Joan Armatrading Quotes
I am constantly being told that I have been a big influence for many people, including other musicians.
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While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt.
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We can't continue with a justice of vengeance. Peace will require us to accept a certain degree of impunity; it's inevitable.
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
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The director had come to Madrid to court me.
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I've been making music for a long time, since I was very young, but at the same time, I'm still exploring what works for me. I feel like I'm just starting out.
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In the 60s, if you wanted to be an actor, you couldn't do just one thing.
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As a legal matter, my mother is an American citizen by birth.
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I'm going to go to work out, and I'm going to enjoy it, and I'm going to eat really healthy. But I'm going to go to Vegas, and I'm going to stop at In-N-Out Burger, and then I'll be back on track.
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As a musician usually music is your way out.
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We're trying to have the band create something beautiful that hopefully one day, 20 years from now, can be picked up by a kid and hopefully have the same effect that Neil Young had on me, or Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath.
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A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
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There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco... a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.
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These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have.
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I'm pretty obsessed with Stevie Nicks from her style to her voice. I like watching her on YouTube and her old performances, the way she moves and everything.
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Today it is becoming increasingly apparent to thoughtful Americans that we cannot fight the forces and ideas of imperialism abroad and maintain any form of imperialism at home. The war has done this to our thinking.
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I wondered had I really oversold the Hubble. I have to admit that, since, I have been convinced that I didn't.
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The truth only irritates those it enlightens, but does not convert.
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At the weekends, I usually have around 50 kids running around in my back garden. They are all friends of my kids. I know all their names. We have barbecues, put up tents, and play soccer. I love it.
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I'm not that moody. I don't have big ups and downs.
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A lot of things and a lot of money is involved in a movie. It is very upsetting when a movie doesn't fare well at the box-office.
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We're taught to take care of people we love, but sometimes you can't.
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For me, I took the exact right path. The cranky, independent one. And I've never looked back on it with anything but joy.
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I am constantly being told that I have been a big influence for many people, including other musicians.
