Paul Oakenfold (Oakenfold) Quotes
When I started DJ'ing, it was no big thing. There was no money in DJ'ing, and you did it purely for the love of playing music.
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At the end of the day, it's all about money.
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I'm 21 years old, and it's kind of uncomfortable for me to talk about, but I'm in the 1 percent as far as my income and tax bracket. But now that I'm here, there's no amount of money you can wave in front of my face that will make me understand depriving people of human rights.
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Napster hijacked our music without asking. They never sought our permission. Our catalog of music simply became available as free downloads on the Napster system.
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One thing I've tried to do in writing music is take on very basic things, very archetypal things.
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But since the middle of the century in particular, the music has become very irregular in rhythm.
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Coach Lue always amazed me. I'm like, 'How do you have this much joy coming out of life? You have money, but you don't drink; you don't smoke. All you do is hoop, and you live on a natural high.' But now I know.
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The way I write is generally about love. I have a great fascination about the subject.
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It's counterintuitive to take a long time to hire someone, but it will save you enormous amounts of time and money later. Our biggest mistakes in hiring stem from speed.
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When you receive God's love and encouragement, it will empower you to do more than you ever thought possible.
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We shall never get people whose time is money to take much interest in atoms.
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I love the smell of a theater. The old rooms and the carpet and all that stuff. I love to tell stories. Even before I was doing music, I saw myself as a director. So most of my songs come in a play form, you know, where there are characters and stories, so I like to go beyond just the song sometimes.
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I don't know if I'll ever make rap music, but I just like people who are like, 'I am going to just find the medium that's best for this idea and master it and do that.'
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There just is exponentially more money in the movie business than in the music business. As a result there are more people involved in the creative process.
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We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.
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the 1960's began with a feeling of tremendous liberation, because I at last had space and money and time to work on a much bigger scale.
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The amounts of money in Silicon Valley are staggering.
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You can read books on stuff all day long, but until you get out there and just do it, if you want to start playing, and you want to make some music, then go out and play. Go find yourself a venue and play, even if it's in your home. Just play every day. You win the fight by fighting.
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Politics is not about money.
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I still felt we had some really good music on that record, but it's a shame that we couldn't make it better. And the tour was a total mess. We just had no life, no energy, and I felt we were going through the motions.
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The danger of computers becoming like humans is not as great as the danger of humans becoming like computers.
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All agreed that the sensation of coasting on the air was delightful.
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Don't overpack your carry-on. You're never going to read that second book or that fourth magazine.
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I remember vividly, as a kid, my mother had 'Jesus Was a Capricorn' and used to listen to it over and over and over.
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When I started DJ'ing, it was no big thing. There was no money in DJ'ing, and you did it purely for the love of playing music.
