James Murphy Quotes
I like clever lyrics, funny lyrics, dumb lyrics. I can never put my finger on what I like about them.
Quotes to Explore
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In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
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As mayor of San Francisco, I will provide the vision and work hard to make San Francisco a beautiful, well-planned city with excellent housing and transportation options.
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Our house is a constant mayhem of music, noise, socializing and business. It vibrates life, as a house should.
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One of the things jazz has always excelled at is translating the reality of the times through its musical prism.
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A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.
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I've taken the love of fashion from my mother, and journalism from my father.
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Long Kiss Goodnight has a huge cult following. They could make another version of that movie right now and make a lot of money.
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We need to see a Palestinian state.
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I certainly was one of the instigators in the 1960s of freedom of expression.
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I like to have something to base a role on.
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I have been sustained by cane field, the cane plantation I have.
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The Amex has a long, often troubled, sometimes glorious history.
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If God came down here with the box that had the reason for living in it, I'd like to find just 2 words: The Music. That would be neat.
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From a social networking point of view, Pakistan is not very far away.
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I WAS born a slave; but I never knew it till six years of happy childhood had passed away.
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Someone made me a Leaf Coneybear finger puppet. Someone made me a portrait of me on some chocolate. I'm keeping it. I daren't eat such a work of art. It's so unique and so fun that fans do that. It's incredibly flattering. I like it when people spend time on me. People don't spend the same amount of time on my brother who's an insurance broker.
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Just to confirm to all my followers I have had a hair transplant. I was going bald at 25 why not.
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I don't mind playing spoiler.
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I think that three-act fundamentalism in film culture is a problem sometimes, because it's almost too obvious, or it's too expected. And it's not the only way to fill two hours, or to phrase things, or to order thoughts, or order ideas.
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Tragedy takes us to the very state of consciousness which, were we to hold to it, would go far toward preventing further tragedies.
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I usually start with a guitar riff or some little pattern of chords, and then I kind of go from there. Usually my lyrics are the last thing to go onto a song. For years and years I only ever did instrumental, so I'm still trying to get confidant with my lyrics and find the right balance. I'll generally get inspired from the music. I'll have a guitar line, and then I'll have a melody line, and I hook the lyrics up to fit that rhythm. So, my lyrics to tend be very rhythmic as well. They work with the music rather than the music works around them.
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We are seeing a new wave of young biologists that are attacking old problems with new tools and fresh ideas, leading to new types of bio startups and creating a much-needed engine to drive Silicon Valley into the next century.
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The joy of giving is indeed a pleasure, especially when you get rid of something you don't want.
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I like clever lyrics, funny lyrics, dumb lyrics. I can never put my finger on what I like about them.
