John Kitzhaber's Quotes

First of all, pharmaceutical costs are the single fastest-growing part of our health care budget.

I don't want to suggest that controlling pharmaceutical costs is the answer to what ails the U.S. health care system. It isn't.

States, virtually all of them, have a constitutional requirement to operate on a balanced budget.

The reason prescription drugs are so important at the state level is because they're eating up the Medicaid budget.

I had a lovely time growing up.

I like a lot of soul, but I also put a lot of folk into what I do.

I love grooves and dance music, but I like the feeling behind songs too.

I love making music so it's important for me to keep doing that even if the schedule is busy.

I love singing. It makes me feel good. It's like a release, especially when I'm singing soul music.

I love writing songs and being a musician, but you can't really buy the feeling of connecting with people.

I think I skipped a lot of music, like when I was 17 or 18. I didn't know about a lot of new bands because I was so immersed in older music.

I'm active - I like playing football, but I'm not very good. I like running, but I'm not really fast.

I'm not really into the rock n' roll lifestyle; I'm a music geek!

I've been more single than not in my short life.

If you earned money listening to music, I'd be a millionaire.

It's quite hard not to cringe at your own music; you're always a bit annoyed at some parts of it.

My idea of home is not necessarily a place.

There's nothing more exciting to me than using real instruments in the studio.

It's annoying when you've got a guitar and you're working on music and then you have to go and do the shopping or someone calls your mobile and you get distracted or you have to go out and do something.

The main thing in making your own music is that it's an expression of someone's personality and being. That's what people want to hear, and you can't really teach that - that's just something that comes out. Teaching just hones that.

You always have in the back of your mind that would be cool if you get recognized. But you can't concentrate on any of those things. You've got to just keep playing and doing your music and the rest is just a bonus.