Billy Childish Quotes

I just really like people, and being a freelancer can be lonely during the day, when you're at home trying to write anything you can. 'Flight Of The Conchords' was so wonderful because I had a family for two years.

People talk about alienation in the city. Diners are a place where you feel comfortable, an extension of your house.

Home can be the friend you have been searching for all your life or the person you met once very briefly.

It makes you feel at home when you can talk to somebody and really talk about anything.

It's a human thing to want to spend time with people you know well.

As an adult, you want to connect with people, and you want to feel accepted.

Maryland is such a special place, man... You miss that warm, friendly love. It ain't like that everywhere else in the world.

I made some friends who are still friends, and this is the city of my birth. I love living here when there's a reason to, other than just moving here. I still don't like the winters here, but it's an amazing city and I love it.

Humans are social beings, and we are happier, and better, when connected to others.

Coming from a smaller place always made things feel more personal, which is really what it's all about.

I love South Florida; this is where I am from, so I don't think there is anything more rewarding than knowing that where you grew up is standing behind you and supporting you.

I love people. I hate to be by myself.

One never reaches home, but wherever friendly paths intersect the whole world looks like home for a time.

I have found that most of the things I want from living I must get from people.

I never felt I had the kind of relationship with Magic that I could just pick up the phone and call him at home.

No pleasure has any savor for me without communication.

Wherever I am, it's a really good feeling to have that connection to people. I love to go out to talk to people and be with folks. I don't shy away from it.

Being in a relationship grounds you. You feel a sense of home.

The need for connection and community is primal, as fundamental as the need for air, water, and food.

Much unhappiness comes from walking alone. When there are several, it's somewhat different. I must get into the habit of listening to others, for what the others say concerns me, too.

Human beings are not designed to be alone. None of God's creatures are.

The solution to alone-ness is not more solitude, but companionship and community.

People crave comfort, people crave connection, people crave community.

Next to my family in Manila, Journey is my family.

No one was created to be alone.