Eddie Van Halen Quotes
There's a plaque on our wall that says we've sold over 65 million albums, and I don't feel I've accomplished anything. I feel like I'm just getting started.
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When I was travelling in Rajasthan people were waving hands, and it felt like I was visiting my own constituency.
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It is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well.
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I don't like people cleaning my room.
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All my friends were non-Muslims. I actually knew very little about Islam - like, very little.
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When I was a young boy, I was obsessed with skulls and mummies and things like that.
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I feel very, very blessed.
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As I'm writing, certain things become clear to me and certain things begin to feel right and make sense. The pieces start to fall into place.
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But I guess I like playing flawed guys 'cause it gives a place for the characters to go.
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My kids like their eggs with catsup. I like mine with salsa.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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I simply can't wear an outfit if I don't feel that is right for me.
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Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters.
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To tell you the truth, I hadn't seen any Pixar until I went to see 'Wall-E,' and I watched it and I was shocked to see how adult it was, with the setting in our lives, both present and future, and how they dealt with it... And then quite relieved to find that the one I was working on, 'Up,' how adult it was.
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I decide immediately if I like a person and if I do, then I'm myself, and if I don't, then I give nothing.
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I like to think of myself as a storyteller.
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I really like collections of things. I love antique botanical prints with a bunch of different weeds and seeds.
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Without sounding too pretentious, I feel my job is almost like becoming a monk or a nun - it's a calling.
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Whenever you're scared of something, don't let that define you. We all feel it, but step up.
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I feel like I've grown up on screen quite a lot.
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I see everything like a movie. I laugh and cry, I smell, touch, see and describe my own experience. I don't care if this sounds strange; I am not the creator - I am only the channel. The story is given to me.
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I think a British icon is someone who conducts themself with real dignity: someone who is truly talented and modest. These are things that I would aspire to in my career.
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The biggest challenge or biggest crisis knocking on the doors of humankind is fear and intolerance.
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To innovate does not necessarily mean to expand; very often it means to simplify.
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There's a plaque on our wall that says we've sold over 65 million albums, and I don't feel I've accomplished anything. I feel like I'm just getting started.
