Elvis Costello (Declan Patrick MacManus) Quotes
Well, T Bone's had a remarkable career as a producer since the time that we first worked together. He was dividing his time between recording and producing when we first met, and touring. We toured together and we were great friends.
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I've never been able to understand what they mean by 'Pinteresque,'. I'm sure it's indefinable.
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This invisibility, however, means that the opportunities for creative research are infinite.
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I am a massive fan of early electronica like Steve Reich, Pat Metheny and Thomas Dolby. I used to be a big raver, too, so anything dance. I love ambient music like Tunng. I love acoustic and classical, too.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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Whenever my body heals and the pain and all the swelling goes away is when I'll be ready.
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The Internet allows the small guy a global marketplace. But technology is harmful in the sense that we get too much information from it. Because of the web we get 10 times the amount of noise we ever got, which makes harmful fallacies far more likely.
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I needed to take a break from performing, and from the Peas, to be happy. I craved female time, and time with my husband to feed my soul. My life now is about being balanced. I'm passionate about work and working out, seeing friends and family, and letting my hair down once in a while.
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I am a very selfish person.
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You can almost taste the pressure now.
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I think it's fun to get in a room and sweat with people. I'm happy to share my workouts with everyone.
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It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
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If 'Deadwood' had gone on another two years, I wouldn't have got as many movies made.
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As a youngster, when I started writing and stuff, I did actually write more from other people's perspectives. When I hit 18 and something happened to me that hurt me, I discovered that writing the truth is really therapeutic and amazing.
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Bullies always have another target.
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I would argue that the objective evidence shows that big government is not a friend to African Americans.
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I wouldn't call myself religious. I'm spiritual. Everybody's a bit more so as you get older. I'm a cultural Catholic; it's inescapable, but I think I have to believe.
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I couldn't possibly have lived all the things that Ice-T on the records lived.
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My parents owned a soul food diner. It inspired me to go to culinary school.
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I started photographing people on the street during World War II. I used a little box Brownie. Nothing too expensive.
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Without question, the Red Ryder BB gun is the most important gun in the history of American weaponry.
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I worry about the kids who have too much. As a parent living in a so-called good neighborhood with children who went to private high school, I found myself spending much time in parent groups worrying about alcohol, unsupervised parties, and parents not being parents. We've got to send messages to our kids about what is important.
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I don't even know how to define myself. I'm a person who writes. It's something I enjoy, and hopefully people enjoy it as well.
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Fashion does seem to have a '20s comeback every few seasons, and I completely see why. It's a very feminine look: the fabrics and the shapes are very pretty and distinctive.
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Well, T Bone's had a remarkable career as a producer since the time that we first worked together. He was dividing his time between recording and producing when we first met, and touring. We toured together and we were great friends.
