Michael Burgess Quotes

Kindness is always fashionable, and always welcome.

Look at The Beatles: how they struggled, how they worked in order to become such a good little band. And that's why they had such longevity and are still admired today.

There have been periods of my life when I was heavier, like right after high school I definitely gained that freshman 15. It was tough to lose. Ever since then, I know that I can gain weight, so I try to be careful.

Gray skies are just clouds passing over.

When you get back on the field and do things, any doubts you've developed leave. The more consistent you become, the fewer doubts you have.

It is jazz music that called me to be a musician and I have always sang the songs that moved me the most. Singers, like Frank Sinatra and myself, we interpret the songs that we like. Not unlike a Shakespearean actor that goes back to the greatest words ever written, we go back to the greatest songs.

Ideally, I'm also sending a message that everything passes, even hope, and sometimes you have to be patient while you wait for it to come back around again.

I like to not care that much about criticism, but I do care about it.

At home, I relax by gardening, or just pottering.

The most significant and alarming consequence of early maturation is an increased risk for breast cancer in adulthood.

I explain to athletes, you're supposed to be a well-oiled machine. You're supposed to be in better shape than the people watching you. You're supposed to be an unbelievable specimen of a human being. You have to treat your body different while you're performing.

I had a very happy childhood.

Whether we're Democrats or Republicans or independents, we have to learn to hang together or we're gonna hang separately.

You can't explain the feeling of singing hit songs to an audience - it's like being a genuine sports star at the peak of their powers.

They paid the ultimate price and we can never forget their sacrifice.

When you think about it, three of our biggest financial decisions in life are made at times of peak emotional excitement: deciding to get married, buying a home, and having kids.

It is idleness that creates impossibilities; and where people don't care to do anything, they shelter themselves under a permission that it cannot be done.

What's fascinating about doing comedy about the referendum is, because it is the first time, it is the most extraordinary atmosphere. You find that if you are making jokes about politicians, it becomes intensely political.

I feel more pressure when I'm writing for teens. I'm very aware that my audience is impressionable. Therefore, I'm far more careful about what I say and the language I use.

One feels that the past stays the way you left it, whereas the present is in constant movement; it's unstable all around you.