- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Go Quotes
Quotes on moving forward.
These quotes are about pushing something forward - a producer's refusal to let a project go, and the long chain of approvals a show has to go through before it airs. Related reading includes Back Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never thought of acting as a creative process. Christ, I used to go to the movies and see Brando talking like he was trying to sell shoes, and he was great. I thought anybody could do it. Then I tried it, and I got so uptight, I'm limited as to what I can do on film.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never was one to go into an office and write. For one thing, I had a job. I was cleaning the ashtrays and setting up the studios at Columbia for a couple of years and working every other week down in the Gulf of Mexico flying helicopters. I didn't really get to just write songs for about five years.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was working the Gulf of Mexico on oil rigs, flying helicopters. I'd lost my family to my years of failing as a songwriter. All I had were bills, child support, and grief. And I was about to get fired for not letting 24 hours go between the throttle and the bottle. It looked like I'd trashed my act. But there was something liberating about it.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
My depression is not something very special. A lot of people go through depression. My divorce is not something very special; a lot of people go through divorce.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think statistics go in one ear and out the other. All of us respond to stories more than numbers.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was super-obsessed with the Spice Girls. Ginger was my favorite. They had a tour in 2008, and my home girls went, but I didn't have the money to go!
- Dream
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always knew I would do music. At first, I wanted to play basketball, and when I let go of that dream when I was 11, I pretty much knew I was going to be in music.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I'm 100 percent myself, I feel like I can go and create any type of music I want.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020