Robin Pecknold Quotes

#1. So spare me your envy. It was the gods who neglected to give you a cock, not me.

George R R Martin

#2. Fleet Foxes will never, ever, under no circumstances, from now until the world chokes on gas fumes, sign to a major label. This includes all subsidiaries or permutations thereunder. Till we die.

Robin Pecknold

#3. The notes sound like they're coming from inside your mind ... It was the closest thing to a psychedelic experience I've ever had.

Robin Pecknold

#4. She read the two words that were so simple and so yet moving. Miss you.

Jessica Park

#5. I don't want to hear about my death.

Oriana Fallaci

#6. She cannot possibly be dead, people do not just die

John Green

#7. The psychic is a phenomenal world in itself, which can be reduced neither to the brain nor to metaphysics.

C. G. Jung

#8. As people's opportunities to succumb to confirmation bias increases online - only seeking out information that confirms their prejudices - ignorance, extremism and close-mindedness have continued to rise unabated.

Maajid Nawaz

#9. I was raised up believing I was somehow unique ...

Robin Pecknold

#10. The crickets, too, respect the silence. Their calls are like careful stitches in its fabric, almost too small to be seen.

Patrick Rothfuss

#11. Absolutely the greatest challenges in dealing with discrimination are with the larger group who needs to consider how they think and act in everyday life. It remains the possibility of the majority to accept the call to change.

Eleanor Holmes Norton

#12. Nothing lives long except the earth and the mountains.

Robin Pecknold

#13. I don't sit down and say I'm going to write a song about this or that. They are never mapped out.

John Darnielle

#14. I'd heard it all the time, 'Live in the moment.' But if I did that, I'd weigh more than a dump truck. Losing weight wasn't about the moment at all; it was about having faith in the future. It was about knowing there would be another meal in a few hours.

Stephanie Klein

#15. Gardening is ultimately a folly whose goal is to provide delight.

Deborah Needleman

#16. Focus on what you know you can do. Know what you're capable of on any given day, and what you can count on. Do the simple things well, and then use the confidence to build up the rest of your game. Learn to differentiate between what is truly important and what can be dealt with at another time.

Mia Hamm

#17. You want to mix acting styles correctly. People approach the work in different ways. You want to make sure no one wants to kill each other because the approach is different.

John Wells

#18. I don't really hang out with anyone. I'll hang out with my band ... but I don't have any friends aside from that.

Robin Pecknold