John Varvatos Quotes
I think the record industry has gotten to be more about labels wondering what the new single is rather than labels nurturing artists. It's gotten away from making a full album of music that someone would want to listen to all the way through.
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Downtown, one has less time. But there are in Europe much people who have the faith, in South America, too.
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Odd Future's like a network as opposed to like a rap group.
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You don't make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavory enemies.
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There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us.
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I think many people are finding things I do very funny and strange.
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The problem is, is that President Bush and the Republican leadership in the Congress have resisted attempts to increase dramatically our fuel economy standards over the last five years.
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When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time.
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I'm doing exactly what I should be doing, every day on the road.
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Music was always part of my life - my mother says I came out singing. I wanted to be Gene Kelly - or Judy Garland.
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I was a big fan of Middle Eastern elements of music and experimental electronic and tribal sounds.
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I don't know any Londoners 'cos I'm from Manchester.
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Problems are cured by facing their cause.
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Schools ought to teach students to challenge secular ideologies masquerading as science in the classroom.
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I feel like I'm quite versatile. I want to do lots of different styles.
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My mom didn't want us to go to the candy house, she didn't want us to go to the ice cream truck, she didn't want us to go to the... There was actually a donut truck, if that makes sense.
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I don't want to think that anything is off limits for me to write about, but I also don't want to intrude on anybody's life, which is why there's very little specificity or names in the songs I write.
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The khaleesi seems the most fair.
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You will get the most attention from those who hate you. No friend, no admirer and no partner will flatter you with as much curiosity.
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When, and if, I get to 65, I'd like to say that I did everything - the lot. I'd like to think I bedded loads of babes and lived out my ultimate sex fantasies. I'd like to think I'd been through every colour with my hair and everywhere that could have been pierced on my body and been pierced. Even if all my beloved tattoos have gone saggy by then, at least I can stand up and say, I did it. Anyhow, can you think of any other job I could do? My school results were terrible and I don't know how to wallpaper or do anything else.Without this group and this job,I could be making lives a little more miserable for everyone by being the nasty one on the counter at a McDonald's somewhere. Think about it.
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Forget trendy designer labels. Jeans, a sweater or a t-shirt worn under a jacket that seems welded to you. When it's just right, when you don't see the effort, it's irresistible.
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Be an unstoppable force. Write with an imaginary machete strapped to your thigh. This is not wishy-washy, polite, drinking-tea-with-your-pinkie-sticking-out stuff. It’s who you want to be, your most powerful self. Write your books. Finish them, then make them better. Find the way. No one will make this dream come true for you but you.
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I think the record industry has gotten to be more about labels wondering what the new single is rather than labels nurturing artists. It's gotten away from making a full album of music that someone would want to listen to all the way through.
