J. K. Simmons Quotes

The artists are now big brands.

There's something about the authenticity that Hollywood is missing when it comes to urban culture.

Always try to be yourself.

An animal products diet is like smoking 20 cigarettes a day.

I read "The Yoga Sutras" every day.And also the "The Bhagavad Gita." Those two books sit by my bed.

Meditation helps everything.

I try to use my voice. I know that celebrity is valuable, and people do listen.

Uncalled for excuses are practical confessions.

Happy new year everbody! And remember: be kind to eachother.

If your songs connect with the fans and they pump their fists in the air and go "Yeah!!" that's when a song really works. That's the electric church of it. The glory hallelujah of it.

I would urge all bands that say they only care about credibility and don't care about money to send Gene Simmons every dollar that they don't want. I'd be happy to take it off them.

When you are a rock star in front of 20,000 people, you receive instant gratification. A rock star on tour is a king in his domain.

I'm in a weird band. We've done very well. The American Dream is alive and well.

You and I and everyone else have the attention span of gnats. And that means that saying or doing anything once simply doesn't work.

I don't know whether you [musician] can be all things to everybody, which is why there are different kinds of music.

It's one of the strangest attributes of this profession that when we writers get exhausted writing one thing, we relax by writing another.

Self-Development Quotes on: Courage, Honesty Any kind of lasting success is rooted in honesty.

Wealth for its own sake is an empty shell. Wealth that includes making other people's lives better will reward you even more than the beautiful mansion you live in.

My mother is probably the wisest person I've ever known. She's not schooled, she's not well read. But she has a philosophy of life that makes well-read people seem like morons.

I also learned that I love making money. Anyone who is not afraid of work will be happy with the money they make.

Losing our ignorance can be dangerous because our ignorance is a shield.

Kiss is not a charity. Never, ever mix commerce and charity.

Most of us do know we have no immortality. And when you've found a genius, someone who has already purchased his immortality in musical or literary terms, it's maddening.

The problem you ultimately want to have, as an entrepreneur, is deciding who to help, not deciding who can help you.

Elvis is the king of rock and roll, who made white kids shake their shackle.

I'm aware, as a sane person, that I'm not the best-looking guy in the world. I'm aware of it. But when I go into a party, I will walk out with your girlfriend.

England is a profoundly bizarre place that has produced thousands of bands the world has worshipped.

I crave ideas, and when an idea hits me, it grips me and it tortures me until I master it.

Those who ignore history's lessons in the ultimate folly of war are forced to do more than relive them ... they may be forced to die by them.

The young remember most deeply.... When we are old and failing, it is the memories of childhood which can be summoned most clearly.

A good marriage can be ruined by poor communications - and by forgetting to put the lid back down.

The truth is, it's not a great career move to create a readership and then, in effect, abandon them.

A hero. You want to be one of those rare human beings who make history, rather than merely watch it flow around them like water around a rock.

Dark chocolate, and salt and vinegar chips are my weakness - but not together.

Well, it's the last step of the Civil Rights Movement: you know, wrap your hands around some money.

My mother's kitchen was built to be the focal point of our house. I got into the kitchen often as a child.

We are all eaters of souls.

I'm just suggesting that when you're faced with fear and anxiety, don't medicate. Meditate instead.

There's a unique bond of trust between readers and authors that I don't believe exists in any other art form; as a reader, I trust a novelist to give me his or her best effort, however flawed.

The biggest financial pitfall in life is divorce. And the biggest reason for divorce is marriage.

The past is dead and buried. But I know now that buried things have a way of rising to the surface when one least expects them to.

I fly economy. I do often fly first class, but I don't travel with a posse, or bodyguard, or an assistant.

There is a fullness and calmness there which can come only from knowing pain.

People should know whatever it is you love to do. I am a living testament to the fact that you can do it. You can do whatever it is you put your mind to and you can do it in stilettos.

I think I know it all, relatively speaking.

If I hadn't gone to dancing school, I would have married and had children like my mum and had a normal life.

I always say neediness is the cause of suffering. I'm not the only one who says it. It's something I adopted and I believe.

I consider myself a court jester - motivator.

If you learn late, you pass it on to people so they can learn early. It's a step process.

I like to move towards a place where my greatest experience is promoting happiness for others. I know that that creates a cycle of the same great experience.