David A. Stewart Quotes
I like people who are minimalist with their words. Jack Nicholson thinks a lot then says something, and it's always spot on. Nelson Mandela is the same.
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I realized pretty soon that I have to do more than just play bass in the background way. So, I developed a kind of playing which only a handful of musicians accepted.
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The main thing I want to do is make people feel more connected and more active.
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I always loved all kinds of music. I would watch musicals a lot as a kid, on TV, watch the Fred Astaire movies. I'd watch 'The Wizard of Oz.' I was a big Jerry Lewis fan, and they'd have these big bands and someone singing - some siren, or some guy singing some gorgeous song. I was always enamored of that style of music.
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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There's nothing that's in an actor's control. I've learned at this point you do things and you let them go. There's no way to control the outcome. The only thing I have any sort of reign over is my own experience.
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This hunger for profits causes great misery for the people.
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As a developing musician, skiffle became a platform for me to start playing music.
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The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
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Let's say I was a plumber, or I worked at a factory, I would download music, you feel what I'm saying?
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I just feel like whenever the team needs a bucket, I can come and get it. I feel I'm a really good scorer.
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To become the best comedian, I must be well-rounded.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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Young men should prove theorems, old men should write books.
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My parents come down to Los Angeles a lot.
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Some artists get so comfortable now after even one or two albums and think, 'I'm the biggest artist in the world,' but it's like, yeah, you are for now, but you've gotta work so that you're remembered further, and that's what I'm trying to do.
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Most of the cast and crew on 'Mama's Family' have been together since the 'Carol Burnett' days, so we work really well together. It's like I'm being paid to pretend I'm in show business.
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When you're mid-season, in very intense situations, it's hard not to take that home with you. Especially when you're sleeping, you can't control what you dream about. And it sneaks into the unconscious.
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One thing I've tried to never do is make wish lists. I try to have a very steppingstone mentality about this whole thing, where as soon as you make one step you visualize the next step, not five steps ahead.
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I was always able to get money, but now it's a little bit more money, and I manage the same way. I just want to see my family do better.
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I did theater at Carnegie, and in Pittsburgh and New York.
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I feel like everyone I meet is an imaginary friend. I don't know. The older I get the more I wonder what's real.
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To nurture the sort of relationships that will truly help propel you towards accomplishing great things, you need to forget transactional networking and focus on having in-depth conversations with fewer people about subjects you really care about.
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Knowledge is still power -- but today you've got to make sure you know more about your listener than their favorite song.
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I like people who are minimalist with their words. Jack Nicholson thinks a lot then says something, and it's always spot on. Nelson Mandela is the same.
