Nicholas James Murphy (Chet Faker) Quotes
I studied audio engineering at university. The background I am from, music was never seen as a viable career; it was always a hobby.
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It's one thing if you write a song and somebody else sings it because you give the OK. But if your voice is on something and you don't get the credit, it's kind of hard.
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What goes for sex goes double for politics.
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But Charlie, Charlie, how can we ever really know anything? Charlie, what or who is God?
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I don't like to practice; I like spontaneity. When I don't play guitar for a week and I pick it up again, I play better.
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Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin - it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring.
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You know, the Brits had a way of - running an empire. And I don't think America is comfortable with an empire.
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I don't think I can play Mr. Bachchan.
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When I eat something like vegetable bibimbap, I get that warm and fuzzy feeling of eating stuff that I grew up with.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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As goes California, so goes the rest of the nation.
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Wouldn't it be grand if we thought that theater could have that impact on the political life of a country?
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I don't know how anyone could stop working.
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I was the first one to allow a projectile to come off of the stage and into the audience. And I kind of take responsibility for the mosh pit.
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I've always been working just to be a world champion and it's a dream come true.
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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I like to see a film and then start scoring it in my mind while doing something unrelated. You just grasp a film and start working, and something unpredictable comes out from a third element. The mind, the more active it is, the more productive it is.
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I do believe that all of the world needs reform. The reform must take place everywhere.
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Ever since I started writing music, I've wanted to know what the songs are about and to be able to tell stories.
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I never thought a career as a musician was possible.
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If you want to express yourself, it is difficult to be by yourself. You must have people around you who understand the same music. It is like being the chef d'orchestra. They need you, but you need them desperately.
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I think Andy Kaufman is to comedy what the Velvet Underground was to music - it's like, 80 thousand records sold, but everybody who bought one started a band.
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There are some mistakes only someone with a Ph.D. can make.
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I studied audio engineering at university. The background I am from, music was never seen as a viable career; it was always a hobby.
