Kennedy Cox

“What I would love other people to understand is that there is no more reason to have to adhere to any given idea of cool. Especially post-pandemic, which for the first time in anyone’s lives stopped the clock on the hyper-modern day trade of culture.”
― John Mayer

“My love hadn’t diminished - it never would - but at times my patience was wearing thin. Waylon’s wandering ways hadn’t completely stopped and yet I remained resolute. I stayed.”
― Jessi Colter, An Outlaw and a Lady: A Memoir of Music, Life with Waylon, and the Faith that Brought me Home

“I've tried every approach to living, and I've tried it all. I haven't tried everything, but I've tried every approach. Sometimes you have to try everything to get the approach the same, but I tried it all. I bought a bunch of stuff and went, “Eh, I don't like that.” I kinda came in and out of that a couple of times. I thought I would shut myself off. I thought, “Maybe that's cool. Maybe that's what you have to do to be a genius. Is it you have to be mad?” So if you get mad before the word genius, then maybe you can make genius appear, right? That doesn't work either. And I'm in a good place. I've paced myself pretty well. I'm thirty. I've seen some cool stuff. I made a lot of stuff happen for myself. I made a lot of stuff happen for myself, right? That's a really cool sentence when you're in your twenties: “I made it happen for myself.” But all that means is that I've just somehow or another found another way to synthesize love or synthesize soothing. Or you can't get that. And what I'm saying is that I've messed with all the approaches, except for one, and it's gonna sound really corny, but that's just love. That's just love.
I've done everything in my life that I've wanted to do except just give and feel love for my living. And I don't mean like Roman-candle-firework-Hollywood-hot-pink-love. I mean like, “I got your back,” love! I don't need to hear, “I love you.” You guys love me. I love you. We got that down. But some of the people who will tell you they love you, the same people who're gonna last, just have your back. So I'm gonna experiment with this “love” thing. Giving love, feeling love. I know it sounds really corny, but it's the last thing I got to check out before I check out. Take me in the solo one more time. Make it loud! Thank you!”
― John Mayer

“Believe me, what you want is someone to have dinner with, sleep with from time to time, telephone every day, or write. It’s what you set up that is defeating. Make it very modest. And give yourself permission to make a few mistakes. You know, blow it a bit. Have a few drinks and fall into bed with somebody. It doesn’t have to be the final thing.”
― Leonard Cohen