Chris Gibson Quotes
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Artists are like everybody else.
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This is my favorite area in New York - the West Village is the heart of New York. I could never move somewhere else.
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When I'm home, I'm Daddy, and everything is completely normal.
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I don't like to post fresh standup material, because I want to use it in a special. The stuff I like to post online I like to be off-the-cuff moments.
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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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If people don't have a job, they're not too interested in how you intend for them to have a job. They want to see results.
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I remember how to be a person by being around them.
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In TV, you don't know everything. The writers only give you scripts before you shoot the episodes. They keep you on your nerve.
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People accuse artists of being narcissists - of course we are! If we don't like ourselves, who's going to like us?
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I'm an honorable human being. I know what to do and what not to do, and if I'm wrong, I always apologize. I'm a big enough man to do that.
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My daily diet consists of basically anything I think looks tasty, whether that's pizza, sushi, burgers, quesadillas. I like everything.
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When there is time to think about cricket, I think but when there is time to be with family, I try to do justice to that aspect of my life as well.
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I could be working 300 hours a week. I just say 'no.' The power of slow is the power of no. I can't go to every party I get invited to. I can't do every work thing.
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I'll treat myself every now and then. Like if I get $100,000, I'll spend $20,000 and put the rest away.
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My brain is like a hard drive. Once you start adding new information, you start cutting off old information.
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I'm in favor of immigration but we also need rules.
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The camera and I have always had good chemistry.
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I like to be surprised. The best writing is when it defies me, when it starts going a different way than I had planned.
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I have always been impressed by the fruit community. There is a Tao of fruit, which is generous. You share what you know, and you give what you can.
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I don't think there's anything wrong with singing a song and having fun with it.
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As a young man, my greatest inspiration was [flamenco singer] Camaron de la Isla, no doubt. That was the best time of my life I would say. I learned so much and matured in this period. Later, my collaboration with Chick Corea, John [McLaughlin] and Al [Di Meola] in the guitar trio was something very special. I was very afraid in the beginning how to play with these fine musicians. But I found my way and I'm sure their playing also changed my music a lot.
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Strength is found in weakness. Control is found in dependency. Power is found in surrender.
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I think abortion is a settled issue in New York.
