Joseph Mawle Quotes
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I'm a musician at heart, I know I'm not really a singer. I couldn't compete with real singers. But I sing because the public buys it.
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I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.
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I've found a letter that was written to me from a girl who was getting married. And she wanted to know the secret of a happy marriage. I said - and I wrote back and said something to the effect that I couldn't - I had no magic formula. And I never sat down and thought about it, but everything just fell into place with Ronnie and me.
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While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom.
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My journey has been that of a character actor.
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I don't have time to listen to anybody's music. I'm making it, you know.
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I enjoy directing more when I don't have to direct myself. I like when I can just be the director.
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I don't understand why there aren't more powerful female directors. I don't have the answers, but I hope that things may start to shift and that studios will employ more women to handle strong and interesting material.
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If you don't shop smart, you get a little trendy.
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If a man can... make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path to his door.
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When I am in my painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing.
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And it really is a good feeling to get up there and make that sound. I'm not stuck in a time warp, because I can use as many of the old songs as I want to, just the favorites.
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The opening lines of a book are so important. You really need to somehow charm your reader. If you can't get her attention in the first pages, you may have lost her. There has to be an ambience.
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There's not enough black films out there. There's not enough Latin films, or films that have an Asian, Indian or Middle Eastern lead. The list goes on and on.
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My dad is my biggest source of inspiration. He's a lawyer, and when he'd get home, we always sat down and listened to music.
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For any sin, we all suffer. That is why our suffering is endless.
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America is about choices, including those to live certain lifestyles.
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Producing all my own songs and refusing to go to the hot producer. That's the biggest risk I've taken so far.
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The first thing that you lose on a diet is brain mass.
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As I listened more and more to the music that moved me, I gained more fascination with America.
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There are nights when you can feel stale because you've fallen into a pattern by touring too much, but it's easy to get out of it by deliberately getting in trouble and playing yourself into a corner to then see if you can get out of it.
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Earl Scruggs wears two finger picks and a thumb pick, and by alternating them, he can play about as fast as he wants. So it's this action. You know, you couldn't move one finger that fast, but all three, it's pretty easy, and it's kind of an incredible leap.
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I don't know whether I much enjoyed education. I was not academically gifted.
