Shawn Amos Quotes

‘Morsel’ is a perfect word. Forming those six letters on the lips and tongue prompts an instantaneous physiological reaction. The mouth waters. The lips purse.

I get my clothes from three sources: Target, thrift shops, and friends. It’s simple and it’s cheap.

Despite all of our technological advances, content creation still requires time, inspiration, and a certain amount of sweat. There aren’t any shortcuts. You can’t write an algorithm for it. You can’t predict it. You can’t code it.

Depending on your political orientation, the Dixie Chicks are either the great defenders of free speech or American traitors.

At its best, American music is the soundtrack of our long – and often painful – march toward a more perfect union.

We’re all posting and clicking and sharing, but we’re not devoting enough attention to get anything meaningful from it all.

Schizoaffective disorder is a big mental mash-up of a disease. It combines just about every disorder, from depression, delusions, and paranoia to mania, schizophrenia and hallucinations. My mother bounced between all of these regularly while raising me alone in our Hollywood home.

The Woodstock dove on the iconic poster is really a catbird. And it was originally perched on a flute.

I know plenty of Hollywood kids who still struggle with being whole. Their lives are never fully their own – always in the grip of a parent who put celebrity ahead of them.

Chrissie Hynde is the blueprint for any teenage pop star wannabe looking to have some real cred.

Black people cannot look to government to solve their problems.

Men of my father‘s generation were perpetual hustlers, always on the make and always on the move.

While my six-song EP is unlikely to set any sales records, it’s one of my biggest personal achievements – on par with starting my own company. On par with selling my own company.

Harlem‘s Apollo is probably the most well-known music hall in the world.

My father’s very public life as Famous Amos was the opposite of that of his ex-wife, my mother Shirley, who was fighting a very private, solitary battle with mental illness.

Despite the sometimes sordid turns his life took, Michael Jackson always held my fascination, like he did for most of us.

I live in the social purgatory of the San Fernando Valley, while my eldest daughter is bused to a charter school in the fantasy land of Bel Air.

Her makeup, hair and general quirkiness overshadow the fact that Cyndi Lauper was one the most soulful chicks to come out of the ’80s.

If you‘re going to write an anthem for an old man who’s up at political bat for the last time, give him a decent song. Send him off with something that creates some chills or something.

In the world of celebrity, there is one universal law: if there’s a scandal or death, Al Sharpton will be there.

Brands‘ products should be the manifestation of a company’s values. Those values should be the subject of all sorts of wonderful stories that comprise your company’s narrative.

Rock stars should be able to tune their own guitars, apply their own eyeliner, and pick out their own leather pants.

Google+ will never have a user base to rival Facebook‘s. It just won’t. Not even if you include the ‘users‘ who create accounts so that they can use other Google services.

The Republicans need all the entertainment help they can get. When Charlie Daniels was one of your convention headliners, you know you need some serious help.

You can talk about Michael Jackson all you want, but John Hughes was the soundtrack to my 1980s life.

In my early performing days, I played gigs under the pseudonym Whitey McFearsun. I painted my face blue, wore crimson lipstick, and strung on some tight silver latex pants.

Every single tune you know from the 1940s until the 1970s was written, arranged, and demoed in the Brill Building. OK, maybe not every song, but writers from Benny Goodman to Lieber & Stoller to Neil Diamond all kept offices there.

For years, I’ve felt like the loneliest brother on the planet. I don’t play basketball, I can’t dance, and I’d rather listen to Harry Nilsson than hip hop.

From chain gangs to folk songs to intelligent soul, America has created musicians dedicated to truth, justice, and a better American Way.

Chrissie Hynde is the coolest woman alive, and no man can have her.

Of course, screwed up families are not the exclusive province of the famous. Still, most families get to screw up in private.

Long before Wesley Snipes decided he didn’t need to pay the IRS, Willie Nelson was dodging the tax men.

Every major summer blockbuster that is released is essentially a product line being launched across multiple verticals. However, the centerpiece of the product launch is a big, beautiful story whose job is to entertain.

The world moves fast. Business moves fast. Digital media moves extremely fast. It is far too easy to allow ourselves to be constantly blown from one trend to the next.

I take my kids to a farmers‘ market each Sunday to buy organic produce.

Throughout the ’50s, tons of unknown locals came through Sun to record their demos. Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis all made their first recordings at the former Memphis Recording Service.

Musicians burn through more cash than the Federal Reserve.

The rise of digital technology put marketers in a bind. No longer a captive audience, consumers were splitting their time across devices, social networks and websites.

When I was growing up in L.A. in the late ’70s and early ’80s, Michael Jackson’s was the first face on TV that looked like mine.

When I started Amos Content Group in 2009, I made a simple bet: our handmade, contextual, and authentic content will stand out in an increasingly information-saturated world.

The late, great Janis Joplin could drink ten men under the table, then sing loud enough to shake the teeth out of their head.

Year after year, we see a new crop of musicians who do their best to look tough in lipstick and makeup. Maybe it’s a cry for help, an admission of their strong feminine side, or the realization that they don’t look so good any other way. Whatever the reason, makeup is as rock n’ roll as a Marshall stack.

As a child, I experienced black culture as many people did in America: on the TV, radio, and stages.

Protest is patriotic. Since the beginning of musical time, American singers and songwriters have used their talent and bully pulpits to show us America’s strengths and shortcomings.

There was a time when a musician was forced to act in a video. Seeing a singer step too far outside of his comfort zone to pour all of his high-school-drama angst into a poorly scripted scenario was a sight to behold.

Memphis is the place where rock was born and Martin Luther King, Jr., was killed. It’s full of contradictions, abject poverty, and riches that only music can provide.

I spent years shaking the damage that comes with being burned by living near someone else‘s spotlight.

We all know the record biz don’t pay. All musicians have day jobs – no matter how big they are.

Many cities make music, but no city breathes music quite like Memphis. The songs and sounds that come from here are uniquely American.

Somewhere along the line, a concert became a variety show. It was no longer enough for four dudes to play together in front of some guitar amps. Costume changes, an army of dancers, and Broadway theatrics suddenly became standard for a ‘concert.’