Paul Desmond Quotes

It was never supposed to be a hit. It was supposed to be a Joe Morello drum solo.

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• I naturally like that dreamy, shoegazey sound on my vocals. A lot of reverb helps, and so do a lot of delay effects on everything.

  

  Washed Out
  • Sound
  • Everything
  • Delay

• There was a time when rival teams used a shift against me. They would put the second baseman on the shortstop's side of the bag, move the shortstop into the hole to his right, and have the third baseman hug the foul line. The idea was to build an infield wall against a known right-handed pull hitter.

  

  Harmon Killebrew
  • Time
  • Me
  • Wall

• As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation.

  

  Hans Selye
  • Dread
  • Approval
  • Thirst

• Mix sheer hypocrisy with mediocrity, You play it safe every time.

  

  Cyndi Lauper Blue Angel
  • Time
  • Safe
  • Plays

• People do see me as sweet and innocent. Not to say that I am not those things. But I have other sides to me.

  

  Janet Jackson
  • People
  • Sweet
  • Innocent

• But make not more business necessary than is so; and rather lessen than augment work for thyself.

  

  William Penn
  • Work
  • Thyself

• The painful warrior famous for fight, After a thousand victories, once foil'd, Is from the books of honor razed quite, And all the rest forgot for which he toil'd

  

  William Shakespeare
  • Book
  • Fighting
  • Honor

• We have to finesse people. We've had different people step forward each week. More than one person chips in.

  

  Thomas Scott "Flip" Phillips Alter Bridge
  • People
  • Step
  • Forward

• When an ensemble is really tight or playing as one, it's a transcendental experience. It is spiritual. It goes beyond the ensemble. Ray and I and Robby and Jim were pretty tight, musically and spiritually.

  

  John Densmore The Doors
  • Experience
  • Playing
  • Ensemble

• I'm crazy, but I'm not stupid.

  

  Jackie Chan
  • Crazy
  • Stupid

• Doing the stereotypical solo bores me.

  

  Adam Jones
  • Me
  • Doing
  • Solo

• Taking care of our planet is like taking care of our houses. Since we human beings come from Nature, there is no point in our going against nature, which is why I say the environment is not a matter of religion or ethics or morality. These are luxuries, since we can survive without them. But we will not survive if we continue to go against nature.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Why
  • Nature
  • House

• The Gospel acts without threats... it teaches us about the supreme goodwill of God towards us.

  

  John Calvin
  • God
  • Gospel
  • Teaches

• It was never supposed to be a hit. It was supposed to be a Joe Morello drum solo.

  

  Paul Desmond
  • Hit
  • Solo
  • Drum