Jason Isbell Quotes
I feel like for me to write songs that I would be interested in as a listener, there has to be tension, and there has to be some kind of push and pull between reality and the potential of disaster.
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I favor pocket-sized hard drives that travel between home and office, syncing with computers on both ends.
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I'm not a video brat. I don't derive all my inspiration through movies. I get it from a lot of other places, too.
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Quinoa is great for lazy day cooking because it's packed with complete proteins, but it cooks in only 20 minutes. And, you can flavor it any way you wish! I make mine with onions, lots of ground ginger, turmeric and coriander, and then whatever dried fruit and nuts I have around.
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A handicap is like trying to race and you have a ten pound weight stuck to your waist. That is a handicap.
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I am not a kind of person now who broods over the failures and negatives.
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From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.
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I want people to remember me as a full on entertainer and a good person.
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I'm a dirt person. I trust the dirt. I don't trust diamonds and gold.
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Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.
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Life is an adventure, it's not a package tour.
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I have cut four albums so far, and all of them have been trendsetters and commercially successful. I believe that once you start taking art in commercial terms, it ceases to be art.
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I'm really close to my family, and we talk through things.
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The Revolution did not assume a socialist nature because of support from the U.S.S.R.; it was the other way around: support from the U.S.S.R. was produced by the socialist nature of the Cuban Revolution. To such a degree, that when the U.S.S.R. disappears, Cuba keeps on being socialist.
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Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.
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When you look like you stepped out of a catalog, that's never good. People shouldn't succumb to trend, they should interpret trend.
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I've got two small kids. I want to make sure they grow up to be good people. Do they treat people well? Are they kind?
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You can't possibly prepare for what happens to you the day you hit No. 1 and people treat you differently.
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It's cool having a little bit of money to do your thing.
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What is fetus farming? Simply put, it is the creation and development of a human fetus for the purposes of later killing it for research or for harvesting its organs.
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Maybe entertainment is not supposed to be reality.
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I love CG - it's a great tool. I just don't think you should use it to replace reality; you should use it to augment and enhance. Do matte paintings, do composites, do replications, stuff like that, but you're taking something real and working with that as opposed to trying to fake it from scratch. The human brain can tell the difference.
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You just go straight for the reality of the situation. So when I sit down to write, I find myself judging it as I'm doing it, as opposed to letting it free flow.
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Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.
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I feel like for me to write songs that I would be interested in as a listener, there has to be tension, and there has to be some kind of push and pull between reality and the potential of disaster.
