Mel Brooks Quotes
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When I went to college, I was so focused on this new experience of my life that I really just pushed down all of my fears of hell and damnation.
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Music is all about leadership and there ain't really a lot of leaders.
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Music is my way out. I keep things locked up and never say anything. I guess in order to say something to one person, I have to sing it to a couple of thousand. It doesn't make for healthy relationships.
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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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It's a really scary thing, having your dreams come true and seeing everything you ever wanted happening, getting the attention for it and then not knowing how to handle it properly.
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One thing I've tried to do in writing music is take on very basic things, very archetypal things.
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The music business is one of a few places where everything you've heard about it seems entirely cliche, but it's true.
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There's never any pressure on the music having to be something.
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I was bringing the whole music, hip-hop, art, break dancing and urban cultural thing to the downtown table.
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Music is the best means we have of digesting time.
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Sports without music is just a game. Music makes it entertaining.
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Japan has really great fans for all kinds of music. I think they're keeping metal alive.
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I love going to the cinema, listening to music, yoga and long walks along Holkham beach in Norfolk.
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I've been loving music all my life.
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When I finished school, I didn't continue to go to university, because I decided I wanted to do music.
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I don't even listen to music when I'm off tour.
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I've always been one for show business. I like performing, and I used to get criticized for having production value. But now it's all that! People need to get what they pay for! Otherwise, just listen to recorded music.
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When I was driving home after registration, I heard this song on the radio, a guy singing about not ever going to class in college and always hanging out and singing for his friends. I laughed and said, I can relate, because it was so much like me. I realized right then I would pull out of school and pursue a music career.
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Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.
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I used to think I'd like to be a fireman - in fact, I still would - and the only drawback I could see was coming back to the firehouse, after a day of fighting fires, and still having to put in an eight-hour day writing.
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Everyone in Hollywood is seeking fame and fortune; it's in the water here. Everyone from young women to old men - they all want it.
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I love rearranging and reimagining tunes, so I want my audience to enjoy hearing songs in a new way and make their own discoveries.
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As a future goal, I just want to be one of those guys that is known.
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A lot of music is mathematics. It's balance.
