Paolo Nutini Quotes
My inspiration for songs is just everyday life. I just write down words about things that have happened to me, people I've met.
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I'm not a big fan of talking about dying. And then I make a movie where I kill everybody.
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I've been following what's happening in Colombia because it's the country of my childhood.
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Your dresses should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a lady.
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I can't wait to get on stage, because there you don't worry about whether you'll ever get married because your life is insane, or whether you'll ever have another boyfriend again, you don't worry about the typical boundaries of how your life has to be.
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I'm not shy about trying to find what truth there is in any genre, whether that be an action piece, a sci-fi piece, a small indie film, or a play. I'm open to it all.
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I learned how to read in second grade, and I entered a summer contest at my local library in Chattanooga, Tennessee. If you read more books than anybody else, you got your Polaroid up on the bulletin board, and I did.
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For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.
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It was just such a demeaning thing to do, being in silent movies. They'd call you up and tell you, 'Hey, jump off this building!' and they'd give you a hundred bucks, and you'd do it.
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My agent and I put out my proposal one Thursday afternoon in August, 1998. Publishers started bidding immediately, and that process progressed for a few days.
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America is another name for opportunity.
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I wasn't really excited about doing television, to be quite honest.
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There are two sides to every question: my side and the wrong side.
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I love comedy; I'm very goofy and spontaneous.
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I've always been about how will digital be transforming established businesses, and that's what I've done.
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If I can't get a mental image from the song, I won't sing it.
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Being married to a psychologist, I realize that I learn more from imperfections.
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I never accepted Communist dogma or theory.
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I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting on little shows. I was rather a shy child, not a natural performer, but there was a performative edge to everything I did.
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The UK has a poor investment record. According to IMF data, we have come seventh out of the top seven industrialised countries since 1999.
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I admire Tom Ades: he's a brilliant conductor, and he gets just the right hard, brilliant sound from the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra for Russian music.
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We need less perfect but more free films.
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The question is not whether we should or should not regulate; it is how much should we regulate and who the regulators should be. We went overboard on deregulation under Reagan. Under Bush, many people lost in the casino. Now we have the Obama administration overreacting and overreaching with regulation that does the exact opposite of wealth creation. If we are to have change we can believe in, then we could start by replacing the majority of the lawyers in regulatory agencies with actual experienced, successful business veterans. They would have recognized the early warning signs of many of the financial debacles created by the bubble-bust cycle.
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My inspiration for songs is just everyday life. I just write down words about things that have happened to me, people I've met.
