David Cohen Quotes
San Francisco is a great startup community that you shouldn't even try to model yourself after because it's just special.
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When I was younger, I felt pressure to become someone else once I became successful.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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You do not need a therapist if you own a motorcycle, any kind of motorcycle!
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Yes, I suffer terribly from depression. I have to work at being happy, it's not my natural instinct. My natural instinct is, if something wonderful happens, to throw water in my own face.
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When I was a kid and putting out my first records, there was a lot made out of the fact that the '50s/'60s generation was so dominant.
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Hip-hop isn't as complex as a woman is.
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My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - it gives a lovely light!
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I wrote my first piano piece when I was in 4th grade.
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I feel there is no shortage of real interesting women's roles. But I found them and did all of them just now.
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People are needed to take up the challenge, strong people, who proclaim the truth, throw it in people's faces, and do what they can with their own two hands.
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Barbra Streisand, for one, is one of my idols. I've listened to her since I was a little kid - the first album I ever bought was 'A Star is Born' with Kris Kristofferson.
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My own idea is that these things are as piffle before the wind.
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I have a very vivid memory of the way my parents spoke, and the 50's that I grew up in are closer to the 20's, I think, than today in many, many ways.
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I'm pretty hard on myself in general.
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I never have been a coder, outside of when I was twelve or something, like on the Atari 1200 XP or whatever I had.
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Where I come from it was really unheard of to be at a party and someone says, 'What kind of music do you make?', and you say, 'Pop music.' You may as well have 'I'm not cool' stamped on your forehead.
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It's great to be mean, it is, it's fun.
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Power should not be concentrated in the hands of so few, and powerlessness in the hands of so many.
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Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
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I wish that the adults who are 'in power' cared more about what their children read. Books are incredibly powerful when we are young - the books I read as a child have stayed with me my entire life - and yet, the people who write about books, for the most part, completely ignore children's literature.
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It's great to see my hard work paying off, even if it's not finished.
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You don't need a four-year college degree if you have burning ambition or a great plan.
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San Francisco is a great startup community that you shouldn't even try to model yourself after because it's just special.
