George Duke Quotes
I grew up with Al Jarreau. We had a band together and worked these places for three years when neither one of us knew we could make a living doing music.
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What goes for sex goes double for politics.
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Being on your own would be sad, sick and weird. I don't trust myself. I need that balance.
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Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine.
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Palestinian propagandists can say and do anything they please without concern for the truth, in the belief that if they repeat it often enough it will simply become the truth.
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We can see cities during the day and at night, and we can watch rivers dump sediment into the ocean, and see hurricanes form.
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I don't believe in murder.
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But I like to think an athlete is an athlete.
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When I was eight years old I went to visit my brother who was working on a movie of the week with my mother and I saw how much fun he was having and I decided I wanted to try it too.
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I've always had very catholic tastes.
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I dated a lot, but I never really had anyone who was worthy of an anniversary. And most girlfriends never made it to a year, anyway.
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Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread.
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I would defend the liberty of consenting adult creationists to practice whatever intellectual perversions they like in the privacy of their own homes; but it is also necessary to protect the young and innocent.
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Let's just say I like acting, but not necessarily all the stuff that comes with it.
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I know who the Versace woman is, because I wear the clothes myself.
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I am a happy person and I choose to be a positive person. I think some people think my life has been tragic and there have been these horrible dramas but things really have been, and are, fine.
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Whether it's performing a concert with my quartet or sitting in with my peers, enjoying musical conversations at home with my brothers or hanging and playing choro with my friends - sharing moments in that bright space of music are the happiest times.
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I am incredibly thankful for the strong support I have from my peers in the industry and of course my amazing fans.
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What I wanted to do was play the guitar but I don't like instrumental rock. I think it is tripe.
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Every time new technology is introduced, especially involving reproduction, you get the 'yuck' effect.
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I was a singer professionally when I was four years old, and I did not really begin to play any instrument - the first one, of course, was drums - till I was about nine years old.
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I personally wouldn't want my second album to sound like my first; it might sound very rocky or hard rock - and that wouldn't be melancholy. So if people think my music is melancholic, then so be it. It's meant to be uplifting, and I'm just basically saying what needs to be said.
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I don't think I ever thought of growing up to be anything other than a musician. There really wasn't a plan B. Well, a kind of a distant plan B was to be a Formula One driver, but there really wasn't an entry point.
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I liked in television that you do some work, then you perform, then you stop and you have a break because they have to set up lights, and then you do some more work. I really liked the pace of it; it really agreed with me.
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I grew up with Al Jarreau. We had a band together and worked these places for three years when neither one of us knew we could make a living doing music.
