Kurt Elling Quotes
You don't want to make records so you can win a Grammy. You make records because you want to be a musician.
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I think I'd say that my whole body of work is a reflection of who I am, but not any one specific thing.
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Singing is something I can do, but it's not my first passion.
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I do not read SF as much as I used to. It's too much like a busman's holiday.
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Normally, most writers don't say, 'I'm going into a mild hypnotic trance.' Typically, they don't know how they do it. Most people, when they have a good experience writing, they're well placed in that state, which is also sometimes called a 'flow state.' If you don't have trouble, you don't have to think about it.
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Black people were very angry with me for writing the book. A lot of people didn't believe me, or didn't want to believe me, and that used to really bother me. It was a very painful and difficult time.
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Getting straight A's for having lots of tests is not the same as getting A's on the tests. Weighing a malnourished dog every day doesn't make him any better.
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If I would go up on a high note, Eddie would want a low one. That's how petty the situation had become.
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If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him.
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We feel good. We are full of confidence. We take game after game and try to win every game.
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I usually don't really have breakfast.
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What if I am an aficionado of bullfights and I think, contrary to the animal cruelty people, that they ennoble both beast and man. I would not be able to market videos showing people how exciting a bullfight.
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Is any man afraid of change? Why what can take place without change?
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When I got into drama school, that's when I knew that I could safely say that I wanted to be a professional actor.
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It's all about music, because music is basically what's... been my avenue out of maybe being involved in things I shouldn't be.
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I'm turning this industry around and making clothing that we've been wanting and needing.
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Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which enhances our self-respect.
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I'm working really hard to get the clarinet out of that hole, that Benny Goodman thing.
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Making movies is just like betting on horses at the racetrack.
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I've always been that way where, if something doesn't work out the first time, I won't try to beat a dead horse.
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Ah, this is fine," he cried triumphantly, holding up a small medallion on a chain. He dusted it off, and engraved on one side were the words "WHY NOT?" "That's a good reason for almost anything - a bit used perhaps, but still quite serviceable.
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The mind of a wise man is the safest custody of secrets; cheerfulness is the key to friendship; patience and forbearance will conceal many defects.
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If I didn't have a recruiting engagement, I was going to be here. I did everything possible to change the recruiting thing. I'm a very small part of this night, but I did want to be a part of it.
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You don't want to make records so you can win a Grammy. You make records because you want to be a musician.
