Ian McLagan Quotes
My love for American music and American movies is from an early age. I was 10 or 11 when I heard Fats Domino and Little Richard and Buddy Holly. And the movies, my dad used to take my brother and I to the movies every Friday. It was incredible: we got to see just about every movie that came out for a period of years.
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The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
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Livelihoods and whole communities throughout the Murray-Darling Basin have been imperilled by the workings of drought, fire, flood, acid mud and human action over many decades. In the rescues and the cleanups and the long hauls, I see the same attitude over and again. People just rally and get on with it.
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Never fear to deliberately walk through dark places, for that is how you reach the light on the other side.
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Not really, drums found me, I just liked music, all kinds of music.
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With my son, I tried not to be so judgmental and tried not to push him so hard. I didn't want him to feel that everything or that our love for him will be based on how much he has achieved.
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I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.
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I have lived all my life as part of an ethnic conflict.
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I was so young, and making movies, going to the studio every morning at dawn was magic.
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Sometimes new voices have the most spectacular vision. It is uncluttered and organic.
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Women drive box office.
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It's rare for artists to really stare deeply at themselves in the mirror, literally, because there's constantly a mirror on you.
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I don't have a goal but I just want to work on movies that I really like.
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Men are different. When they are in love they may also have other girlfriends.
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I don't see a white woman. I see a black woman, even though my mother is white. Knowing that has made my life easier, I think.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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I graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with an English literature degree and travelled for a year before going to work.
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I've always wanted to do my best to make sure it's clear that I want to keep the focus on my music.
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Only then, approaching my fortieth birthday, I made philosophy my life's work.
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I struggle if I have chaos around me, but at the same time, if I don't have it, I'm uncomfortable. It's a strange thing: If I don't have chaos, I create it.
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New York's like a boxing match. In Hollywood, it's like a Fellini movie or something.
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The music of the Clovers and Spaniels and the rest was like candy to me. I couldn't get enough; my teachers probably thought I had attention deficit disorder.
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My love for American music and American movies is from an early age. I was 10 or 11 when I heard Fats Domino and Little Richard and Buddy Holly. And the movies, my dad used to take my brother and I to the movies every Friday. It was incredible: we got to see just about every movie that came out for a period of years.
