Paul

“a guitar store is the only place in the known universe where a guy will allow himself to shop like a woman”
― Tim Brookes, Guitar: An American Life

“Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is one hundred percent.”
― R.D. Laing

“The definitive study of the herd instincts of astronomers has yet to be written, Fernie said, but there are times when we resemble nothing so much as a herd of antelope, heads down in tight formation, thundering with firm determination in a particular direction across the plain. At a given signal from the leader we whirl about, and, with equally firm determination, thunder off in quite a different direction, still in tight parallel formation.
(quoting an observation made by astronomer J. Donal Fernie)”
― Michael Brooks, 13 Things That Don't Make Sense: The Most Baffling Scientific Mysteries of Our Time

“the flanger setting ... makes it sound as if the chord is being chewed over thoughtfully by a large genie accustomed to telling long, implausible stories”
― Tim Brookes, Guitar: An American Life