Jonny Greenwood Quotes
I trust microphones, speakers and recordings less and less, and no longer buy into the idea that I can recreate at home, or in my earphones, the experience of hearing live acoustic instruments. The orchestra is already a set of speakers that react differently to each player, each room and each concert - it's that high level of uncertainly and unrepeatability that I like. The music is just soaked into the walls of a room straight from the instruments - and it's a one-off deal. The alternative - left speaker, right speaker - is kind of a compromise.
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Timidity does not inspire bold acts.
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When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars.
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I like having a smaller family. I think the more people you have in the family, the more people there are to have problems with.
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Simply, I believe the United States should lower the voting age to 17.
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I've always been about how will digital be transforming established businesses, and that's what I've done.
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Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
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The great love of my life is music.
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The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.
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The enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal only to those who have the courage to go deeply into it.
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Life is supplied with a basic adequacy.
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One of my favourite exhibitions is called 'Do It,' which I co-curated with the artists Christian Boltanski and Bertrand Lavier 21 years ago.
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I just think that if one is going to preach nonviolence and one is going to advocate for nonviolence, one's standard should be consistent.
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Elegance is very dangerous. It's like TNT. A little goes a long way.
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My world was completely different to other boys my age. When I was six I was earning money, and by 10 I was paying more tax than the parents of other pupils. I feel a lot older than my years. Because I was working with adults, I had to mature a lot quicker.
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I'm at a loss for words. But even my loss is amplified.
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London has the advantage of one of the most gloomy atmospheres in the world.
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You can't win unless you have good people with great attitude. They are the ones who won the games. I didn't win any games. You never saw a coach make a tackle anywhere. My philosophy was to get the best players and then try to do something new with them.
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… I really hate big laptops. I can't understand people who lug around 15' (or 17'!) monsters. The right weight for a laptop is 1kg, no more.
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My professional life has been a constant record of disillusion, and many things that seem wonderful to most men are the every-day commonplaces of my business.
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First and foremost, I look for a great script. Then, the team that I am working with. Only then, we will be able to come up with a good film.
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I think with one exception I've never changed an opening sentence after a book was completed.
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I trust microphones, speakers and recordings less and less, and no longer buy into the idea that I can recreate at home, or in my earphones, the experience of hearing live acoustic instruments. The orchestra is already a set of speakers that react differently to each player, each room and each concert - it's that high level of uncertainly and unrepeatability that I like. The music is just soaked into the walls of a room straight from the instruments - and it's a one-off deal. The alternative - left speaker, right speaker - is kind of a compromise.
