Bill Frisell Quotes
I love listening to other musicians and seeing what they do to gain their distinctive respective sounds and edge.
Quotes to Explore
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The world is too violent right now.
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I'm a Muslim. I don't try to hide it. I'm also a girl who loves music.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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The thing that can get kind of annoying is, when you travel so much, how hectic it gets. I was being interviewed once - it was a phone interview - and they said, 'Where are you right now?' and I didn't know where I was.
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I was very fortunate in my gene mix. The gambling instincts I inherited from my father were matched by my mother's gift for analysis.
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If I'm confirmed, I'll be myself.
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Not knowing the thing that's chasing you is a lot scarier than seeing it right in front of you.
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I think the Democrats are catering to them, but, you know, in the entire history of the United States of America, there has never been a judge who has been refused a vote when there was a majority of Senators willing to vote for his confirmation, never in history.
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I was trying to be Mary Tyler Moore. I loved her in 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'
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Horses know how to be loyal but still keep their distance.
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The quality of your work, in the long run, is the deciding factor on how much your services are valued by the world.
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I don't necessarily love the sports per se, I love the stories behind them. Also in a kind of perverse way I like to study what it does to us, why we care so much. It's caring about something that's utterly meaningless.
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Of course, I have to consider that I've written a lot of prose, but I do in my heart think of myself as being originally, and still primarily, a poet.
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In some ways, in the U.S. we don't know how to be. I think in a lot of ways America is about liberation and about change and progressive human relations. And because of that, I feel like that we're confused about who we're supposed to be and what it is that's supposed to satisfy us and make us feel fulfilled.
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That's why I think the 'Scarpetta' series has worked so well because people like spending time with this character.
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Every woman who chooses - joyfully, thoughtfully, calmly, of their own free will and desire - not to have a child does womankind a massive favour in the long term.
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I was surprised when I finally moved to Boston and the East Coast, to discover that there weren't that many vibraphone players around. And I was the only one playing with four mallets.
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The essential point of view of Christianity is sin.
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The best comedy is where you attack the strong, not the weak.
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One of the issues I kept saying to my students is you have to learn to interrupt. When you raise your hand at a meeting, by the time they get to you, the point is not germane. So the bottom line is active listening. If you are going to interrupt, you look for opportunities. You have to know what you're talking about.
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I am unable to comment on who may or may not be Banksy, but anyone described as 'good at drawing' doesn't sound like Banksy to me.
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Communication is the most important skill in life. We spend most of our waking hours communicating. But consider this: You've spent years learning how to read and write, years learning how to speak. But what about listening?
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I love listening to other musicians and seeing what they do to gain their distinctive respective sounds and edge.
