Mason Cook Quotes

It's really fun to just get on a bike and just go and, I guess in a way, to be able to leave the tour and not be confined and all that kind of stuff.

I don't want to put any pressure on the music; it's my hobby and my release - a thing that I love.

I like my hands. Which is lucky as I have to spend all day looking at them on the handlebars.

I just go out and play.

No matter what kind of day I've had at school, I always look forward to golf.

I used to spend all my school holidays cycling around, so all this training has made me feel like a kid again.

I have been out again on the river, rowing. I find nothing new.

We grew up climbing trees, playing outdoors and cycling.

I love taking my bike for a spin during my free time.

I just want to go out there and play.

I live in a beautiful village in the middle of the countryside, and being able to disappear off on my bike for a couple of hours two or three times a week is a wonderful way to relax.

I love the sensation of being out in the open air, far away from all the distractions of modern life. I will usually disappear for a couple of hours, and that time on my bike is quite sacred, as it's when I do all my serious thinking. Sometimes I will stop off at bikers' cafe and have a bacon sandwich.

I love to ride my bike, which is great aerobics, but also just a great time for me to think, so it's like this terrific double bill.

Treating myself is more about just going out and having a great hike, or going on a long motorbike ride.

My favorite thing to do is ride a bicycle. I ride road bikes. And for me, it's mobile meditation.

There's a certain amount of freedom involved in cycling: you're self-propelled and decide exactly where to go. If you see something that catches your eye to the left, you can veer off there, which isn't so easy in a car, and you can't cover as much ground walking.

I'm a walker. I enjoy walking, which I think psychologically expresses my feelings of wanting liberation without exerting myself too much.

I love being outside - that's where I'm the happiest.

All vacations can come down to a few little moments - what do your remember when you're alone, totally relaxed and taken out of yourself to appreciate this other world.

Lie on the bridge and watch the water flowing past. Or run, or wade through the swamp in your red boots. Or roll yourself up and listen to the rain falling on the roof. It's very easy to enjoy yourself.

You know, it's kind of hard because I really - I see kids on their Rollerblades and their bikes, and just running around, climbing trees, and I used to do that. And I loved doing that.

I walk my dogs. I garden a little. I play a bit of tennis. Basically when I have spare time I'm making music.

There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.

I love the leisurely amplitude, the spaciousness, of taking a walk, of heading somewhere, anywhere, on foot. I love the sheer adventure of it: setting out and taking off.

I'd better be on the road, or I'll be going nuts. I'm not the kind of guy who sits around with a pipe and slippers watching soap operas.