Oliver Herford Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not.
-
After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.
-
I've always had an affinity for the fashion industry - I've always been drawn to it. But I grew up in Calgary in Canada, which, being a fairly isolated city, is not particularly known for having anything to do with fashion.
-
You're creating new things in movies and people are going to steal them.
-
It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
-
Lyrically, I personally lean towards venting.
-
To do a really good interview, you have to be truly interested in the person.
-
It was wrongly assumed that I wished to become some sort of leader among gay activists, whereas in reality I was happier to be a foot soldier.
-
The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
-
I was a dancer when I got discovered, and I started working immediately. I started being in commercials and doing guest star roles. My first big thing, which happened maybe six months after being discovered, was 'Bring It On: All or Nothing.'
-
Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives.
-
Most people learn to improvise on their own, listening to records, endless hours of noodling on their instrument in the bedroom with all their spare time. That's traditionally how people learn.
-
I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
-
Manhattan seems pretty developed, you know what I mean? Like, it has peaked in culture.
-
I'm English, and I started off as a songwriter, so I can't really escape that - it's there.
-
A lot of actors and actresses pull from past experiences.
-
Before I do a stunt, I have to make sure it is safe.
-
Everything starts as somebody's daydream.
-
The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered, but a general effect of pleasing impression.
-
The sublime is excited in me by the great stoical doctrine, Obey thyself.
-
The fact that I am a woman has never really played into what I have done or not done. I have just been lucky that things have played out so that I could do things.
-
If I could be more vague I'd write more about people in my life, but I hate hurting feelings or making people feel uncomfortable. I've done that before. Unless they're sad songs. Those get finished fast, but the mean ones often end up at the back of the bottom drawer and it's probably for the best.
-
Everyone thinks that a new place or a new identity will jumpstart a new life.
-
Many are called but few get up.
