Maxine Peake Quotes
The films, the music, the telly that I like is always a little bit more on the margins.
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It's a luxury to not have to just be performing with other people to have my music heard.
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Good music is good music, regardless of where it comes from. I think that's a really important thing to carry with you.
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I don't want to put my fate in country music fans; I'm too stubborn.
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Music was a way of rebelling against the whole rah-rah high school thing.
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There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives.
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If you ask me, rockabilly has had a raw deal for far too long. People never shunned the blues or jazz the way they do rockabilly. But it's the original punk-rock, and it changed the way people looked at music for ever.
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I listen to crazy, robust rock music where they sing their faces off, and soul music, which can be similar.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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If there's anything that would unite the world, it would be music.
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I work on words quite separately to music. They're both ongoing, and I don't ever feel like I'm working in a cycle in that respect, because it's every day anyway, no matter what I'm doing. Then I get to a point when I've collected together enough words that seem like they want to be songs rather than poems, or sometimes not.
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Music is an art that touches the depth of human existence; an art of sounds that crosses all borders.
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If you meet me, you might not get to know me. If you hear my music? You'll get to know me.
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I've always been a really really big Sheryl Crow fan. I just respect what she does in a way that she just remains true to her music and sort of has just been real. She isn't trying too hard ever.
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I love classic rock, rock and roll, that's the top notch. I love soul - bluesy music as well.
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But anyone who knows anything about the music industry knows it's not only about the music.
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I'm an old-school, embarrassing Joni Mitchell fan. Her music made a hook in my soul and hasn't let go for all these years. I even sing her songs as lullabies to my kids.
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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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Mathematics is, as it were, a sensuous logic, and relates to philosophy as do the arts, music, and plastic art to poetry.
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Mick Jagger has been an idol of mine since I was 10 years old. Through his music, he has taught me so much about rock n' roll, but also about the blues and about the experience of live music, going to several Rolling Stones shows, growing up.
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You have to be a strong person to be in music, especially.
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You get one chance to make an impression, and coasting through is a disservice.
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The chef can be very innovative, but the decision is made by the customer.
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Maybe libertarians especially like Reddit because it is a perfect marketplace of content. Every Redditor is created equal, whether you're the highest karma Redditor or a brand-new Redditor with 10 karma points. No submissions or votes are more equal than others.
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The films, the music, the telly that I like is always a little bit more on the margins.
