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Always Quotes

Quotes on what stays constant.

These quotes describe things treated as constants - assuming a favorite team will always compete each season, or committing to always use one's art to elevate others. One even reflects candidly on always being honest about taxes. Related pages include Good Quotes.

I am always aware that I've had a special and privileged life, yet it has been balanced by tragedy as it has been for so many others.

Quotes by Lee Radziwill

'Europe '72' was a super influential record full of fantastic songs and amazing experimental musicianship. I always valued both of those aspects in what Sonic Youth has done through the years - being able to get very abstract and very...

Quotes by Lee Ranaldo

I've always been an acoustic guitar player, and I've pretty much continued to play acoustic guitar throughout all of the Sonic Youth periods. My material for Sonic Youth often started on acoustic guitar.

Quotes by Lee Ranaldo

The Grateful Dead always had their iconography down pat.

Quotes by Lee Ranaldo

As far as we're concerned, we're always Sonic Youth, and we're always making a Sonic Youth record. We just see it so much more as a continuum than a periodic thing. We're just in the studio making the next record,...

Quotes by Lee Ranaldo

I always use the Rolling Stones as the whipping boy for this, but they still play old songs as 90% of their set, and we would die if that were the case.

Quotes by Lee Ranaldo

One thing I always hated with CDs is when people started putting 65 to 75 minutes on their albums.

Quotes by Lee Ranaldo

Sonic Youth was not a singer-songwriter band. It was an electric collective. And, whatever else people's perceptions of Sonic Youth were, it was always about putting together a time-based composition - and that is exactly what songwriting is, in its...

Quotes by Lee Ranaldo

I've always played acoustically - it's how I learned. I grew up listening to Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Dylan and what have you.

Quotes by Lee Ranaldo

I always think that, for me, being someone who comes out of electric guitar experimentation, the idea of playing acoustic guitar is, in itself, kind of a radical move.

Quotes by Lee Ranaldo

New York always has a lot of creativity going on.

Quotes by Lee Ranaldo

Sonic Youth has always been the vehicle for my writing, you know, because it's a collective songwriting entity: we write our songs as a group.

Quotes by Lee Ranaldo

Songs seem to always spring from improvisation.

Quotes by Lee Ranaldo

I was brought up with psychics and tarot cards. My mum was always told I was going to be in a boy band and be famous as a singer.

Quotes by Lee Ryan

I was in the top 10 rock n' roll artists - up there with Sid Vicious. I always had that edge.

Quotes by Lee Ryan

Before singing, I was acting. I was always more into acting than singing. It was the first thing I always wanted to do.

Quotes by Lee Ryan

Retailing, it's always true that there is some items that I wish we had a lot more of like the iPod and there is some items I wish we had a lot less of.

Quotes by Lee Scott

I have always been interested in religion, especially in forms of ecstatic religion, where people are touched directly by the Spirit and go completely out of themselves.

Quotes by Lee Smith

A first love always occupies a special place.

Quotes by Lee Konitz

I always felt as a horn player, a jam session wasn't satisfying enough for me. I should have been a rhythm section player, actually.

Quotes by Lee Konitz

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of quotes are on the "Always" page?
These are quotes built around consistency and long-standing habits or beliefs — taking baseball in October for granted with the Yankees, admitting that hates have "always occupied" the mind more than friendships, an artist's steady objective to use talent to elevate humanity, and someone insisting they've always tried to comply with their taxes.
Is there a surprising quote in this set?
The line "My hates have always occupied my mind much more actively and have given greater spiritual satisfactions than my friendships" stands out — it's an unusually candid admission that's more provocative than most quotes about consistency.
Are these quotes about habits or about values?
A mix of both — some describe simple long-held habits, like an assumption about baseball season, while others describe a deeper, always-held value or purpose, like using art to elevate humanity.
Can I use "Always" quotes as captions?
Yes, especially the artist's line about using talent to elevate humanity — it works well as an inspiring caption. For similarly uplifting lines, see Good quotes or Love quotes.
What if I want something about personal preference instead?
Like quotes or Me quotes would be a better fit — those focus more on individual taste than long-standing consistency.

There's also a darker note, with one line admitting that certain feelings have always taken up more space than friendships. See Love Quotes and Me Quotes for related themes.