David Russell Browse All Authors Top 12 quotes by David Russell The hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn. David Russell The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn. David Russell We live in a Newtonian world of Einsteinian physics ruled by Frankenstein logic. David Russell Life to me is a journey - you never know what may be your next destination. David Russell me you journey life The hardest thing in life to learn is which bridge to cross and which to burn. David Russell bridge burn learn hardest life The present is a point just passed. David Russell present point just time If the price is very cheap then it's almost certainly a fake. David Russell cheap then price fake My parents are artists and they decided they would prefer to paint in the Mediterranean rather than in Scotland. David Russell than parents scotland paint My father kind of had hopes that I was going to become an artist like him - the typical thing. Of course I could play guitar better than him when I was about 12. But I couldn't paint better than him. So I went, 'I'm going to be the guitarist of the house, not the painter.' David Russell better guitar house father If you have a piece by Bach, he often develops the piece to such a high level that you can hardly do much more to it. But Saint-Luc wrote very simple baroque music, and so if you do not embellish it, it just falls apart. It's way too simple. David Russell you music simple way I pluck with my fingernails. If I break a nail, I can't cancel a concert. So I can make a nail out of a ping-pong ball. David Russell concert ball i-can break I don't try to make the guitar sound like the harpsichord or lute. That makes you end up being like a bad copy. David Russell end bad you guitar