Christian Scott Quotes
Man I mean, the great thing about playing clubs in Harlem is people have an appreciation not just for the music but for the history of the music.
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Not everybody fantasizes about robbing a bank, but I think most people have that fantasy of being in a high speed chase.
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There is nothing out there that I have a grudge against or I have a problem with.
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The times that I have done something that I didn't respond to emotionally right away, it's generally not worked out too well.
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In terms of people that I know, my grandmother and my mother are huge influences on my writing life because they are both massively supportive and always have been of my career.
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The differences between revolution in art and revolution in politics are enormous. Revolution in art lies not in the will to destroy but in the revelation of what has already been destroyed. Art kills only the dead.
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Most of the press is in league with government, or with the status quo.
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Greetings and death to our enemies.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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When I'm making a film, I'm obsessive about what I do, and I get totally into it. That's all I'm eating, breathing, living at that moment.
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One of my favorite episodes was the one in which Homer grew hair. That was a very unique episode, since there was a gay secretary, but that wasn't even the issue of the show-the issue was Homer's image changing because he had hair.
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Immigrants use the library often. A lot of them don't have access to books and Internet at home. They seem so disconnected to the city.
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Good God, do you mean to say this place is a club?
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The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.
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I hope everybody enjoys our input on 'Black Water' - it sure was a lot of fun getting to record it.
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous.
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Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.
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I'm not a politician, I'm not an ideologue, I'm not an organizer anymore. I'm a human being sharing ideas, and those ideas have to feel fresh and from my heart and my head, and I have to feel it. You can't force that feeling.
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Six of my 12 grandchildren are black.
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He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.
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I started playing guitar when I was eight. Well, I started piano and really liked it but never practiced, but it taught me how to read music, and then my mom signed me up for guitar lessons, and I connected to that way more.
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Look, taste is clearly the crudest of our senses: this is scientifically, objectively factual. It is less nuanced. Eyesight is extraordinary - hearing, touch. I find people who devote their whole lives to taste a little strange.
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Man I mean, the great thing about playing clubs in Harlem is people have an appreciation not just for the music but for the history of the music.
