Learning Quotes

“Part of the joy of music is listening to lots of different kinds of music and learning from it. Specifically for me, I like writing songs that move me, and what moves me are beautiful songs on the piano or the guitar and really, really heavy music.”

-- Ryan Adams

“Everything starts and ends with the song, and working with writers and really learning their process and craft was an invaluable experience.”

-- Tommy Mottola

“The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.”

-- Baruch Spinoza

“Learning lines is my biggest challenge.”

-- Tim Meadows

“The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.”

-- Mortimer Adler

“Learning without thought is labor lost thought without learning is perilous.”

-- Confucius

“Home schooled children frequently combine for many purposes - and they interact well. The growth of the home schooling movement means that more and more children are learning together, just not in a traditional classroom.”

-- Ernest Istook

“I took the process of doing as much myself as I could like a duck to water. I set up my own label and publishing, etc, and it was a fun learning curve two decades ago.”

-- David Knopfler

“The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.”

-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“When I started learning the cello, I fell in love with the instrument because it seemed like a voice - my voice.”

-- Mstislav Rostropovich