- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Long Quotes
On patience, process and playing the long game.
Several quotes here describe how long real work actually takes: commissioning a television show, learning from mistakes only years later, or thinking generationally about where humanity stands. For a related theme, see our Long Time quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've got a long list of things I consider to be selling out. But amongst that list, one of them is when you make art without putting your guard down.
- Curious
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm so into music that I just stop and listen, whenever there's music on. That's the problem with being a musician for so long. I can get lost in the bassline, fascinated with the arrangement, curious about the production. I can't shut it out.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Allman Brothers Band has a long, storied history and I wouldn't count them out. It's just not in the cards for me.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
We got our old Neve recording console, it was owned by The Kinks for a long time.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
A long time ago, I thought, as a writer in the Caribbean, 'I don't ever want to have to write 'It was great in Paris.'' Because I don't think, proportionately speaking, that one's experience in a city as opposed to, say, a village in St. Lucia, is superior to the other.
- Frustration
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- Nov 07, 2020
The big, fun, ambitious ideas tend to come out of the frustration of talking for too long about the smaller, weaselly ones.
- don't Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whatever I have to do to help my team win. I don't care how many carries it is. As long as it's successful and we've got the ball, I'm all for it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't care where I'm at in the heavyweight division. As long as I win enough, so they keep me. That's about it.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
As long as I have my faith in God, I'm good. I know everything else is going to come.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being healthy is a complete lifestyle for me. It allows my brain to function at a very high degree so I can comprehend all the new things that are thrown at me. It also allows me to sleep well so that I am rested when I need to perform. Finally, being healthy will hopefully allow me to live a long and fun-filled life.
- Long Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
I decided to do something I've been wanting to do for a long time - go get a chef and a nutritionist - and I brought them on board.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020