Jason Reeves Quotes

#1. I took piano and drum lessons when I was young, and took a lot of choir classes in high school. Beyond that I just play by ear and learn as I go.

Jason Reeves

#2. I know it sounds weird, but the food that I eat, it doesn't make a big difference, and it never has. So, I've saved a ton of money not buying a lot of alcohol, not going out to restaurants too much. So, I think it's part of our culture, and it's part of a social activity more than anything else.

Aaron Patzer

#3. Mr. Chan," Grace said as the wind whipped strands of her hair across her face. "What are you doing here?" She shouted over the howling wind as it lashed around them.
"Catering," the old man said flashing her a toothy gold grin.

Patti Roberts

#4. I think every tour stop on the west coast is equally rewarding for me. There is something healing about the air and the light in the west.

Jason Reeves

#5. There's a weird period of learning how to play guitar where your fingers are constantly messed up a handful.

Jason Reeves

#6. It is a profound belief of mine that if you can induce a person to talk to you for long enough, on any subject whatever! sooner or later they will give themselves away.

Agatha Christie

#7. I do what works best for me, but it might not work for somebody else.

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#8. Did you ever get the feeling that everything was too perfect? Like the moment was so good that something had to be wrong? Kind of like the way a fish sees that bright, shiny lure just before it chomps down and gets hauled out of water to become someone's lunch.

Neal Shusterman

#9. I love writing with Colbie [Caillat]. We have something very magical together that's difficult to describe. We're very comfortable with each other, and that's really important for co-writing. I think both of us bring different things to each song.

Jason Reeves

#10. You don't give up on the people you love, even when they give up on themselves.

Alessia Dickson

#11. The people must fight on behalf of the law as though for the city wall.

Heraclitus

#12. Because of our situation, God has given us an opportunity to almost transcend our gender, which gives us a vision and sensitivity that other people don't have. They think that being white and male is going to save the world; but life is not The Lion King.

Jason Reeves

#13. I really think that people are getting fed up with the computer generated music. I think it had a little time where it was new and it kind of worked, but it's so overdone that people are getting sick of it, and are turning back to real music.

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#14. I started writing when I was 17. I got an acoustic guitar for my birthday after I discovered Bob Dylan and James Taylor.

Jason Reeves

#15. I love writing and photography and the natural world that inspires them both. I'm working on getting as lost as I can in the beauty before it is completely wiped clean by the madness of man.

Jason Reeves

#16. My favorite superheroes when I was younger were the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and they still are. Simply because they rule and you've got 4 different personalities to choose from depending on your mood ... And they're huge human-turtles!!

Jason Reeves

#17. There are no rules or certain methods. I usually start with the guitar or piano and sing melodies over the chords. The lyrics seem to be born out of that, and the fact that it's still a mystery to me is my favorite part.

Jason Reeves

#18. The people of Iowa are a rare breed.

Jason Reeves

#19. I still love you, too, Ian. It just doesn't mean anything anymore.

Willow Aster

#20. You have to have a vision and know that it's worth seeing it through. Other than that, just be true to your heart.

Jason Reeves

#21. On tour I'm finding out that I am half gypsy, 40% vagabond, and 10 house cat.

Jason Reeves

#22. Courage is a decision you make to act in a way that works through your own fear for the greater good as opposed to pure self-interest. Courage means putting at risk your immediate self-interest for what you believe is right.

Derrick A. Bell

#23. I don't really believe in plans. They only change. My goal is simply to be able to make music and live life in this crazy, falling-apart world.

Jason Reeves

#24. The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective.

Soseki Natsume

#25. I want to build a treehouse village connected by bridges in the woods by my house so my friends have a place to stay.

Jason Reeves

#26. I believe we must protect Medicare's guaranteed benefit, and I will oppose any effort to dismantle Medicare and turn it into a voucher system.

Ann Kirkpatrick

#27. When I was 17 I got a guitar for my birthday and started discovering Bob Dylan and James Taylor and the whole '60s thing, and that made me want to make songs, to go beyond just playing an instrument. I needed to write I guess.

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#28. Even before I started writing songs, that was one of my goals to be a writer, and I still have that goal. I've just gotten sidetracked.

Jason Reeves

#29. To all the boys, for when you become men: you'll leave women all throughout your life because they're holding you back, and even after she's gone she'll still weigh you down. To all the women: stay away from us men. We don't know anything about you, despite what we try to convince you of.

Dave Matthes