Randy Bachman Quotes

I started working occasionally for my father when I was around six. The first skill I learned was how to join a plug to a wire.

I grew up around hardware. I could sell you all the plumbing and electricity you want.

My dad was an electrical engineer.

Fortunately, I've also been an electrician, and that's a happy memory for me.

I could build and roof a house, though electricity is not my thing.

I love to design and remodel houses, from working with the contractors to picking the colours, materials, kitchen and bathroom accessories to finally what furniture goes where.

Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more durable; the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it.

Know the function of a fuse box and the appearance of a tripped circuit breaker.

A lot of words in English confuse the idea of life and electricity, like the word livewire.

I consider myself a D.I.Y. home improvement guy. In a prior life, I completely gutted a house - redid the plumbing, wiring, moved sewage pipes, knocked down walls, everything.

I was training to be an electrician. I suppose I got wired the wrong way round somewhere along the line.

I can't change a light bulb.

A dense undergrowth of extension cords sustains my upper world of lights, music, and machines of comfort.

We laughed over it, and Hemingway punched me in the mouth.

There's a metal train that a mile long and at the very back end a lightning bolt struck her. How long til it reaches and kills the driver, provided that he's a good conductor?

When it's all over, it'll seem like a dream.

When you face a creative change at the house, you have to start a dialogue, and talk with the designer about how he envisions the brand to make sure that you're on the same page. It's the way the designers talk about the brand, and what they see, and their emotions, how they perceive the house.

God has no power over the past except to cover it with oblivion.

You make alterations, affecting your pose, a new house, a new car, a new job, a new nose.

What was so terrible about grief was not grief itself, but that one got over it.

I was a nervous child, I was a bedwetter. I used to sleep with an electric blanket and I was constantly electrocuting myself.

I suppose that the main drive is to find the edge of something and then throw myself over it.

People who renovate and improve homes are penalized by being taxed more for creating value and improving the neighborhood.

Rachel, you summon demons. You’re good at it. Get over it, then find a way to make it work for you. It’s not going to go away.

One has to discover everything for oneself. And get over it all alone.