Jeff Buckley Quotes
The people who raised me musically are my mother, who is a classically trained pianist, and my stepfather.
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There's a long tradition of black folks pleading with white people. It's a tradition that emerges from political necessity, so I get it; I'm just not very interested in it.
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You've got to live your life, you've got to enjoy it.
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Wine and women do not go with song. Alcohol is the worst enemy of the imagination.
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If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women.
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There have been recorded cases of people learning how to fly a plane after playing a flight simulator, but there's never been a case of someone learning to fight by playing 'Tekken.'
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I still do commercial work as an actor, which I love, because it's very quick, and it definitely pays my bills.
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For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.
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I've had the same barber since I was about 14 years old.
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I enjoyed climbing with other people, good friends, but I did quite a lot of solo climbing, too.
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I went from being a jock to a hippie. It was a very clear-cut decision. I had to be one or the other. I had to forsake that other aspect of myself. Or thought that I had to, which is regrettable. Quickly, I was back in the pine trees with the hippies, listening to my Jimi Hendrix and my Janis Joplin and turning on, tuning in, and dropping out.
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I've never hidden the fact that I'm Jamaican; I will never disown my roots or influences.
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Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.
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I have two children who died before reaching 30, so who am I to complain about being alive?
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Humor is always more interesting when it comes from someone who's had more than, like, five experiences.
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The beautiful thing about the NFL season is to see a team come together after they get to know each other in the spring and summer. You then go through adversity together and see how you respond. The teams that can respond in a positive way are the teams that are going to be there in the end.
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I will not be collateral damage in a presidential campaign, nor will I be a woman bullied by Hillary Clinton.
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We need to start looking at having a way of managing the whole ecosystem, because you can't pick away at it piece by piece, you have to truly start being coordinated and managing our resources as a system. We haven't gotten to that point yet.
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People get in fights because they don't communicate, because you don't want to hurt the other person.
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I like people who are devoted to me: men who know I'm the most fabulous thing in the world, and they just look at me with adoration. That's how my dad looked at my mom, and that's how I expected to be looked at.
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Integrity is critical to our lives - and to our dreams of achievement. We must remember that without integrity, nothing else matters and that with integrity, nothing else matters.
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People don't get through to the essence of you right away - it's always the famous 'girl' or the famous 'girlfriend'. I'd rather be known for myself.
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An early editor characterized my books as 'romantic comedy for intelligent adults.' I think people see them as funny but kind. I don't set out to write either funny or kind, but it's a voice they like, quirky like me... And you know, people like happy endings.
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You have to be able to love yourself because that's when things fall into place.
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The people who raised me musically are my mother, who is a classically trained pianist, and my stepfather.
