America.

Here's the thing: I started with Johnny Rodz at his school when I was very young. I never really got to see what was out there.

I really look up to people who experiment in all areas and I think Johnny Depp is a really good actor to look up to because he's done so many genres of films.

Johnny Depp is one of my favorite actors because he takes chances.

Why did I want to be an astronaut? That's not an easy question to answer because I know a lot of kids want to be astronauts when they grow up but it stuck with me and I think just maybe growing up in Houston and always having the astronauts and the Johnson Space Center in my backyard, I was always aware of the space program.

Iran wants to join the group of countries that want to know about the biggest things, like space.

I want the reader to join me on an intellectual and emotional journey into some major aspect of existence.

I joined 'Meru' midstream after my co-director Jimmy Chin had already filmed the 2008 and 2011 climbs.

When I moved to Bengaluru to study law, I was looking forward to joining a theatre troupe.

It's easy to be lazy when there's food lying around backstage or there's a fast-food joint a couple blocks away. But if you walk a little further, ask around a bit, of course there are exciting things to discover.