Showing off is the fool's idea of glory.

showing off is the fools's idea of glory.

Frankly, I think I’m just a balding, goateed show off.

I just thought I’d always wanted to show off; quite honestly, acting is showing off.

It's just rock and roll. A lot of times we get criticized for it. A lot of music papers come out with: 'When are they going to stop playing these three chords?' If you believe you shouldn't play just three chords it's pretty silly on their part. To us, the simpler a song is, the better, 'cause it's more in line with what the person on the street is.

What could you possibly see in little ol’ three-chord me?

Some people just seemed to want to display their power by defining what others could or couldn’t do.

Max Bialystock: That's it, baby, when you've got it, flaunt it, flaunt it!

If you do something too good, then, after a while, if you don't watch it, you start showing off. And then you're not as good any more.

If you're trying to show off for people at the top, forget it. They will look down on you anyhow. And if you're trying to show off for people at the bottom, forget it. They will only envy you. Status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone.

Well anyone can make a 'weird' [chord] progression by randomly picking triads.

Instead of exhibiting talent in the hope that the world would forgive their eccentricities, they have exhibited only their eccentricities, in the hope that the world would give them credit for talent.

Nothing is duller than a progression of common chords. One wants some contrast, which breaks up the clear white light and makes it iridescent.

One cannot review a bad book without showing off.