Esa-Pekka Salonen Quotes
When an artist works today or whenever, it's not about creating immortal masterpieces, because that's the one thing we don't decide ourselves.
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The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
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I am a massive fan of early electronica like Steve Reich, Pat Metheny and Thomas Dolby. I used to be a big raver, too, so anything dance. I love ambient music like Tunng. I love acoustic and classical, too.
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When I watch Rumble Johnson, he's a bully. He bullies guys. He makes them go backward, and he traps them. I'm not going to allow that. If he tries to bully me, I'll stand right in front of him, and if he hits me, I'll hit him right back. And then we'll see how the bully handles it when nobody is going to run away from him.
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I'm dyslexic, and it takes me longer to memorize and to embody the character so I can really own it.
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I think I became a Catholic to annoy my father.
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I love snacks, but I'm kind of growing out of them. I'm getting into fruit and Clif Bars.
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Being Jewish is a big part of my artistic sensibility and my humor... I think it gives me a certain take on the world on a literary level.
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The non-utility of my kitchen could be transformed into its utility for art. To do a show there would mix art and life, naturally.
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I bought an electric scooter in sixth grade. Bankrupted me.
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When you're growing up, you realize you've got a lot of heavy things on your shoulders.
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I write all the time, even if it means recording in the hotel room. I write on the plane, anywhere, anytime I'm inspired or have ideas.
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I meet kids now who become novelists, poets, write for the theater and movies, who were simply inspired by what they saw during the Spoleto Festival.
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People don't want to embrace culture shifts because it's not going to happen in the next 20 minutes.
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I didn't start working on children's books until I got a job at a book warehouse on the children's floor. When I started reading some of the books, I was so impressed.
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Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation.
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Many people spend more time in planning the wedding than they do in planning the marriage.
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Although, you know it's been really nice to wear the Olympic kit, I'm looking forward to wearing non-sports, feminine clothes.
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If you're a comedian, you can change peoples lives for the better in much smaller increments - not their entire life, but for 15 minutes or a half hour.
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I play music because I love it and I'll keep playin' till I'm old.
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A big part of the problem that we face today is that our children have been taught at schools that every idea is right, that no one should criticize others' positions, no matter how odious.
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I have photographs taken of me at the time I was addicted, and thought I looked good. I see them today and realize my eyes were dead.
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We must turn the greatest collective challenge facing humankind today – climate change – into the greatest opportunity for common progress towards a sustainable future.
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When an artist works today or whenever, it's not about creating immortal masterpieces, because that's the one thing we don't decide ourselves.
