Quotes about "Youth & Coming of Age"

When I was growing up, the blues did seem too simple to me. I was just a muso. ”

I believe in process. I believe in four seasons. I believe that winter's tough, but spring's coming. I believe that there's a growing season. And I think that you realize that in life, you grow. You get better. ”

I think people all across the country want us to secure the border and make sure that terrorists are not coming into our country. ”

We ought to make sure that people coming here ought to be vetted and that we secure this federal border. ”

Our argument is everybody ought to be paying lower rates, and we ought to be focused on growing the economy and rebuilding the middle class. ”

Growing up in Bloomington, Minn., I loved the ritual of dressing for Little League - in white socks, blue stirrups, belted pants, a double-knit jersey, and the cap I'd hold over my face to screen out mosquitoes in right field. ”

I had started writing for 'Sports Illustrated,' which was really my dream job growing up. But the writing probably read like I was auditioning to write for 'Letterman' or '70s-era Carson. ”

Growing up, I was always around adult musicians who played for their entire lives. So that's what I wanted to do, and I always had that in mind. ”

Growing up in Dallas, my first influences on the guitar were T-Bone Walker and Les Paul. T-Bone taught me how to play lead guitar behind my head and do the splits in 1951 when I was nine. ”

From a small child to right now - I mean, when I was five years old, Red Norville, Tal Farlow, Charles Mingus, Les Paul, Mary Ford, people like that were coming over to my house. So I was around professional adult mature musicians who had had big careers. ”