James Wolcott Quotes

Walk on a rainbow trail; walk on a trail of song, and all about you will be beauty. There is a way out of every dark mist, over a rainbow trail.

A Little Hope' is a song we wrote a couple of years ago and hated the thought of it not getting at least a little attention. It's a song that just makes you smile.

That's what my music does for me. It makes people happy. When I play, I thank the Lord I've never seen someone walk away from a Dick Dale dance not having a good time. That's what it's all about.

If you hear a good song, it makes you hopeful like, 'That is out there.'

Dare, dream, dance, smile, and sing loudly! And have faith that love is an unstoppable force!

Life seems terrible and disappointing, so you need to find something you need to make you stick around. Music that makes me happiest is the saddest music, with the most emotional feel.

Without a song, each day would be a century.

There are so many things to be worried about, and I wanted to make a record that people could put on, and it would lift them up the way the sun did for me each day.

Comedy is an escape, not from truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

It is my fondest wish that the gift of song that God has given me will flow from my soul to yours and help ease any burden that might weigh upon you.

The man who radiates good cheer, who makes life happier wherever he meets it, is always a man of vision and faith.

African-American music tends to have, at the very least, a glimmer of hope to it - sometimes full-fledged hope.

I'm continually inspired by nature, and the rainbow is one of nature's greatest optical phenomenons. The sighting of a rainbow never fails to bring a smile to people's faces. They signify optimism and positivity: with them comes the sunshine after the rain.

It's a beacon of hope in a dark world. You watch 'The Muppets' and you're smiling for an hour and a half, and then you go outside, and the economy is in crisis.

My main thing is I just want to share as much hope and happiness as possible for music. If I can share as many moments and help people believe in themselves... if I can do that, then I'll feel like my job is done.

I've always had a profound conviction that great music is about joy, even in the face of tragedy.

People are hungry for messages of hope and life.

Through my optimism I naturally prefer and capture the beauty in life.

I just want to be able to play and make people feel good with what I do. When you're thinking that way, anything can happen. And, usually, what happens is good.

I think there's always been hope in my songs, no matter how they've first appeared. I think there's always been a shred of hope in everything I've written 'cause I like that balance.

Without faith, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.

Life can be challenging and sad... but music is the easy part.

I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.

Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.

Life is a song to me.