Quotes about "Retirement & Later Life"

The word is a force you cannot see, but you can see the manifestation of that force, the expression of the word, which is your own life. ”

Don't Make Assumptions. Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life. ”

I've never done anything but what I wanted to do with my life. I don't think too many people can say that. I wrote the songs I wanted to write, for me. I had no idea that 'American Pie' would relate to anybody. ”

I mean, I've been given a terrific life by the audiences who stuck with me all over the world. ”

I developed this fantasy world. I found that that was much more fun and more interesting and exciting than real life was to me. Then, once I got the guitar going when I was a teenager, I set sail for the direction I've been in my whole life. ”

I'm glad that my music has helped other people as it's helped me. It makes me glad that I did what I did with my life. ”

I've spent most of my life embracing violence in wars and revolutions. Even a famine is a form of violence. Because I photograph people in peril, people in pain, people being executed in front of me, I find it very difficult to get my head around the art narrative of photography. ”

I've fallen in love with the classical world of imagery, and what I'd like to do now over the last bit of my life is to photograph some nudes. ”

I've seen my own blood and broken a few bones. I've been hit, which isn't an entirely bad thing, as at least you have a glimpse of the suffering endured by the people you are photographing. And in a sense, crumbling empires and war have been with me all my life. ”

I treat my life as though I am on a tightrope. ”