David Nail Quotes

#1. Now just the thought of eating ice cream puts pounds on me.

David Nail

#2. The smell of the nail polish made me think of Amber and the rest of my friends. I missed them, but in theory. It wasn't them I missed, but friendship. QUITE YET.

David Levithan

#3. Any time I get to go home is a joyous occasion.

David Nail

#4. Every nail driven should be as another rivet in the machine of the universe, you carrying on the work.

Henry David Thoreau

#5. When all you've got is a hammer, bad service looks like a nail.

David "Doc" Searls

#6. Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb nail.

Henry David Thoreau

#7. Drive a nail home and clinch it so faithfully that you can wake up in the night and think of your work with satisfaction - a work at which you would not be ashamed to invoke the muse.

Henry David Thoreau

#8. I pay such close attention of the record making process that most people would assume are very little and wouldn't be that big of a deal; the packaging, the title, and the harmonies, I think, are arguably as important as the lead vocals.

David Nail

#9. I have learned from Twitter that you get that instant feedback about what people think about what you did.

David Nail

#10. My philosophy has always been that I hope I have a good enough day to give me another one, I hope that I have a good enough year to give me another year. I know that's cliched, but it's the truth in how I approach my career.

David Nail

#11. I decided I was just going to sing the type of songs I gravitated toward and inspired me and moved me. I was going to let the people whose job it was to decide what places to put it, and let them do that. I'll stick to the singing part.

David Nail

#12. The good Lord is amazing; He opens up doors. I was close to abandoning the dream, and He was like, 'Hey, slow down there, buddy.'

David Nail

#13. It's hard to believe the life that 'Someone Like You' has taken on. It's proof that people hunger for great songs - and they are open to different interpretations of songs they love.

David Nail

#14. Look," I'll say to Jesus, "enough is enough. I suggest we nail some boards together and have ourselves an old-fashioned crucifixion.

David Sedaris

#15. I really like singing, but coming from a small town like where I grew up, how do you start that journey?

David Nail

#16. Over the course of a day, you get to get a feel for where you're playing, so when you get out on stage, you already feel like you've had a bit of a bonding experience with them.

David Nail

#17. If you're running around on bald tires, it doesn't take a special nail.

David Long

#18. I'm obviously very involved with my own charity and foundation that I work with. Obviously, I'm very passionate about that.

David Nail

#19. Nowadays, social media is the easiest place to go to find something.

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#20. I've never really gotten into the whole labels thing. There were times I would cover a pop song, and people would say 'You sound really country.' I gave up on that whole thing a long time ago.

David Nail

#21. As a singer, I just want to try to honor what the writers create - and as someone who's trying to write songs, I just hope I can stand in their company and not embarrass myself.

David Nail

#22. I naively thought I had to go door to door, find somebody who could record me singing some songs. I didn't know Music Row, I didn't know anything! So after six or seven months, I went back home and went to college.

David Nail

#23. Broke a nail clean off, and when it grew back it looked like a Brazil nut.

David Sedaris

#24. There are very few people that I deal with from a business side that it's just strictly a one-sided business relationship. I think that's important.

David Nail

#25. You have to nail the right tone because sometimes when you just see his films cold, you're not quite sure. It's the same in - I'm trying to think of other directors with a similar sense - David Lynch's films, Tim's films, some of Cronenberg's stuff.

Danny Elfman

#26. I pluck with my fingernails. If I break a nail, I can't cancel a concert. So I can make a nail out of a ping-pong ball.

David Russell

#27. I love barbecue, it's my favorite thing to eat.

David Nail

#28. Sometimes you get so jaded, you don't have those initial connections and emotions with music, because you are promoting your own.

David Nail

#29. I think anytime you get nominated for an award, it's a very humbling thing.

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#30. I think every singer hears songs that make you want to sing them.

David Nail

#31. I'm a worrywart, so I'm always a bit more stressed out than I should be or wish I was.

David Nail

#32. I like rust on a nail, fog on a mountain. Clouds hide stars, rooms have doors, eyes close, and the same words that began love end it with changed emphasis.

David Ignatow