16 Quotes by Tony Williams

What deep violence does the mind invent / As polar opposite to love. (In 'Hat Love').

I woke up this morning as I do every morning, with an attitude of gratitude.

True happiness comes from within. When we stop looking for social proof and trust in ourselves, a certain magic happens. You are the most important person in your life, and, we are one.

Drummers don't write - or at least, that's what everybody believes.

I've studied all my musical life, but learning is only good if you do something constructive with it.

I think my playing has been orchestral throughout the years, and this is another way of expressing that. But I primarily see it as the ultimate accomplishment of a musician. Composing makes me feel like I've finally gotten all the way up the ladder as a musician.

What all of us heard (at Monday night's public hearing) is that the animal shelter is not open enough. I think we need to do a better job of organizing it so that it's more available to the public,

We were in a car accident one time, and in that one second that I swerved on the road-- it made a difference between life and death.

We may find that it's a wastewater plant operator or our parks employees whose pay we need to adjust higher. We'll know that better after we do a significant survey of 10 or 12 cities that we think we should stack up against.