#surprise

A big part of making music is the discovery aspect, is the surprise aspect. That's why I think I'll always love sampling. Because it involves combining the music fandom: collecting, searching, discovering music history, and artifacts of recording that you may not have known existed and you just kind of unlock parts of your brain, you know? ↗

— Gotye

#aspect #because #big #brain #collecting

At first the English were very surprised by our disregarding the Hague Convention. But from 1916 onward they used at least as much poison as we did. ↗

— Otto Hahn

#did #disregarding #english #first #hague

The pleasure we derive from doing favors is partly in the feeling it gives us that we are not altogether worthless. It is a pleasant surprise to ourselves. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#derive #doing #favors #feeling #gives

I was mostly surprised by the rap artists, actually, that were influenced by Sabbath. That was a surprise. But it's very nice and I'm very honored. It's nice to know after 27 years now that what I said in the first place has stuck, and that was the belief in it. ↗

— Tony Iommi

#after #artists #belief #first #honored

More often than what you're suggesting, I find people are surprised that I have an urban side to me. ↗

— Ashley Judd

#i #me #more #often #people

What guides me is to do work that's more avant-garde - things that I think are special. You can easily become a celebrity and get caught up in all that blur. I just want to work and surprise myself. ↗

— Adrien Brody

#become #blur #caught #celebrity #easily

Close to the Edge, Red, One of a kind, Discipline, Earthworks, The Sound of Surprise, all seem to me to be albums that captured the essence of the intention. ↗

— Bill Bruford

#captured #close #discipline #edge #essence

Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party. ↗

— Jimmy Buffett

#half #hunt #life #manageable #more

What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be. ↗

— Ellen Burstyn

#being #being alone #discover #finally #how

By that point, I had started taking singing lessons. And after the first session, I mean, I was surprised that the windows didn't shatter. And after the third session, I really didn't know where this voice had come from. ↗

— Gerard Butler

#come #first #had #i #know