Matthew Bourne Quotes
I'm very conscious that I want the dance audience to respond and respect what I'm doing, so I'm always very true to the music and I honour the music in the way I see it - I don't mess around with the music.
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I always dreamed of being Maria in The Sound of Music.
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I think I've had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records. I think I'm that guy. I'm still blessed with the opportunity to make music and pass out a message like, 'Life is good,' to the world.
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The idea of music is to liberate the listener and lead him to a frame where he feels he is elevated.
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I worked as a head cook at courthouses and high schools. I left it behind when I started getting into my music real heavy.
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You have to really love women in order to really just have a respect for women and love them. No man - I don't care what kind of man it is, how feminine he is - they never could understand what we go through as far as physically and mentally.
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Each time I seem to go through one of life's huge things, I want to play music.
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I think rap music is brought up, gangster rap in particular, as well as video games, every other thing they try to hang the ills of society on as a scapegoat.
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I'm the artist when I'm doing music that I am when I'm acting. I'm everything.
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I'm all about telling stories. I like people to picture the music video in their head when they're just listening to the song.
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Whenever I went to a wedding or a party, girls kept complaining about their shoes. I love to dance, and I wanted them to have shoes they could keep on all night.
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I came here with a lot of things that I would like to get done for my community and my constituents. Shooting hoops at the White House was not at the top of the list but would certainly be a thrill.
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I always have music. I love it to be very upbeat. When you're having drinks, I like something like Cesaria Evora. During dinner, I like the much more traditional - old Frank Sinatra and things like that.
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Music is the best means we have of digesting time.
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The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect.
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We need the world to respect us. They consume a lot of hits and just act like it wasn't... I ain't never seen nobody make these many hits and not get notified for it. And change the game like we did and bring the flow to the game the way we did and not get noticed for it, like the the big way - the real system way.
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Just as invasion is the true and tried weapon in the hands of capital against the class struggle, so on the other hand the fearless pursuit of the class struggle has always proven the most effective preventative of foreign invasions.
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It's a crazy world, so sports and athletics and music can be a form of escapism.
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Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work.
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My grandfather was a massive influence in my music. Growing up, he would play a lot of old-school records to me. A lot of jazz and swing music, actually, growing up.
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My acting teacher used to say that people reveal themselves in their opposites.
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Teens are not like the weird, dumb dwarves you have around your house. They are actually you when you were younger.
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To my knowledge, there's never been a scientist in the U.S. Senate.
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I'm very conscious that I want the dance audience to respond and respect what I'm doing, so I'm always very true to the music and I honour the music in the way I see it - I don't mess around with the music.
