- Nov 07, 2020
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- Creative
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't be a creative person if I'm a celebrity.
- Hard Part
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- Nov 07, 2020
The hard part about writing about a guy like John Brown is that he was so serious, and his cause was so serious, that most of what's been written about him is really serious and, in my opinion, a little bit boring.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love the language of, you know, the old black country man with a blues guitar and... boots and the quick banter.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The abolitionists were not like the rugged people out West, and they were not like John Brown, either. They were people who made speeches and did politics.
- Frederick
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you meet your heroes, you're always going to be disappointed. Frederick Douglass was a great man, but would I want my daughter to marry him? Probably not. That doesn't mean that I don't think he's a great man.
- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
James Brown was the Monday-to-Friday guy. He was the hardest man in show business. He was like your dad and your uncle: He showed up, and he hit hard.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
James Brown's music still sounds as fresh and as good and as new as it did when he first created it.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
A band is not a democracy: It's show business.
- Teaches
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing teaches writing.
- Leaf
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- Nov 07, 2020
I type most of my books for the first chapter or two - I use a manual typewriter for the first 50 pages or so - and then I move to the computer. It helps me keep the work lean so I don't end up spending 10 pages describing a leaf.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you can whistle the melody, then the song will stick. But if you need a bunch of machines to make it sound good, you're probably not writing anything that's going to last a long time.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My main problem with fiction is that once my characters get moving, you just have to follow them along and get out of the way of the story, but sometimes they pull me in too many directions, and I need to focus.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of my work is done when everyone else is asleep.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I go through periods listening to specific types of music. Because I'm a musician, listening to music is... it's a bit like work for me. A little bit.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in a house with a lot of kids, brothers and sisters. So I don't mind a lot of talking, yelling, playing. I can tune most of that out.
- Depressing
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- Nov 07, 2020