I was always just kind of obsessed with guitar, even before I started playing. St. Vincent More Quotes by St. Vincent More Quotes From St. Vincent Leaden trumpets spit the soot of power they say"I'm on your side when nobody is, cause nobody is.Come sit right here and sleep while I slip poison in your ear St. Vincent your-sidepoisonsleep I have a great band. Oh, man. I'm so happy about them. St. Vincent bandmen Outpouring of affection for God, of resting in his presence, of good feelings towards everyone and sentiments and prayers like theseare suspect if they do not express themselves in practical love which has real effects. St. Vincent realprayerfeelings One of my favourite things about country music is that, at least until recently, you could always count on a solid story, a punchline and a pun. I think it has that in common with hip hop, where they're not afraid of wordplay and I really appreciate that. St. Vincent appreciatecountrythinking I was a lusty kid who loved Tennessee Williams. St. Vincent tennesseekids Free your mind from all that troubles you; God will take care of things. You will be unable to make haste in this (choice) without, so to speak, grieving the heart of God, because he sees that you do not honor him sufficiently with holy trust. Trust in him, I beg you, and you will have the fulfillment of what your heart desires. St. Vincent free-your-mindheartgrieving Whirlyball is only the most awesome sport on the planet! It's like bumper cars plus lacrosse meets basketball. St. Vincent basketballinspirationalsports The Lilith Fair thing was Bummer Town - hey, hop aboard the marginalizing train. I guess you had people come out of that and have careers, but I think there was a pretty intense backlash, too. St. Vincent careerspeoplethinking My dad used to love Steely Dan, the Stones, Jethro Tull and all that. There was always Steely Dan going in my dad's car, but I remember The Royal Scam in particular because it has 'Kid Charlemagne' on it. St. Vincent cardadkids I've been watching a lot of Joan Didion interviews on YouTube. I love her. My drummer has gotten me into looking at Terence McKenna interviews. St. Vincent youtubedrummerinterviews We ought to deal kindly with all, and to manifest those qualities which spring naturally from a heart tender and full of Christian charity; such as affability, love and humility. These virtues serve wonderfully to gain the hearts of men, and to encourage them to embrace things that are more repugnant to nature. St. Vincent christianheartspring I think human beings have a really broad spectrum of traits, and I almost feel implicated when we say, 'Men are like this, women are like this.' Nobody was telling me, 'Don't get dirty, don't play in the mud, girls don't do that.' St. Vincent girlmendirty Perfection consists in one thing alone, which is doing the will of God. For, according to Our Lord's words, it suffices for perfection to deny self, to take up the cross and to follow Him. Now who denies himself and takes up his cross and follows Christ better than he who seeks not to do his own will, but always that of God? Behold, now, how little is needed to become as Saint? Nothing more than to acquire the habit of willing, on every occasion, what God wills. St. Vincent saintperfectionself Your skin's so fair its not fair St. Vincent not-fairfairsskins The affairs of God are accomplished little by little and almost imperceptibly. The Spirit of God is neither violent nor hasty. He does all things in His time. St. Vincent saintdoelittles I guess trying to throw my body into the guitar is so natural for me that I don't even know how to explain it. I can't imagine life without it. St. Vincent guitarbodytrying Generally my day-to-day is pretty much the same. Just busy and working and on tour. And trying to put on the best show possible every night. St. Vincent busytryingnight The first step to be taken by one who wishes to follow Christ is, according to Our Lord’s own words, that of renouncing himself - that is, his own senses, his own passions, his own will, his own judgement, and all the movements of nature, making to God a sacrifice of all these things, and of all their acts, which are surely sacrifices very acceptable to the Lord. And we must never grow weary of this; for if anyone having, so to speak, one foot already in Heaven, should abandon this exercise, when the time should come for him to put the other there, he would run much risk of being lost. St. Vincent passiontakenrunning It is absolutely necessary, both for our advancement and the salvation of others, to follow always and in all things the beautiful light of faith St. Vincent advancementlightbeautiful Honey the party went away quickly, but thats the trouble with ticking and talking. St. Vincent partytalkinghoney
