I spent my childhood in an imaginary world - probably because I needed an escape. I think that's one of the reasons people have imaginations - because they can't maintain existence here.


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When you wear a bow tie, doors open for you. Your posture is a little more erect; your shoulders are...
DHANI JONES
I think we're very lucky that there is a tradition of British actors working in America and bein...
FELICITY JONES
The good, old-fashioned family can help. Students learn by example, and if their parents, aunts, unc...
AL JONES
That's a worry, because we have seen the intensity of students playing video games, watching TV more...
AL JONES
It's the personal, intimate nature of books. It's hard to curl up with a computer.
AL JONES
Somebody must have run a red light, I'm thinking that's the Honda based on preliminary reports.
AL JONES
He was kind of the old-style beat cop. He took care of his area; he really felt responsible for his ...
AL JONES
We talked in the locker room about how we've improved so much. That's what you want a young group to...
AL JONES
We dug ourselves a hole pretty deep and just couldn't get back out of it. We didn't score a field go...
AL JONES
When you don't know what the band looks like, it puts the emphasis on thinking and taking the mu...
ADAM JONES
In the time between records, I always have lots of stuff going on. I shoot photography, make little ...
ADAM JONES
I'm a self-taught guitarist, but I have a classical music background.
ADAM JONES
Doing the stereotypical solo bores me.
ADAM JONES
I mean, Tool has a style, but we try to make all our songs sound different from each other.
ADAM JONES
I personally don't like to use as many effects because when you play live, something always goes...
ADAM JONES
I think people like Steve Vai are so boring.
ADAM JONES
I'm not a good guitar player.
ADAM JONES
If I play anything that sounds like a solo, it's gonna sound like a lyric.
ADAM JONES
Many of the songs on Undertow were written at the time Opiate came out.
ADAM JONES
My approach is to be part of a band that makes music, not hit songs.
ADAM JONES
That's the thing I like about my sound. It's real raw and very unsafe compared to a solid st...
ADAM JONES
We could have gone with much bigger labels and more money, but we wanted to go with a company that i...
ADAM JONES
With four perfectionists in the band, we have a hard time reaching perfection.
ADAM JONES
I never thought 'Stairway to Heaven' was a long song. I loved how there was this part and th...
ADAM JONES
I'm not into solos, I'm into lyrics.
ADAM JONES
That's what I love about our music - it'll never be a hit because you can't dance to it.
ADAM JONES
We're more into expressing ourselves than making radio hits.
ADAM JONES
I'm my own worst critic and I think everyone in the band is a perfectionist.
ADAM JONES
I'm not a geek about equipment, I just know what I like.
ADAM JONES
I think putting labels on people is just an easy way of marketing something you don't understand...
ADAM JONES
Fine art is really something I want to get into.
ADAM JONES
I seriously do not think Nirvana is grunge.
ADAM JONES
Different people get different things out of the images. It doesn't matter what it's about, ...
ADAM JONES
As far as the grunge thing, there are three bands from Seattle that I would call true grunge.
ADAM JONES
I listen to Helmet - and I love Helmet, they're a great band - but every song sounds the same.
ADAM JONES
The great privilege it has been to work with some of the most talented people on the face of the ear...
DEAN JONES
Working with kids in Soweto in South Africa, it's rough out there. But the bottom line is you...
QUINCY JONES
I listen to a lot of Christian music, and reading my Bible calms me down immensely.
LOLO JONES
Film directing is really undermined if you attempt to do it by committee because there has to be a s...
DUNCAN JONES
My mum calls my temper 'Devilman.' They say you calm down with age, but I don't know. It...
VINNIE JONES
When it's the caliber of fight that Canelo Alvarez and Liam Smith is, that's a big deal, and...
JERRY JONES
After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at sch...
SHIRLEY JONES
I've perfected the art of busting on people. That's how comedians show each other love.
LESLIE JONES
I can tell you, I grew up with great coaching, and it had nothing to do with sports. I had great par...
JERRY JONES
I would doubt, if you call the governor, that he would supply to you his correspondence with his chi...
ALAN JONES
I think most any legislator would probably be most happy to talk to anyone about their draft legisla...
ALAN JONES
We have been trying to secure Ryan's services for quite a while now but, due to other commitments, h...
ALAN JONES
KP would have loved that.
ALAN JONES
He stood for something they loved. They admired the swagger about him.
ALAN JONES
The innings were too short, but there were a lot of runs.
ALAN JONES