Lou Barlow Quotes

I enjoy meeting not only contemporary children, but yesterday's children as well. It's nice to talk about the experiences we shared, they tell me, 'You were a good friend.' That's the warmest part.

One of the reasons I moved back to Brooklyn is to get to hang out with the guys I've known since we were 12, 13 years old. Having that sense of community is incredibly important to me.

So many of the people who I played opposite, or just worked with, became friends forever.

I can only think of about four players who I do not have anywhere from a good to a great relationship with.

You're going to be friends with people longer than you're going to be teammates in this game.

I think maintaining relationships with my friends, my mother, my manager, they're all important.

I've always liked working with friends or, you know, people I have outside relationships with.

That's the great thing about having your friends around you. I've known these guys forever. I really enjoy their company just as people. You couldn't ask for a better work environment.

Working with people, the musical part is one thing but the personal part is totally different and just as critical. If the friendship is there and it's a lasting friendship, then it will take care of itself.

I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first.

So yeah, but from the show and as far as MTV I have a lot of friends, and from the challenges and the other shows, that I've met. I currently don't have any enemies that I know of.

I like the consistency of having people in my life for a long time.

I have some lifelong friends I grew up with.

When you work alongside somebody day in and day out, the relationships tend to be wonderful: they're lifelong.

People are really happier with friends than they are with their families or their spouse or their child.

I have to say one of the most gratifying things about being in this industry for a long time is you do develop a genuine sense of community with the people you know and collaborate with.

Ninety per cent of the crew that work with me are there since my childhood and which is why I do not want to work too much outside - because the people I work with are as important for me as my role.

I am on good terms with whoever I have worked with. We never discuss films. We discuss life and what we had for lunch!

I have had the same friends for a really long time, and I like them because they like some of the stuff I like, but they are also really different from me.

In our 'Strictly' group, we really did bond. It's seemingly disappointing to some that we had no diva meltdowns. I made true friends during the experience, which is surprising because I'm not a new-pals sort of person.

In more than 10 years, I've formed three real friendships. Mousa Dembele, for example. We've known each other since we were 12, our wives are from Amsterdam, he lives in London and we both have a kid.

Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the interests hatreds.

I remain good friends with most of the major relationships in my life.

With one exception everybody who has ever been involved with me is still a great friend of mine.

The Making of Friends Life is sweet because of the friends we have made And the things which in common we share; We want to live on, not because of ourselves, But because of the ones who would care. It's living and doing for somebody else On that all of life's splendor depends, And the joy of it all, when we count it all up, Is found in the making of friends.