Quotes About Perspective

I'm fundamentally a positive person. Otherwise, I wouldn't be doing some of the insane movies that I do.

When lifes seems hopeless, rearrange things for a dose of dopeness.

A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push it.

When you lose what you love remember to stay strong. Look out the window and remember life goes on.

Don't cry over spilled milk

Often the thought of pain is actually worse that the pain itself.

Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open.

If you are busy focusing on the falling bricks, you will never realize that they are truly stepping stones you need to cross over to the next phase of your life.

When we can return to the roads of our past and see nothing but the beautiful view, then we've truly moved on.

Sometimes for our sanity own sanity we just have to look at the bigger picture.

The saddest thing about death, whether it's our own or someone we care for, is when the world doesn't stop we do.

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.

I grew up thinking art was pictures until I got into music and found I was an artist and didn't paint.

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

Life isn't a music player where you choose whats being played, it is a radio where you have to enjoy whats being played.

Hear what the artists hear, and listen to the music the way they should, the way I do.

That's one of the great things about music. You can sing a song to 85,000 people and they'll sing it back for 85,000 different reasons.

Others are keen to see if natives other than us live better than we do, without heat in pipes, ice in boxes, sunshine in bulbs, music on disks, or images gliding over a pale screen.

I have strong sentiments toward Iran, since I distinguish between the Iranian regime and the Iranian people. I highly esteem Iranian music and culture.

A note can be as small as a pin or as big as the world, it depends on your imagination.

My mother always told me, even if a song has been done a thousand times, you can still bring something of your own to it. I'd like to think I did that.

Of course, there are a lot of ways you can treat the blues, but it will still be the blues.

The hippies wanted peace and love. We wanted Ferraris, blondes and switchblades.

I'm just trying to tell a good story and make thought-provoking, entertaining films. I just try and draw upon the great culture we have as a people, from music, novels, the streets.