Edgar Winter Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
-
Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.
-
Playing the good guy is tough because you know as well as I do, in real life, you have to watch your P's and Q's and conduct yourself in a respectable manner if you expect to have friends.
-
I had long hair when I was a teenager.
-
I've been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys.
-
I'm half Puerto Rican and every Friday we have rice and beans and chicken in my house - so that's like a very Latin staple. It's just so comforting. I look forward to every single Friday because I just can't wait for my rice and beans and chicken.
-
Karaoke is something that's near and dear and very close to my heart. I was a karaoke host when I was working my way through university. I was a full-time student and karaoke was my night job.
-
Years ago, when I was writing westerns, other writers who were friends of mine wanted me to collaborate with them. And it just didn't work.
-
I'm kind of proud of myself. I've been able to keep a certain grace about me, even in the times of disgrace and craziness.
-
There's a restaurant I go to whenever I can called The Richmond Cafe. It's a little Thai restaurant owned by a group of Thai women - I think they're all a family, and they're just really, really nice, and they make amazing massaman curry.
-
If I were the president, I would tape everything that is said around me and what I said, because we know how sometimes things get misconstrued.
-
I think back to some of the things Harry said and some of the things I said trying to be funny. If I said them now, it would be on the front page of every newspaper in the country.
-
One thing that we decided very early in the relationship is that when he goes, we all go - the whole family.
-
Don't avoid extremes, and don't choose any one extreme. Remain available to both the polarities - that is the art, the secret of balancing.
-
Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.
-
Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
-
'SVU' is one of my favorite shows. When I got the call to appear and play myself, I jumped at the chance. Obviously, I went over my lines, but playing yourself is a really great way to get your feet wet in the acting field. I enjoyed being on set and learning as much as I could about the scripted world.
-
I couldn't live on the singing at first, so I worked as a cleaner, in a launderette, in a garage, face painting and doing the windows of shops at Christmas, 'cause I had been to art college.
-
NASA asked me to create meals for the space shuttle. Thai chicken was the favorite. I flew in a fake space shuttle, but I have no desire to go into space after seeing the toilet.
-
I do think from time to time that conceptual questions arise: What do we mean by equilibrium? What do we mean by this concept and that concept?
-
I'm a big crier in general. The right life insurance commercial will take me out for a couple of days.
-
The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.
-
The function of the killer and watching him - whatever that says about the world in which we live - it was always more about that world than it was about the actual watching.
-
I've always considered myself something of a musical rebel.