Bobby Darin Quotes

There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair.

The less I have, the freer I am to do whatever I want to do.

Astride a horse I am not, nor camel-like carry a load, Subjects I have none, nor follow any sultan's code; I worry not for what exists, nor fret for what is lost, I breathe with extreme ease, and live at very little cost.

I have nothing holding me back in my head at all.

I have a very easy life, I can wander around.

I think the reason I've been able to keep making music is because I'm not married, I don't have kids.

Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity.

I don't see myself as someone that brings a lot of luggage.

Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.

Individually, people are finding that a simpler lifestyle provides greater satisfaction than relentless pursuit of materialism.

I live and work alone and travel light, relying largely on my memory and making a point of letting intuition guide my way.

Childhood is Last Chance Gulch for happiness. After that, you know too much.

I don't have a lot of clothes or a lot of possessions to bog me down.

The less I needed, the better I felt.

For 10 years, I gave away my possessions every year and moved on to a new place.

There's a freedom to being young that is harder to come by as time goes on.

I don't think I've had a very interesting life, and I feel that is a great liberation. That gives me great freedom as a fiction writer. Nothing that happened holds any special tyranny over me.

It is quite lovely being single, and I much prefer it.

There are plenty of people out there talking about how difficult it is for some of us to just deal with all the stuff we already have, from packed closets that need organizers to storage spaces to maintenance costs, etc. Lots of people are reevaluating whether or not they need giant garages full of stuff and finding that they don't.

I like to let things breathe.

I'm pragmatic. I like efficiency. I want to read what's in front of me and not have my hands tied.

Adult characters are all the things they've encountered over time. But kids haven't accumulated all the life experience, all the regrets. They tend to be more in the moment, more willing to play, to be joyful.

One of the joys of being at St. George is you were operating under the radar screen a lot of the time, and you could actually get on with things a lot more quickly and easily.

Until I was 42, I could fit everything that I owned into two suitcases.

I can run free here. I can go back to being a kid.