Allen Klein Quotes

Allen Klein — American Author born on April 26, 1938,

Allen Klein was an American businessman, music publisher, writers' representative, filmmaker and record label executive, most noted for his tough persona and aggressive, innovative negotiation tactics, many of which established higher industry standards for compensating recording artists. He founded ABKCO Music & Records Incorporated in 1961. While managing the Rolling Stones, he bought out the interests of former manager Andrew Loog Oldham, acquiring rights to all of the band's music composed before 1971, and after years of determined pursuit by the IRS was convicted of a misdemeanor charge of making a false statement on his 1972 tax return, for which he spent two months of late 1980 in jail. Though Klein was never proven to have participated in the scheme, Peter Bennett, head of promotion for ABKCO, had covertly and unlawfully sold copies of Beatles and solo Beatles releases, including The Concert for Bangladesh... (wikipedia)

Your attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world. Constantly color your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak. Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humor, and your picture begins to lighten up.

You may not be able to change a situation, but with humor you can change your attitude about it.

Zen teaches that once we can open up to the inevitability of our demise, we can begin to transform that situation and lighten up about it.

A little perspective, like a little humor, goes a long way.

Research has shown that people who volunteer often live longer.