Jeff Buckley Quotes
The thing about a music career is that it ain't over until the fat lady sings. Look at all the times people threw in the towel on Dylan - or Neil Young. Remember when Young was doing things in the '80s like 'Trans' and the rockabilly album and being completely lambasted by critics who now think he is wonderful again?
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In the eyes of many people, giving doesn't count unless it's completely selfless. In reality, though, giving isn't sustainable when it's completely selfless.
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Music was a way of rebelling against the whole rah-rah high school thing.
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I want the kind of career where I can move back and forth.
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I actually spend very little time listening to any new music.
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We have just been working hard to have people to come out to vote and to make sure people understand how important the election is.
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Experience praises the most happy the one who made the most people happy.
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People who have a sense of peace that their priorities are in the right place also have a sense of humility and a realistic view on life.
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I wasn't one of those kids who grew up wanting to write or who read a particular book and thought: 'I want to do that!' I always told stories and wrote them down, but I never thought writing was a career path, even though, clearly, someone was writing the books and newspapers and magazines.
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My father has been a voice of encouragement in times of desperation for so many people. But he died when I was so young that, for me, his music has been a way for me to get to know him better.
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Music to me is so internal. It's physical and it's emotional. Whereas fashion is so much about the external that it's almost like a break. It's not inner turmoil. It's total escapism.
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I don't have my novel outlined, and I have to write to discover what I am doing. Like the old lady, I don't know so well what I think until I see what I say; then I have to say it over again.
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Collaboration is just, really, a group of people getting in a room with their eye on a very similar prize and wanting to come out with the same show. The director, ultimately, is the guy in front of whom the buck stops. So, he has to have the courage to prevail. But, he has got to have a huge amount of respect for his collaborators.
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It's true that hydropower exploitation can bring economic development, but not necessarily to the benefit of local people.
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I felt very honored, and I knew that people would be watching very closely, and I felt it was very, very important that I do a good job.
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Music can be made anywhere, is invisible and does not smell.
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The most sought-after candidates in the world today by companies like mine are people who make computer software - there's a shortage of talent.
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I'm an American first, and I think that's how most people are.
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I always have issues with trust. I'm a New Yorker... Really, I think trust is something that comes from the gut. And I think you have to - it's probably the worst advice to give people - but I think you gotta trust people from your gut.
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I think of our readers as young, conscious people. We can't underestimate how far-reaching our content is, especially these days.
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Some people always know the price, but not the value.
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I'm not trying to amass people in the streets. I just want them to be more aware.
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China is bearing the environmental cost for much of the world because China is the factory of the world.
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These Peerless thump their chests in salute to me. The monsters. They go with the wind, chasing power. But they don't realize power doesn't shift. Power is resolute. It is the mountain, not the wind. To shift so easily is to lose trust. And trust is what has kept me alive. Trust in my friends, and their trust in me.
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The thing about a music career is that it ain't over until the fat lady sings. Look at all the times people threw in the towel on Dylan - or Neil Young. Remember when Young was doing things in the '80s like 'Trans' and the rockabilly album and being completely lambasted by critics who now think he is wonderful again?
