Jeff Buckley Quotes
I don't want my reputation to take me over, I just want to be judged on my songs. I want people to come and see me because they want to, not because fashion dictates it.
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I believed in Bobby Kennedy. Campaigning for him was an attempt to give back something to this country that has given me so much.
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Fitness, defending, the mental stuff - those were all weaknesses of mine. And I turned those into strengths.
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I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has to say about relationships between men and women.
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My songs have a lot going on in them -they're packed with sounds. When I have only three or four minutes to capture something, I guess I can't stand the idea of any bar going unloved.
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My mom is just so good with fashion! She always tells me what looks good, what doesn't look good, and she gives me great advice.
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I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly what I wanted to do.
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Everything can be satirized.
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The 'Room 93' EP was just kind of picking apart the sense of voyeurism and the sense of isolation and turning it into, essentially, a little black book and reflecting on - at that time - 19 years of me forming relationships with people.
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Every artist was first an amateur.
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In our house, everyone's opinion is welcome. I grew up in a house where everything wasn't when it came to politics or religion.
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Hors D'oeuvre: A ham sandwich cut into forty pieces.
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I dare anybody to look at me and say I'm anorexic. I'm so totally not.
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Be skeptical of concepts that divorce war from its political nature, particularly those that promise fast, cheap victory through technology.
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A lot of people I make music with are really talented and it doesn't stop at one instrument.
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I try to basically keep my opinions to myself when it comes to people who are charged with crimes that I don't know anything about.
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The so-called skills gap is really a gap in education, and that affects all of us.
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Your focus should be on creating an environment where growth can occur and then letting nature take its course.
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I've always wanted to do my best to make sure it's clear that I want to keep the focus on my music.
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For me, having a daughter made me much more efficient and productive. I would wake up in the morning trying to figure out how to organize my day so that I could get home. The phone calls with friends, the lunches out with colleagues - all of that got scrapped so that I could be as efficient and productive as possible.
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I'm the only one in my family - I'm a practicing Jew - who has attached themselves to religion in a more traditional way.
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People will accomplish anything if they believe the goal is worth it - they are worth it and that they are capable of achieving it - and that's exactly what my 'Maximize Your Life' show will do.
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People have to free their imaginations and realize everyone can do something, on a large or a small scale, depending on their ability. Those who can do a lot because of their position and potential should jump right in there.
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I don't want my reputation to take me over, I just want to be judged on my songs. I want people to come and see me because they want to, not because fashion dictates it.
