Canadian Quotes

On December 5, 1941, Chicago led a task force built around the carrier Lexington to Midway Island, at the western end of the Hawaiian Islands, about 1,000 miles from Pearl Harbor.

My observations of Japanese naval fighting men, their abilities and equipment led me to believe that they gave a better account of themselves than we did.

My assignment was in the communications office, where I typed out dispatches.

Lexington did launch its air group when a Japanese carrier was reported.

In basic training we had been told to watch out for Japanese spies.

I was assigned to the heavy cruiser Chicago.

I received my parents' permission and went into the Navy on June 3, 1941.

I passed a typing test and became a member of the staff of Rear Adm. Newton.

Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.

Chicago's buoy was a couple of hundred yards astern of Arizona, and I was saddened to look at her.

Another nice thing was that I would type out letters home for the admiral's stewards. They would then feed me the same food the admiral ate.

After the Battle of Midway there was a week in a rest camp at Pearl Harbor.

A chief petty officer taught me shorthand, which got me promoted to yeoman first class.

If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.

I think a lot of people want to be remembered the way they were, as opposed to the way they are now.

I remember being in Hollywood at the age of 16 and marveling at the stars. The idea of being part of it never entered my mind. It was too far-fetched.

I pack every minute I can with something to do.

I only write music for myself, I don't try and appeal to anyone else.

I never took a grant or borrowed a penny from anybody. It was partially because I didn't really know how to do that, but secondly, my pride never would have allowed me to. In the beginning it was about doing it the right way, on the merits of the music.

I never had a long-term plan.

I need to be able to rock out.

I moonlight as a singer.

I like to be able to present myself in two or three different ways because I've never really wanted to rest on my laurels and be something that people expected.

I like the idea of helping people help people.

I grew up with British rock.

I feel quite sad for the young musicians coming up because they may never get to pay their rent properly. It doesn't matter what the genre; nowadays, it's so much harder than it ever was.

I don't like long tours. I find it much easier to go out for a short spurt every month.

I do 100 shows a year, but I do it in fits and starts, as opposed to going on a long run.

I always just wanted to be the singer or the bass player in the band. I'd love to have a band, where I was obviously the singer, but where it wasn't me, it wasn't my name.

Focus on your music and not technology.