Jim Henson Quotes

I can always remember the dances, even from shows I did 40 years ago.

I frequently go to the ballet, but I don't miss it in the sense that I wish I were still dancing.

Music, as many people have said, is the universal language. Of course points are made which make you think about things, but ultimately it makes you feel. And that's why people remember more songs that have meant something during their life than films. They start to define periods in your life, and that's kind of the beauty of it.

Aye.

It is fortunate when disputed theories can be decided by undisputed facts.

No one wants advice, only corroboration..

I think we all agree, the past is over.

A line, an area of tone, is not really important because it records what you have seen, but because of what it will lead you on to see. Following up its logic in order to check its accuracy, you find confirmation or denial in the object itself or in your memory of it.

A lot of times as an actor you watch a film it's like thumbing through a photo book from your past. It's people you haven't seen in a while, there are people that have passed away, and there are people you owe phone calls to.

I will say I miss teaching improv way more than I miss performing improv.

I wish I could do a black and white film.

It's good to have somebody else say what you're thinking.

Ballet, there's a right way to do things, and it's black and white, and it's all striving for perfection. Acting is not that way. It's very gray, and the messier you can be, the better. The mistakes that you make are the gold and the beautiful stuff.

There's a lot of different things that make me want to take photos. A lot of it is, for a long time I've been obsessed with the thought of time travel with my camera.

I can close my eyes and start walking through 'Hamilton' at any given time, and I'll tear up because I remember day in and day out, eight shows a week, walking on stage, seeing everybody that I love.

I have so many happy memories of Belfast and the shows I played there.

Songs, to me, have always been kind of like a diary, you know - and, say, when I did 'Teenager In Love,' maybe I was 16.

Nostalgia has always been a key player in my songwriting cause within that space I find a great deal of inspiration.

When I look back at the record and listen to it, I can sort of see where I was at when I was making it - these brief little moments, different places I was at emotionally.

Some songs, you just can't shake; they keep creeping back into your set list.

Ideally, as an actor, we all crave attention, appreciation, and to be recognised. What's the point of doing it yourself? It needs to come from someone else, and when that happens, I enjoy that moment.

Nostalgia is a sweet place for a poet and writer to be in. But it's an indulgence; a distraction. You can't live in a distraction.

I can still write blues songs because I remember everything.

Never underestimate the joy people derive from hearing something they already know.