Michael Patrick King Quotes

I have never worn a watch. I did at 17 and it annoyed me.

Time is about the need to control. Let go of control and embrace what happens.

I really don't map out my life. There's no big plan.

If you get too attached to how you want it to come out the other side, you freeze. I try to trust that it will work out in the end.

I just go with the flow, I follow the yellow brick road. I don't know where it's going to lead me, but I follow it.

You can have your own watch and always doubt it. If I had a watch I'd probably always be doubting it or the batteries would be dying. I just know that people always have trouble with their watches, and that's why I like public clocks.

Working on my own gave me a chance to take my time and experiment a lot.

I'm the most low-maintenance person on the road.

When you empower people you sign up for a life of uncertainty and change.

I have a lot of goals, but I think that I just want to take it day by day.

I don't plan my life.

They've kind of backed off and allowed me to do what I do. I think that's the biggest testament is that they know when to have a hand in things, and they know when to back off, let me work, and let me do my thing. During my time in NXT, they have definitely done that.

There are two types of people in the world: those who wear a watch and those who don't.

I don't like clocks.

A watch is the most essential part of a lecture.

I have a timetable, but no routine.

The house clock, place certain there at the bottom of things, strikes the half hour dry and null. All is so much, all is so deep, all is so dark and cold!

I'm not a time person. A watch is not good for me.

We've always said that our band is pretty much an open system and there's no rules governing anything... so who knows what the future will hold?

Let's stop the startwatch.

I don't thrive on control. I'm not looking for control. I think I get better results when I don't control things.

A stopped clock is correct twice a day, but a sundial can be used to stab someone, even at nighttime.

My poor fellow, why not carry a watch?

I know I'm the guy others will lean on.

There are two kinds of clocks. There is the clock that is always wrong, and that knows it is wrong, and glories in it; and there is the clock that is always right - except when you rely upon it, and then it is more wrong than you would think a clock could be in a civilized country.