Al Stewart Quotes

I felt vulnerable and very much between friends. I remember walking down the hallway and thinking I had no way of knowing what was coming, literally. This wasn't because I had some horrific bullying story, but because of a steady drip of negativity.

A house is kind of scary.

Hemingway has expressed with genius the terrors of the modern man at the danger of losing control of his world

No matter where I go, I always feel unwanted eyes following me. It's a dirty world out there.

I know the feeling of confusion and betrayal. I know the feeling of fearing for my life.

Poor strangers, they have so much to be afraid of.

Hope, it is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective, a lot of hope is dangerous.

I think most people are afraid of what they don't know.

You aren't going to leave me alone are you?

Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

The personal threat is something that's always been a part of our lives.

It's very scary to allow the world to see you.

The crowd intimidates me, its breath suffocates me. I feel paralyzed by its curious look, and the unknown faces make me dumb.

I'm just a simple guy swimming in a sea of sharks.

I had no friends. I worried a lot.

Fear is a huge thing for older people.

On the day when I was shot, all of my friends' faces were covered, except mine.

There's so much to be afraid of.

Fear has been my biggest friend. Fear of the unknown. Whenever I've been afraid, I've been very self-protective.

I never feel more alone than when I'm traveling. Alone and, to some extent, helpless. The world expects a certain level of competence and can be merciless when this expectation is unmet.

Not being secure affects us as humans. It throws us off our balance. It puts us in disarray.

I don't like going into the basement. I'm always afraid that something's going to blow up.

I feel like everybody's always out to get me, and that's a weird feeling.

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

Speech and silence. We feel safer with a madman who talks than with one who cannot open his mouth.