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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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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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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Self-doubt is real. Everyone has it. Having confidence and losing confidence is real, too, and everyone has been in that position.
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The beauty of jazz is that it can accommodate all styles. You can take jazz and put rock in it, and it's still jazz.
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The few words of a title are the hardest words for any author to come up with.
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From the time I signed on to 'The Following,' things have already vastly changed in the entertainment world in general. It's an adjustment for me.
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The genre of '80s action movies, I think, changed really when The Matrix came out and Keanu Reeves was able to perform kung fu. Then you had Matt Damon in the Bourne films, doing a great job. So it's different now, they can train actors to do their own fights convincingly on screen, so those guys aren't needed anymore. But I think everything goes around in circles; people still do want to see the guys that can do stuff for real, that's why The Expendables is so popular. I think it will come back again.
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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.
