938 private quotes tagged freedom

“Jazz stands for freedom. It's supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise, and take chances, and don't be a perfectionist - leave that to the classical musicians.”— Dave Brubeck

“To her audience, Janis Joplin has remained a symbol, artifact and reminder of late Sixties youth culture. Her popularity never derived from her musical ability, but from her capacity to link her fantasies of freedom and immortality with ours.”— Jon Landau

“How can you be conservative and justify wiretapping people without a warrant? We're supposed to be the party of personal freedom and civil liberties.”— Roger Stone

“Working with David Cronenberg or Darren Aronofsky or even Steven Soderbergh isn't really like a typical Hollywood movie. These are true artists, and have a certain amount of freedom when they work, and they're more like independent filmmakers making their way through big studios.”— Vincent Cassel

“In times such as these, people should recognize that evil knows no borders, knows no limits and knows no compassion. Those around the globe that value freedom must continue to persevere even in the darkest of times.”— Michael Burgess

“Many people don't understand how disciplined you have to be to play jazz... And that is really the idea of democracy - freedom within the Constitution or discipline. You don't just get out there and do anything you want.”— Dave Brubeck

“In short, is not liberty the freedom of every person to make full use of his faculties, so long as he does not harm other persons while doing so?”— Frederic Bastiat

“I was 37 when my father died-and I no longer had any freedom of choice over what I would do with the rest of my life.”— Paul Getty

“Jazz is about freedom within discipline. Usually a dictatorship like in Russia and Germany will prevent jazz from being played because it just seemed to represent freedom, democracy and the United States.”— Dave Brubeck

“Maybe a part of me recognized how right the improvising spirit of jazz is. Not the sounds, but the freedom to work with musicians who work that way. It felt very natural to me, but I think there's a way to do it without it being a jazz record.”— Jane Siberry

“This enemy of peace in the world today is unlike any we have seen in the past, and our military is learning from, and building on, previous successes while carrying peace and freedom into the future.”— Mark Kennedy

“I don't have anything to prove anymore. I don't have a record deal, no one has any expectations, I'm in a position of freedom. I don't need anyone's approval.”— Juliana Hatfield

“A culture without property, or in which creators can't get paid, is anarchy, not freedom.”— Lawrence Lessig

“That happens every time I get behind a guitar, regardless of what I'm saying, 'cause music is freedom and being free is the closest I've ever felt to being spiritual.”— Ben Harper

“It is not natural or inevitable that half the world goes hungry that the freedom of markets trumps protection of the planet or that citizens' rights come second to those of corporations.”— Frances O'Grady

“Latinos have fought in all of America's wars, beginning with the Revolutionary War. Many Latinos are fighting and dying for our country today in Iraq, just as several of their ancestors fought for freedom in Mexico over a century ago.”— Joe Baca

“We've got to understand that the whole nature of the way American democracy guards its freedom has been changed.”— John Ashcroft

“You know, you don't retreat in the defense of freedom. You don't retreat in the defense of moral government and limited government. You don't retreat because people are going to defend bad things.”— Russell Pearce

“It's great to have the freedom to enjoy your work and not feel like you're leaving your other life behind.”— Anna Paquin

“Real change isn't found in some new way to think about yourself, but in freedom from the need to think about yourself at all.”— Guy Finley

“I have a fantastic relationship with money. I use it to buy my freedom.”— Gianni Versace

“My father described this tall lady who stands in the middle of the New York harbor, holding high a torch to welcome people seeking freedom in America. I instantly fell in love.”— Yakov Smirnoff

“My name became known because I was, one might say accidentally the target of state repression and because so many people throughout the country and other parts of the world organized around the demand for my freedom.”— Angela Davis

“I was inspired to write this book by those who are sceptical of the power of freedom to change the world.”— Natan Sharansky

“You have spent many lives and much treasure to bring freedom to many lands that were reluctant to receive it. And here you have a people who won it by themselves and need only the help to preserve it.”— Corazon Aquino