Nathaniel Rateliff Quotes
I've always loved soul, R&B, doo-wop and blues, and I've wanted to make a record like that for years.
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We love in another's soul whatever of ourselves we can deposit in it; the greater the deposit, the greater the love.
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Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts.
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Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep in the blood and soul, for mental explanation or description.
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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 loved 'Witches of Eastwick', the movie with Michelle Pfeiffer and Jack Nicholson and Cher.
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I love C-3PO; I love the girl from 'Ex Machina' - these kind of robots that have so much soul that you feel for them.
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I don't believe your soul mate has to share your politics.
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I went to UCLA as pre-med. When I was there my freshman year, I auditioned for a play and got it, and I was so passionate. I just loved acting so much that I decided to switch majors and pursue acting.
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We need worship for our spirit, fellowship for our soul and committed subservience for our body.
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I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, - and the stars through his soul.
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Today, music is great for entertainment, but it is lacking soul; it's lacking substance, and it's difficult to find good stuff. There are too many corporate interests. It's not about the actual music because it's about the corporation, and music just becomes part of a package.
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I loved working with kids, and kids are the most incredibly discerning audience. And if they don't believe you, they will tell you and let you know. I mean, kids is where it's at, really.
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I fell in love with flora of all types, especially ferns. Loved the sparse structure and repetition of shape - almost fractal.
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Blues are the songs of despair, but gospel songs are the songs of hope.
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I would have loved to have been a cricketer.
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I wrote as a kid, but I never wanted to be a writer, particularly. I had been drawing and painting for years and loved that.
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Blues was my first love. It was the first thing where I said, 'Oh man, this is the stuff.' It just sounded so raw and honest, gut-bucket honest. From then I started rebelling.
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Shooting at Coco Chanel's apartment was an unexpectedly absorbing experience. The essence of Chanel is firmly rooted there in all of her possessions, and I truly believe that her spirit and soul still inhabit the second floor.
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Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul.
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I like a lot of old-school R&B, soul, and classic rock.
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Adieu! 'tis love's last greeting, The parting hour is come! And fast thy soul is fleeting To seek its starry home.
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If I thought I could win one more soul to the Lord by walking on my head and playing the tambourine with my toes, I'd learn how!
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Every story I write starts with a dilemma or a theme. Once I am convinced that this is the issue that is perturbing my thoughts, I start to look for characters capable of representing it.
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I've always loved soul, R&B, doo-wop and blues, and I've wanted to make a record like that for years.
