Famous Quotes

"It's amazing that you can listen to any song and you can always tell when there's some substance beneath it and when there isn't. Even if it's poetically written and technically brilliant, I'd rather hear something that's all over the place but has some soul to it."

Teddy Thompson on Amazing

More quotes about Amazing

• "Sometimes I think my husband is so amazing that I don't know why he's with me. I don't know whether I'm good enough. But if I make him happy, then I'm everything I want to be."

  Angelina Jolie on Amazing

• "If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you'll be amazed at the results."

  George S. Patton on Amazing

• "It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit."

  Harry S. Truman on Amazing

• "If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you."

  Les Brown on Amazing

• "Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."

  Conan O'Brien on Amazing

More quotes by Teddy Thompson

• "I like England more than I did when I left. It's become a bit of a better country in the last ten years, in the attitude of it. A bit more Americanized, which is both good and bad. At least when you order a cup of coffee they don't give you a hard time."

• "I used to listen to my dad a lot as a way of trying to be close to him, as well, because my parents were divorced and I didn't spend that much time with him. And I used to put headphones on and listen to my dad talk and sing and I found that quite... bonding with him, in a weird way."

• "I think I'm too cynical for L.A. My sense of humor doesn't go down well here, which probably affects my love life. I need to have a laugh track following me around so people know I'm trying to be funny."

• "I love the sad songs with their maudlin, self-deprecating, almost funny lyrics. As an Englishman, they make a lot of sense."

• "My goal when I started out was to get to the point where I could tour a lot and make a living, which means getting paid enough to hire my own band, travel and end up with a bit of money, but I'm still nowhere near that point. Because I didn't have a band and fan base when I started, I did everything backward."