Dierks Bentley Quotes

Everything I own has some significance to me.

A lot of the things I hold onto have memories attached to them. Bags, shoes and jewelry that were given to me from photo shoots and fashion shows throughout my career.

I tend to look out for things with a resonance to my youth - artists or objects that seemed romantic all those years ago. I never buy anything purely for its value. I like possessions that smile back at me.

I always want objects in my home that have a connection to me or something I've loved. It's still stuff, but it's stuff that has meaning.

I keep on calling them records because they will always be records to me.

Most of my rings are not expensive at all; they're just things that remind me of people that gave 'em to me. And they all have their own stories, their own meanings.

People's most prized possessions carry deeply symbolic and emotional significance.

It’s hard to throw away history. It was like you were throwing away a part of yourself.

I love wearing things that come with a story.

I keep all of my letters, postcards, and thank you notes. I'll keep them forever!

I don't ever want to part with any of my shoes. They all have a special place in my heart because they say something about who you are today.

For me, clothing is nothing without the story behind it. Everything I own evokes some kind of memory.

In every woman's wardrobe, there are certain accessories that cannot be separated from their back stories.

I archive a lot of my clothes and have them wrapped up and in boxes. I call them 'little tombs' and keep them in a storage space... I would never get rid of the dress I wore on the night I won my Oscar. When I die, someone can have it, but not a minute before!

The guys in my band buy instruments and sell and trade them. But if I have something I hang onto it. Everything is sentimental to me.

I still have my Levi's jacket that I bought on the Portobello Road when I was 14, and it's like part of me, you know, it's got oils in it, and it's my comfort, security blanket or something.

I have a lot of objects in my space, little things, reminders, memories.

Clothes have memories, and sometimes you don't want to remember. People remember where they bought the clothes, who gave them, or where they stole them from.

I love having my ghosts, and I love having my memories.

The guitar l learned on was probably worth $4 or something, but it was priceless to me. It meant so much.

It's so hard getting rid of something that means something to you, as many of the pieces on our site do for me.

Minneapolis has always been a very special place for me.

I hate throwing personal things away, especially my cards. As I know I won't be dancing for ever, these are the things that I will look back on.

Keeping physical items from the past is important - we keep old toys, grandparents' jewelry, yearbooks, dance recital programs - and we assign meaning to them. Those items become the memories, and that's a very healthy thing to do. The problems occur when we have too many of those sentimental items, and they start weighing us down.

It's your glove, your baseball glove. It's got a soul, a memory all its own, and a future that never fades because it has never let go of the grasp the past has on you and so many others.