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> [Why even live? If that's your goal, if you're just clamoring your way to the top, I mean, why even have a life? Somebody was telling me the other day about the lives of investment bankers who work ninety hours…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larkin-grimm/why-even-live-if-that-s-your-goal-if-you-re-just-clamoring-your-way/)

[Larkin Grimm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larkin-grimm/)

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> [ They \[investment bankers\] don't even want the stuff that they've got, you know the fancy cars and houses. Their consumption is basically just a keeping up with the Joneses or let's buy the markers of success because this is what… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larkin-grimm/they-investment-bankers-don-t-even-want-the-stuff-that-they-ve-got/)

[Larkin Grimm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larkin-grimm/)

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## More by Larkin Grimm

> [I remember reading a book that was on songwriting at some point that I found in my dad's store, and just... I did not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larkin-grimm/i-remember-reading-a-book-that-was-on-songwriting-at-some-point-that/)

[Larkin Grimm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larkin-grimm/)

> [There's a Buddhist story about the guy who wants to be enlightened, and then he gets a cow and a wife and a child,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larkin-grimm/there-s-a-buddhist-story-about-the-guy-who-wants-to-be-enlightened/)

[Larkin Grimm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larkin-grimm/)

> [Before I had a kid, I was off in some kind of cosmic state all of the time, and thinking about the world beyond,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larkin-grimm/before-i-had-a-kid-i-was-off-in-some-kind-of-cosmic-state-all-of-the/)

[Larkin Grimm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larkin-grimm/)

> [Where you go to these really good schools, and it's all about preparing for the next step of success. That was never even on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larkin-grimm/where-you-go-to-these-really-good-schools-and-it-s-all-about/)

[Larkin Grimm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larkin-grimm/)

> [Like the oxytocin you get as a mom makes you forget everything constantly. And I'm a totally different person after having a kid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larkin-grimm/like-the-oxytocin-you-get-as-a-mom-makes-you-forget-everything/)

[Larkin Grimm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larkin-grimm/)

> [Why even live? If that's your goal, if you're just clamoring your way to the top, I mean, why even have a life? Somebody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larkin-grimm/why-even-live-if-that-s-your-goal-if-you-re-just-clamoring-your-way/)

[Larkin Grimm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larkin-grimm/)

> [I started off in architecture, and I just couldn't fit into the vibe there. I just felt more at home in the Art Department,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larkin-grimm/i-started-off-in-architecture-and-i-just-couldn-t-fit-into-the-vibe/)

[Larkin Grimm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larkin-grimm/)

> [When I was working at Omega, I took this Zen retreat, where you're quiet, you don't say anything for a week, and this guy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larkin-grimm/when-i-was-working-at-omega-i-took-this-zen-retreat-where-you-re/)

[Larkin Grimm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larkin-grimm/)

> [I remember there was this one lady shaman who said that having children puts a hole in your soul. And the only way to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larkin-grimm/i-remember-there-was-this-one-lady-shaman-who-said-that-having/)

[Larkin Grimm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larkin-grimm/)

> [Most of the musicians that I'm playing with now have jazz backgrounds, so they're comfortable with improvisation. And they all know to make eye…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larkin-grimm/most-of-the-musicians-that-i-m-playing-with-now-have-jazz-backgrounds/)

[Larkin Grimm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larkin-grimm/)

> [You've got to deal with the world with all of its troubles, while you've still got this alternate image. It's not about being in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larkin-grimm/you-ve-got-to-deal-with-the-world-with-all-of-its-troubles-while-you/)

[Larkin Grimm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larkin-grimm/)

> [So Nemerov showed us this picture, which is of Apollo flaying Marcius. You don't think of Apollo as being the sort of person who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larkin-grimm/so-nemerov-showed-us-this-picture-which-is-of-apollo-flaying-marcius/)

[Larkin Grimm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larkin-grimm/)

> [I've always been curious about people's psychedelic experiences, and I kind of had this assumption that I was going to have some kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larkin-grimm/i-ve-always-been-curious-about-people-s-psychedelic-experiences-and-i/)

[Larkin Grimm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larkin-grimm/)

> [I think everybody is psychic. I think it's one of the things in our subconscious that, for some reason, we've convinced ourselves that it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larkin-grimm/i-think-everybody-is-psychic-i-think-it-s-one-of-the-things-in-our/)

[Larkin Grimm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larkin-grimm/)

> [Usually, I think it's best to play the song for them once and have them mix it up on the spot, because when the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larkin-grimm/usually-i-think-it-s-best-to-play-the-song-for-them-once-and-have/)

[Larkin Grimm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larkin-grimm/)

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