Joey Lauren Adams Quotes
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I just enjoy being onstage and relating to the audience.
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When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.
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If someone said, 'You can go live in this little town in Costa Rica for a couple of weeks and all you've got to do is sing for us,' I would do that. That's more exciting to me than the prospect of going on some national tour, where you're going to play arenas or sheds every night, because of the crushing repetition of that kind of line.
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What honour have we got left, when nobody is listening to us?
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I think I was dealt a good hand. I have happy genes.
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I would love to go to the Himalayas and cross over into Nepal to do the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway.
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I think a balanced team of men and women makes better decisions. That's one of the reasons why I was prepared to run for deputy leader.
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Wayne and Drake, it takes them so long to do a song. I understand why, because they want it to be perfect. But I think I can do a perfect song in 10 minutes.
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I look forward to representing the voters of District 30 and moving the state in a new direction.
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I'd be happy if, during my mandate, the Palestinian state existed.
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In London it's easy not to be the focus of attention, especially when Sting lives in the house just behind you.
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I'm sure in the history of Harvard, and the history of most schools, there's been some pretty crazy parties that I'm not even sure you could even capture on film how silly and ridiculous they were.
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Lyrics can't do what they do - or should do - when you're creating a musical with rock lyrics. There's plenty of room for rock musicals, just not all rock musicals.
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The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation.
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I'm always searching for new music, and I change what I listen to on a regular basis.
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It's hard for me to take care of myself, let's put it that way. I am my last priority.
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Too many church services start at eleven sharp and end at twelve dull.
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I've never left music behind, but I've had success in television.
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I was writing waltzes at a time when the most popular thing was Shania Twain and the very pop edge of country. I didn't really know how to do much of that.
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I like hearing the sort of harmonies people get into in different parts of the world. I love music that has a sense of allure to it, and exotic tunes. That's what I'm drawn to.
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There are psychological repercussions to illness and we need a little more help to get through the effects not only on the afflicted but on the family. And I think there's even a place for humor in that.
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Death really did not matter to him but life did, and therefore the sensation he felt when they gave their decision was not a feeling of fear but of nostalgia.
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Soul-serving requires a heart that beats hard against the ribs. It requires a soul full of the milk of human kindness. This is the sine qua non of success.
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I like decorative, functional things that I feel comfortable in.
