Peter York Quotes
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Beethoven's importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure.
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I'm so tired of stories starting, 'Maud Jones was walking her dog down Broadway.' You've got to go over to the back page somewhere to finally find out the damn dog was run over by a truck. Get the thing told, for heaven's sake. Everybody doesn't have to be an O. Henry.
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I consider music to be storytelling, melody and rhythm. A lot of hip-hop has broken music down. There are no instruments and no songwriting. So you're left with just storytelling and rhythm. And the storytelling can be so braggadocious, you're just left with rhythm.
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You can be revered for all sorts of qualities, but to be truly charismatic is rare. Elizabeth Taylor was, for me, one of those rarities.
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When they offered me 'Wayne's World 2,' they said: 'We were going to give this to another actor, then we thought we'd see you'. I just thought: 'Surely you always had me in mind for that just in the way that it's written?', but they never admitted it. It was a wonderful gig to do. Really special.
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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.
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We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance.
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In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means.
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The crown of literature is poetry.
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I'll tell you something: my dad was a nuclear engineer and he was really bright, and I've always said that because of negotiating at such a young age with my dad, it was really such a gift because I could then negotiate with very difficult personalities - and not end up being the scapegoat. I learned to really pick and choose my battles.
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I've been lucky enough to play roles that are not just the preppy cheerleader or sullen emo girl. I've been able to play roles that are really vast and varied and very three-dimensional. Fingers crossed that it remains the same.
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Eventually somebody will want me, and there will be a role that is mine.
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Working with 50 Cent was great, you know what Im saying? It was just great to work with 50 Cent.
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My style of playing is more enthusiasm and instinct than skill.
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All religions try to benefit people, with the same basic message of the need for love and compassion, for justice and honesty, for contentment.
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Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness makes them good.
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A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.
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Many people find themselves with illness as they become successful: higher blood pressure and diabetes.
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The reason I dislike talking about the creative process is that I do have a creative process that is a winner and it's a sure thing.
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I am songwriter. I do compose the music of songs that I write in Bengali. But I've never thought of composing for a film. That's a different art altogether.
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If I ever loved a man better than I love my art, I should marry him and leave the stage. But I have never met such a man.
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I just eat what I feel like eating. I've never heard a woman say that she's watching what she's eating when she's pregnant! I keep having cravings for chocolate eclairs. I would blame it on the baby but everyone knows I loved them way before I was pregnant.
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An achilles, if it doesn't heal right, there could be a danger of not playing again.
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Rock and roll is the hamburger that ate the world.
