Frankie Cosmos Quotes
I've played Frankie Cosmos shows where the promoter or whoever sees that I'm the lead singer, and then they go up to David, the bassist, and are like, 'So, do we pay you?' And he's like, 'No, you pay her; she's the boss.' Those are moments where I'm just like, 'I'm clearly in charge.'
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Those who condemn gay marriage, yet are silent or indifferent to the breakdown of marriage and divorce, are, in my view, missing the real issue.
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I want 'The Lady' magazine to be restored to its traditional place in the pantheon of weekly magazines.
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Dark chocolate, and salt and vinegar chips are my weakness - but not together.
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I have come to the conclusion - and I don't know why it took me so long, but nevertheless, I'm here now - that a lot of people tell me they don't get enough guitar on my albums. So I decided to do an album where the guitar would be the singer, playing the melody.
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Running back was always my favorite position.
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I like to go out and write. So I'll often go to a Starbucks or a local coffee bar, and I'll sit there and I'll write. I can write pretty much anywhere.
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How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue.
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But I don't want to sing everything out of the side of my mouth, I want people to understand what I mean.
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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Vilification on the grounds of race or religion is always wrong. There's no place for inciting hatred within our Australia society.
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I rarely cook traditional risotto, but I love other grains cooked similarly - barley, spelt or split wheat. I find they have more character than rice and absorb other flavours more wholeheartedly.
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I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.
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I always believed in my ability, but I think in any sport you need that little bit of luck.
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Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was winning the Olympic gold medal. It was a lot of years of work, and when I won it, it was more a sense of relief than jubilation or exaltation.
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What hasn't Barbie been? I don't think I can create an occupation that she has not done yet.
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I think being called a cat lady is a compliment. It means you have adopted a tiny little maniac into your life.
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Women often come up not knowing how to make decisions. We get wishy-washy. We become great wage earners - breadwinners - but we don't know how to control empires.
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If I want to run around a field when I'm 70, I would like to have that option.
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I had knockback after knockback before I got anywhere. After I got my first record deal I thought that was it, then Gut Records went into liquidation. I was 20. I had no idea what that meant. I had a few days to get myself out of that contract or my work would be owned by someone else.
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To me, comedy is a great occupation because I don't really worry that much about what other people think of me.
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It is the very survival of the streets that makes children pick up guns in Somalia, not some older, wide-eyed rebel leader. My intimate experiences during these years are something which I have shared with people through my music but am very careful about how they are addressed.
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There needs to be a place in the church or just outside - there needs to be a place where people feel free to ask questions without being put upon, where they feel free to ask difficult, challenging questions to voice their skepticism.
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I've played Frankie Cosmos shows where the promoter or whoever sees that I'm the lead singer, and then they go up to David, the bassist, and are like, 'So, do we pay you?' And he's like, 'No, you pay her; she's the boss.' Those are moments where I'm just like, 'I'm clearly in charge.'
