Mark McGrath Quotes
I'm really fed up with all the credibility talk. A lot of times it seems to be more important than the music. Well, I guess for a lot of people it actually is. We don't care for credibility.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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One is that we stand - my two confreres and I - in some degree as representatives of a great number of fellow workers over the entire world, who are enthusiastically active in this field of ours.
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I wanted life to be episodic. I wanted to be a magazine photographer and I was willing to do what it took to become that.
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There is always the fear of failure, and if you struggle, you become nervous, and that's when the underdogs have an opportunity to create a surprise.
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The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
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Some people collect vintage cars, I collect Birkins. The leather ones are £20,000.
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My older kids are fantastic people. It can't be the result of my influence on them.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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I really am an open book. I don't keep anything in at all, which is good and bad.
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If you can slow the biological process of aging, even a minor slowdown in the rate at which we age yields improvements in virtually every condition of frailty and disability and mortality that we see at later ages.
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Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.
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Eighty-five per cent of the crowd is going to fall in love with me - they're going to feel it, wow. But fifteen per cent are going to think, 'This guy is obnoxious.' I spend enormous time with them - every negative review of 'Crush It!' on Amazon has a response from me - and I can probably bring back ten of the fifteen.
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Let's overwhelm the Castro regime with iPhones, iPads, American cars and American ingenuity.
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People ask how could I be so conservative. Well, I was born to people raised in 1889.
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Very old fashioned to say that they will be well behaved but I think it's very important.
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I find that the time that goes by is actually your best friend when you are making a record. The passing of time gives you perspective on what you recorded and what you wrote. If something sounds good to you 12 months after you recorded it then chances are pretty good that there's something valuable about the part or the song.
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Race and class are extremely reliable indicators as to where one might find the good stuff, like parks and trees, and where one might find the bad stuff, like power plants and waste facilities.
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N.Y. hip-hop is ok, but we gotta become brave again; we have to be brave enough and do something new - that's what New York is about... New.
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I think we can really use magic in a way never attempted before to inspire these children, help rally their self-confidence and even help them develop social skills. This is a national effort, not just here in Las Vegas. I know we can give them a true passion.
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The American people on the ground need a clearer, stronger, Lyndon B. Johnson-type voice from their president.
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Sometimes people can put way too much emphasis on looking 'hot' which can be stressful and put you in your head.
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I love the architecture magazines and all of the French magazines for decoration or whatever. I end up enjoying them more sometimes than the fashion magazines.
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I'm really fed up with all the credibility talk. A lot of times it seems to be more important than the music. Well, I guess for a lot of people it actually is. We don't care for credibility.
