Showing posts with label Norah Jones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Norah Jones. Show all posts

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Quotes

These are a few of my favorites

I've found I'm scared to know I'm always on your mind

--Collide, Howie Day

Every man dies. Not every man really lives.

--William Wallace

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.

--Friedrick Nietzsche

The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.

--Gilbert K. Chesterton

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

--Charles de Gaulle

When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.

--Jonathan Swift

Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed.

--Mark Twain

When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, you think it's only a minute. But when you sit on a hot stove for a minute, you think it's two hours. That's relativity.

--Albert Einstein

To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.

–Steve Prefontaine

How do you say goodbye to someone you can't imagine living without?

-Norah Jones, My Blueberry Nights

The only way to get smarter is by playing a smarter opponent.

—Guy Ritchie

when your mind's made up, there's no point trying to change it.

—When Your Mind’s Made Up, Glen Hansard

Truth springs from argument among friends.

–David Hume

Why do we feel its necessary to yak about bullshit in order to be comfortable? That's when you know you've found somebody really special, when you can just shut the fuck up for a minute, and comfortably share a silence. --Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman), Pulp Fiction

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

--Martin Luther King Jr.


I am so tired of thin Christianity. I am just sick to my bones of the anti-intelletualism that permeates the evangelical church. We are lazy, and we are not willing to do the hard work. But this is a time, and an opportunity for us to do the hard work. For us to follow Jesus into this broken world and to participate in his redeeming acts. We go into the world because Christ the incarnation, the eternal word made flesh goes into the world. What we do here matters my friends. Everyday we part of something larger than we can ever ask or imagine. Never underestimate the ripple effect of a simple act of kindness thrown into the sea of grace.

–Trygve Johnson

Friday, January 30, 2009

Current music

I love music and listen to copious amounts. It guides me through moods and on occasion makes me think.

I recently fell in love with an unreleased Norah Jones song "Moon Song" from a 2004 DVD. It has easily become one of my favorites, capturing her stunning voice and soft jazz elements. Norah Jones is one of my very few favorite artists.

Bon Iver's new EP "Blood Bank." A great follow-up to tide fans over after "For Emma, Forever Ago", Blood Bank soothes. My favorite song is "Woods' followed by "Babys", "Blood Bank" and "Beach Baby."

Matt Peterson has an unreleased single "Something Good." It's catchy, jazzy, and sweet.

Brett Dennen's semi new disc "Hope for the Hopeless" is also good.

I'm excited for Ben Kwller's new CD "Changing Horses." I listened to three songs from it on myspace last night. Kind of more twangy sounding than past discs. Hopefully there isn't too much twang.

I'm also listening to the Jayhawks, Sara Bareilles, and Josh Ritter.