John Powell Quotes

Loneliness is the prison of the human spirit. When we are lonely, we pace back and forth in small, shut-in worlds.

Music without the ebb and flow would be like "watching a film with only good guys in it." -attrib Frank Zappa

When Marconi suggested the possibility of wireless transmission of sound (the radio),he was committed to a mental institution. But people like Lincoln, Edison, and Marconi were strongly motivated. So they didn't give up. They somehow knew that the only real failure is the one from which we learn nothing. They seemed to go on the assumption that there is no failure greater than the failure of not trying, and so they continued to try in the face of repeated failures.

Honest, open communication is the only street that leads us into the real world... We then begin to grow as never before. And once we are on this road, happiness cannot be far away.