Chris Thile When they invented the mandolin, it was as if they were trying to come up with the least efficient means of extracting noise from a piece of wood. – Chris Thile Efficient Quotes Extracting Quotes Invented Quotes Mandolin Quotes Noise Quotes Piece Quotes Wood Quotes It’s very hard to make grand, romantic gestures on a mandolin, and there are times, particularly when playing Bach, that you long for just a little more sustain. But for better or worse it’s my voice, and the trade-off comes with increased intimacy. It’s like you’re beckoning the audience closer: ‘C’mere, I’ve got something to tell ya.’ It seems like if they’d given Bob Dylan a pen and paper in the cradle that he would’ve come up with a great song. I’d love to write songs like that.
Jim Root I love ‘Mad Max’ and ‘The Road Warrior,’ in particular – those movies are very close to my soul, you know what I mean?! – Jim Root
Rand Paul Income inequality is worse in towns run by Democrat mayors than in towns run by Republican mayors. – Rand Paul
Chipper Jones When I was out there on the field I was never nervous. I knew I would have six, eight, nine chances to affect the game. – Chipper Jones
Sara Pascoe When I was a child, I had an intense fear of going to prison. I wasn’t on the run or anything – my crimes were small and they were all against fashion. But I had nightmares about accidentally killing someone, or being falsely accused. – Sara Pascoe
Ron Rivera It’s a lot of fun watching Kelvin Benjamin out there grow and develop as a football player. – Ron Rivera
Sophie Aldred My concept of a ‘Doctor Who’ girl was that you screamed a lot and ran around quarries in unsuitable footwear. Of course you fell over and twisted your ankle, because you had high heels on. – Sophie Aldred
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