- Confidence
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- Nov 07, 2020
Me Quotes
Quotes rooted in the first person.
These are quotes centered on 'me' - childhood memories tied to family traditions, like a grandfather's holiday reading passed down for decades, alongside admissions about how humor can double as self-protection. Several speak to the solitary nature of creative work, something also explored in Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
The academic area of new music or modern music festivals is not something which attracts me at all.
- Remember
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember once, when I started writing for the alto saxophone, a saxophonist told me to think of it as being like a cross between an oboe and a viola, but louder.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
When Philip Glass asked me if I would be interested in doing a new recording of Jesus' Blood he assumed that I would do something similar to the first version and wanted to know what other pieces would be on the same CD.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think listening to real classic soul material made me learn how to feel music that's sung.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I happen to be a guy who also plays the piano and sings, so people automatically associate me with Billy Joel.
- Guitar
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad didn't want me to play guitar. He played piano, so I chose that. And I ended up loving it.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, one of the privileges of being a writer is to poke your nose around and learn about worlds you don't know.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, emotion comes first. If I have to change a scene, invent a scene, change dialogue, or put Graff by the lake in order to feel that dynamic, and the end results feels like 'Ender's Game,' then hopefully it works.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I worked initially in very low-budget independent films that I often wrote. My early work was all written by myself, and then I adapted 'Tsotsi,' so I was used to the writing process being, in a way, integral to my directing. I felt it really prepared me.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can love me or hate me and disagree with me, but you sure as hell know where I stand.
- Courting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not courting labor. I come from a labor background. To me, it's just intuitive.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
My daughter's met Hillary Clinton, so she's got a strong bias. But she, of course, parrots me and goes, 'Oh, Donald Trump, I don't like him!' I'm like, 'That's good!'
- Champion
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- Nov 07, 2020
You'd be hard pressed to find a bigger champion of high-speed rail than me when the bond went to voters. I believed in it.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020