"Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out exactly how far to go."
--T.S. Eliot"Integrity is what you do when no one is looking."
--John Romac"I'd rather be on the bottom of a ladder I'm willing to climb than in the middle of one I'm not."
--Anonymous"Music is endless."
--Jeff Buckley"I will not surrender my soul."
--InDecision"When you love you should not say, 'God is in my heart,' but rather, 'I am in the heart of God.' And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course."
--Kahlil Gibran"You know why I don't have AIDS? You know why I'm not HIV Positive? It's because I don't fuck around, it's as simple as that."
--Kurt Vonnegut"Artists are people who say 'I can't fix my country or my state or my city, or even my marriage. But by golly, I can make this square of canvas, or this lump of clay, or these twelve bars of music, exactly what they ought to be'"
--Kurt Vonnegut"S'io credessi che mia riposta fosse a persona che mai tornasse al mondo, questa fiamma staria senza piu scosse. Ma per cio che giammai di questo fondo non torno vivo alcun, s'i'odo il vero, senzatema d'infamia ti rispondo"
(If I thought that I was speaking to someone who would go back to the world, this flame would shake no more, But since nobody has ever gone back alive from this place, if what I hear is true, I answer you without fear of infamy.) --Canto XXVII, The Inferno, Dante Aligheri"...And bam! The shine's off the apple. And that's when you find out that that pretty little girl you married isn't a pretty little girl at all. No, she's a man-eater. And I'm not talking about the "whoa-whoa, here she comes" kind of man-eater. I'm talking about the kind that uses your dignity as a dishtowel to wipe up any shreds of manhood that might be stuck inside the sink. Of course, I may have tormented her from time to time; but, honest to God, that's what I thought marriage was all about. So much so that, by the end of that relationship, I honestly don't know who I hated more - her or me? I used to sit around and wonder... why our friends weren't trying to destroy each other, like we were. And here, it turns out, the answer's pretty simple: They weren't unhappy. We were. -- Dr. Cox from Scrubs
"I'm just a dumbass guitar player, but I was smart enough to be around people who knew what they were doing."
--Dickey BettsI LOVE LIFE. My family and friends mean the world to me. I LOVE Asheville . I'm super-hyperactive. I love running, whether it be at the end of my day or just the start of it, I am addicted to whatever my body releases when I run. Striving to be healthy has become a huge part of my life, in the emotional sense as well as the physical. I'm trying to be very careful about what I put into my body. I love to party. I am a social butterfly to the extreme. I can prove this because I have a tough time going through this town and not running into someone I know. I am somewhat bi-polar, but I enjoy every minute of it. I am not a big fan of bullshit and drama. To me, being honest is like being pregnant; you either are, or you aren't. I like to be straightforward, say what I mean and mean what I say. I believe that my word is my bond. I love music possibly more than anything. I crave constant motion. I move very fast, sometimes I think that my brain moves quicker than I need it to. I drive a small red car, and if you don't know how to navigate the downtown Asheville area, I highly suggest you move out of my way. I'm a tactile person, and I thrive on affection. I dislike inactivity, unless I'm by myself, which at some points it is then necessary. I'm a very emotional person, but not in a bad way. I strive to be as honest and real as possible. I have a life that leads me to discover new things, and I continue to believe that, in every rough situation, there are beautiful opportunities. I believe that everything has a beginning and an end, from all the horrible things in life to all the amazing things; everything ends. I use this as a cornerstone to my life, seeing it as an opportunity to put my whole self into something. If it's going to end, why not give it everything you've got, and take everything you can take from the situation? I believe that, even in the deepest tragedies, life is meant to be lived. I want to wake up every morning and do things better than the way I did them the day before. Yeah.
Oh, and I'm in this amazing band that rocks. Yep.