Brian Fallon Quotes
The Gaslight Anthem is very streamlined. We don't usually use organs and strings and things like that.
Quotes to Explore
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Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us.
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I think violence can never be justified.
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I was a momma's boy. I didn't get anything from Dad, except my body and baseball knowledge. The only time I spent with him was at the ballpark.
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I end up pleading my case to alternative programmers - you're telling me that my music is too dark for pop, too pop for alternative, and urban radio won't touch it - so we have a record that doesn't fit in. And what is more alternative than that?
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I am pretty self-indulgent.
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The acting bug just seemed to stick with me. I loved going to theatre school in college and continued to train in film classes and had been auditioning for T.V. and movie roles since I was in my late teens. My career has been slow and steady, and I kind of like it that way.
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As people talk, text and browse, telecommunication networks are capturing urban flows in real time and crystallizing them as Google's traffic congestion maps.
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We need a commander in chief that speaks the truth. We will not defeat radical Islamic terrorism so long as we have a president unwilling to utter the words 'radical Islamic terrorism'.
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In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.
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I was never a person who dated in high school, because at 17, everything just felt like it had to be so rushed. Relationships just bounced around like crazy in high school! And now, I never want to rush anything. I just want to enjoy all of the steps.
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Sometimes, I'm very embarrassed.
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I love words. They're fun. I don't think any word can just be filler. There's no room for it. It's like a puzzle. Every song can be written a million times. How can you say it differently?
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I'm an aggressive fighter, but I'm smart. I'm not going to play stupid.
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I'm not ashamed of it, but people would think I'm ashamed of Bieber. I got Bieber on my iPod.
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You should never go on diet and must follow a healthy lifestyle.
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Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.
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I suppose one of the challenges of writing the word-side of music these days is trying to decipher and communicate how this planet is very overwhelming at this point. The difficulties we face are overwhelming. It's very difficult to give yourself the time to breathe and appreciate the joy and beauty that might be just right around us.
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Grandma and Mama showed me that you always have to give as much as you can, no matter what.
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From the age of 15 to 50, I'd hardly stepped out of a kitchen. I just wanted to live a little, to spend time with my wife and children. The first time I saw snow was when I was 50, because I'd never had the time before.
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Now, at this time, I think there’s too many people who feel comfortable with hate speech. It’s become too commonplace, and acceptable. And it’s not okay, and we’ve got to change that…I think we also have to take responsibility for the words that come out of our mouths, because we are all connected. We are all part of one community.
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Everybody wants to go to heaven; but nobody wants to die.
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My fans kept asking where they could get clothes like 'Destiny's Child's', so it was only natural for us to do a adamant line. I was adamant about not putting my name on something that I didn't love.
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The Gaslight Anthem is very streamlined. We don't usually use organs and strings and things like that.
