Jon Batiste Quotes
The music is really about sharing an experience. That's why we call it Stay Human. It's like we're sharing this genuine human exchange.Jon Batiste
Quotes to Explore
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What goes for sex goes double for politics.
Kate Clinton -
If even in science there is no a way of judging a theory but by assessing the number, faith and vocal energy of its supporters, then this must be even more so in the social sciences: truth lies in power.
Imre Lakatos -
I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
Ted Danson -
I find it hard to be labelled in this new 'super-rich' category because we all grew up with very little. The idea that 'to get rich is glorious' is really a new phenomenon. I certainly didn't grow up like that.
Zhang Xin -
I try to be as ignorant about things as I can.
Hal Sparks -
I call tennis the McDonald's of sport - you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out.
Pat Cash
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As goes California, so goes the rest of the nation.
Gavin Newsom -
I've got some gift for languages. You follow your gift. But Latin's not easy.
Ursula K. Le Guin -
With 'The Simpsons,' people didn't know what they were gonna see. They didn't have a clue.
Sam Simon -
It's like that Simpsons joke - they're filming a cow in a movie and they go, 'OK, we'll tape a bunch of cats together to make a cow', and it's like, 'Why don't you just use a cow?'. For some reason that is novel - like, 'Oh, my guitar sounds like a piano and now if I can just get my piano to sound like my guitar'.
Ian Williams Battles -
The thing is, a lot of our vets come home and they feel displaced, and they don't feel like their voice matters, so for me to be a spokesman and have that honor to educate America about who we are and what we are, it's like I'm doing my job.
J. R. Martinez -
My connection with Basquiat was really in Los Angeles, which really was a whole different world to what he was experiencing in New York.
Tamra Davis
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I feel grateful for the Puerto Ricans who created this genre that has inspired me to have such a beautiful career. Reggaeton has allowed me to continue evolving and growing musically, and I have been able to make it mine as well.
Maluma -
I was so overprotected, I used to think I was as delicate as people said I was.
Natalie Wood -
Bahrain is very dear to me.
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa -
I always want to become better. If never being satisfied is a problem, then I have it. At least it's a good problem.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic -
I'm not a sex symbol. How could I be with these skinny bowlegs?
Jaclyn Smith -
In high school, I had a really difficult time just loving myself. It's weird; I feel like in the world we live in today, you're not supposed to be like, 'I'm beautiful,' like that's a conceited thing to say.
Zoe Kravitz
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I'm not sure why I'm so often disgusting on stage. I don't always know where it comes from.
Louis C. K. -
I can't stand that asshole Ryan Seacrest and here's why. He can't sing. He can't dance. He has no talent. When is he gonna go away?
Kathy Griffin -
I get a wave of pride in America when I look back at what we've accomplished in the field of music.
Johnny Otis -
I wasn't one of those girls who sang at church.
SZA -
God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than of any other slackers. If you are thinking of becoming a Christian, I warn you you are embarking on something which is going to take the whole of you, brains and all.
C. S. Lewis -
The music is really about sharing an experience. That's why we call it Stay Human. It's like we're sharing this genuine human exchange.
Jon Batiste