Internal Resistance Quotes

You might occasionally feel that some people are standing in the way and slowing your progress, but in reality the biggest person standing in your way is you. Others can stop you temporarily -- you are the only one who can do it permanently.

I don't organize myself sufficiently to get an album of material together, book the studio, and go. I need to be kicked; I need to be forced physically to go in. That's how it works for me. I'll get a great idea in the house, and it'll stay there unless somebody comes and drags it out of me!

My heart is a protest that I let rally against my ribs.

Ain't nobody messin' with you but you

The mind commands the body and it obeys. The mind orders itself and meets resistance.

Frustration, discouragement, and depression mean you are working against yourself.

We cannot let external criticism, even if it's true, fortify our internal foe. That foe is strong enough already.

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.

As a human, I am flawed in that it is difficult for me to consider others before myself. It feels like I have to fight against this force, this current within me that, more often than not, wants to avoid serious issues and please myself, buy things for myself, feed myself, entertain myself, and all of that.

Our enemy is not lack of preparation; it’s not the difficulty of the project or the state of the marketplace or the emptiness of our bank account. The enemy is our chattering brain, which, if we give it so much as a nanosecond, will start producing excuses, alibis, transparent self-justifications and a million reasons why we can’t/shouldn’t/won’t do what we know we need to do.

He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.

There was something in my brain when it came to exercising - my stomach would churn, my heart would go and beat funny. I'd be like: 'I just don't want to do this.'

A lot of the music comes out of that conflict of wanting this other thing and feeling guilty about wanting it, and then it guiding me somewhere despite my kicking and screaming.

I think the most common meme is that it's too difficult to change. It's too risky to change. My nature doesn't allow me to change.

I think sometimes the hardest obstacle is yourself.

Challenging power structures from the inside, working the cracks within the system, however, requires learning to speak multiple languages of power convincingly.

An enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.

You can best fight any existing evil from the inside.

Your body has enough weight for you to be in perfect condition just working against yourself.

I've never been an outward rebel, but inside, I just rebel deeply.

A lot of people don't like to win. They actually don't know how to win, and they don't like to win because down deep inside they don't want to win.

The greatest impediments to changes in our traditional roles seem to lie not in the visible world of conscious intent, but in the murky realm of the unconscious mind.

Put blinders on to those things that conspire to hold you back, especially the ones in your own head.

I need to rebel against myself. It's the opposite of following your bliss. I need to do what I most fear.

I know I’m doing something wrong and I feel guilty but neither of those things matter enough to make me stop