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

• Those who dismiss rappers as vulgar outsiders miss the way that Jay-Z and Kanye embody the American dream: starting from humble beginnings, both rose by dint of hard work and talent to wealth and success. Jay embraces this role, styling himself as much a CEO as an artist, and he and Beyoncé have become, in a significant way, more fully America's first couple than their friends the Obamas.

  

  Andrew Hoberek
  • Work
  • Success
  • Talent

• While I was growing up, all the boys used to be my buddies. I never got that special kind of attention from them, and I was the tomboy around. Although I've become an actress today, I still have those traits.

  

  Esha Gupta
  • Attention
  • Growing Up
  • Actress

• In all disputes between conflicting governments, it is our interest not less than our duty to remain strictly neutral.

  

  Zachary Taylor
  • Interest
  • Duty
  • Less

• I think at one time every drummer wanted to play like Krupa or wanted to win a Gene Krupa drum contest. This is the big inspiration for drummers and naturally it has to be the same way for me.

  

  Buddy Rich
  • Inspiration
  • Drummer
  • Drum

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

  

  Paul Desmond
  • Hit
  • Solo
  • Drum