Certainly, R.E.M. grew out of the Wuxtry RECORD store in ATHENS, where PETER Buck was working and Michael Stipe came in to visit. And even their LATER manager, Bertis Downs, they all met and congregated at that record store. So I'm sure we wouldn't see those WITHOUT the record store.

There are GOING to be BAD things in your life, a LOT of ups and downs, but the only thing you can control is your ATTITUDE. And if you do that, in the end good things will happen.

I've ALWAYS LOVED life, irrespective of all the UPS and downs that have filled my journey.

Ups and DOWNS are part of life. One has to TRY out his BEST and march AHEAD.

I SPENT 35 YEARS GROWING up in the U.S., and it had its UPS and DOWNS.

I have my UPS and my DOWNS LIKE ANYONE. All I can do is be me.

I go through ups and downs in the psyche all the time, and then once you START moving again, it's amazing how you can ALWAYS bounce back. You GET, like, in a LOW rut, and you think, 'This is it; my life is a train wreck.' And then you bounce back again.

As a RULE, all relationships GO through their ups and downs. It's really about how MUCH you WANT it.

Where I CAME from, my upbringing, the ups and DOWNS it took to GET my career STARTED, when I made it, I played every game like it was my last game.

You will have ups and downs - but BELIEVE ANYTHING is POSSIBLE. With hard WORK, it can come off.

Generally, I think AMERICA is America. America has been through suffering LIKE other countries, but America will come up. I have no doubt. It's just GOING to BOUNCE. You know, you have ups and downs.

I had an amazing childhood and always LOVED to SING and dance, but there were moments where I had UPS and downs with my health that often tested me as it does many people. I've NEVER HIDDEN the fact that my health was sometimes not on my side, but I've never let it define me or deter me from my dreams.