Matt Cameron Quotes
Creatively, I thought we were still viable and could do more records. But our working relationship just wasn't happening at all, and our chemistry as people broke down because of that.
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It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.
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There are a million great books out there if you just go to Google. There's a lot to pull apart. A lot of crazy, unbelievable stuff that's all completely true. I get into little obsessions, and I read everything I can find on one thing, and then I move onto another.
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I don't like allegories.
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I did not have a van, or wear Birkenstocks and tie-dyes.
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In the 60s, if you wanted to be an actor, you couldn't do just one thing.
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The older I get, the more I understand that the only way to say valuable things is to lose your fear of being correct.
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I don't have a great instrument. I don't have the kind of ungodly control over my voice and body that great actors have. And I've worked with enough great actors to know that I'm not one.
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In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.
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Age is just a number. If someone can perform at 45, who will stop that fellow from playing top-level cricket?
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I actually wanted to first direct and produce, but then I got this very cool opportunity to be in front of the camera once.
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My brother and I had many games. We were inseparable. We had a little team going on between us. We had even a language that was kind of like pig latin. So we'd speak in the language. It's called Op.
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Anyone driving through London after the school term ends will notice immediately how much easier it is to get around. The school run contributes massively to congestion.
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When we show up in a city, we ask, 'Where's the best restaurant? What's the best beer?' You start doing that, and you get exposed to a lot of great stuff.
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I've always been singing. Since day one. I started doing musical theater and you have to sing in musical theater and so that's where I got most of my training. So singing on stage, you just inevitably, when you're around other vocal artists, you get better at singing.
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My wife never throws anything at me that I can't handle.
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Real riches are the riches possessed inside.
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Some of the craziest people I've met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people I've met.
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If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.
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Conversations with sisters can spark extremes of anger or extremes of love. Everything said between sisters carries meaning not only from what was just said but from all the conversations that came before - and 'before' can span a lifetime. The layers of meaning combine profound connection with equally profound competition.
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I had always been a huge Sherlock Holmes fan.
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I don't care what people think about me. I really don't.
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Basically he never went to work and didn't have a job. Of course I thought he did. I thought he was on the phone doing business deals instead of borrowing money from people.
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I find teaching to be a great way to keep everything in perspective and to help give back. It's also a lot of fun and creatively invigorating.
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Creatively, I thought we were still viable and could do more records. But our working relationship just wasn't happening at all, and our chemistry as people broke down because of that.
