As we were leaving, Paul shook all our hands and by this time I was even braver so I said, ‘I’m not used to shaking boys’ hands on their birthday’ and offered him my cheek. He very gently took my chin, turned my face around and gave me a beautiful kiss right on the lips.
I know it sounds corny, but for about two weeks I washed every part of my face but my lips.
— Jannette Carroll, one of the lucky girls who attended Paul’s 22nd birthday party. (The Beatles Down Under)
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When we landed at Heathrow Airport I decided to stay out of your way, as this was clearly your moment. You gave a typical Dylan press conference, playing with a giant light bulb and confounding the press with your nonanswers, some of which were hilariously funny. In a crush of people you headed for the door, and for a split second you looked around, saw me, and reached out your hand. Did I imagine that fleeting moment and imploring gesture? You looked vulnerable and wild. You were about to be gobbled up by fans, but I thought it would be out of place to grab your hand at that moment, so I stayed back, shaking my head and smiling encouragingly as you were swallowed up by tweed jackets and raincoats.
— Joan Baez, And a Voice to Sing With (via jewahl)
The best music is essentially there to provide you something to face the world with.
— Bruce Springsteen (via copperstreets)
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Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, ‘It might have been.’
— Cat’s Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut
He quoted Dylan [laughs] all the time! George could always find a Dylan quote to fit just about any situation.
— Tom Petty on George Harrison. (Mojo magazine, November 2011 issue)
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Statistically, the probability of any one of us being here is so small that the mere fact of our existence should keep us all in a state of contented dazzlement.
— Lewis Thomas (via joshuakaufman)
I was quiet and quite shy as a child, but I was also a sarcastic, say-things-under-your-breath kind of kid. I think humour was a defence growing up, especially around the ages of 12 and 13 when I wasn’t the cutest kid in class. You need some kind of coping mechanism, and I think humour was the way I got around things – that need to joke about yourself and put it out there before anyone else can say it about you. It was definitely a self-protecting device. | Tina Fey
If I was the quiet one, the others must have been really noisy.
— George Harrison, quoted in You Never Give Me Your Money by Peter Doggett (via thecurvature)
People think you want them to do something or say something special… You don’t. You just want them to be themselves, so you can be yourself.
— John Lennon (via illneverloseaffection) (via bipboplink, fuckyeahjohnlennon) (via hiptoad)
[Chris Pratt]’s kind of a writer’s dream. I’ve said this before, but it’s worth repeating: He has the best improvisation in a cast full of world-class improvisers. Amy Poehler and Aziz Ansari and Nick Offerman and Aubrey Plaza. Like, people who trained and are great in improvisation. The best improv in the show’s history was Pratt’s, and it was in “Flu Season,” when Ben is walking Leslie out the door to go to the doctor, and Andy is just taking over as Ron’s assistant. As they’re walking by, Pratt says, “Hey Leslie, I typed your symptoms into the thing up here, and it says you could have network connectivity problems.” [Laughs.] If I could write a joke that good, I would be a happy man. And it was completely improvised. He’s just so in the moment, and all of those actor-y terms. He’s so present and in the moment and fully fluent in his character that he can make up perfectly formulated jokes like that on the spot, and it’s incredible. He’s improved every episode he’s ever been in.
— Michael Schur on Chris Pratt (via rufustfirefly)
(Source: The A.V. Club)
