Robert Wyatt Quotes
We did not get any money from the early records. It was all taken by crooked managers. It is just a gangster's paradise.
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I don't need to be motivated by anybody. Never have.
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I prefer drama; I think character-driven drama is my favorite kind of stuff to go watch, and I like being challenged by that kind of stuff in that way.
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I believe, certainly in the NHL, a player who can help a team win because he can contribute on the ice is going to be coveted whatever his beliefs may be or whoever he may be. That goes to national origin, religious beliefs, or sexuality.
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I'm one of those idiots; when I'm working in America, I wake up with an American accent and stay with it all day till make-up comes off.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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Love yourself instead of abusing yourself.
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No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it.
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I truly believe that my songs bring the answers and the solutions, as opposed to just talking about the problems. My music at its core is joyful.
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Belief is not restricted to a brief affirmation based on imitation; rather, it has degrees and stages of development. It is like a seed growing into a fully grown, fruit-bearing tree; like the sun's image in a mirror or in a drop of water to its images on the sea's surface and to the sun itself.
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Curiosity begins as an act of tearing to pieces or analysis.
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Creme Brulee is the ultimate 'guy' dessert. Make it and he'll follow you anywhere.
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I definitely want my fans to know that I'm here to stay, and I'm going to continue to give them hot music.
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I cannot believe that 'Pinocchio' is over yet, and I always think about so many great memories that I made while playing in the drama.
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So I guess I had, I think they tell me I had, about three years total of piano lessons, off and on.
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The missing toothbrush was nothing compared with the fact that the spacecraft was orientated to ascend, not descend. I would have gone up and up instead of going back down to the ground.
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Play as well as you can; that's it, as opposed to creating these odd paranoias, trying to be something you're not.
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I always feel like I want to do my career my own way. I never follow anybody's path, what they've done.
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In any grass-roots campaign, building an ongoing base of support is as important as winning the ultimate goal.
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Here's a thing about the death of your mother, or anyone else you love: You can't anticipate how you'll feel afterward. People will tell you; a few may be close to right, none exactly right.
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Un-American activity cannot be prevented or routed out by employing un-American methods; to preserve freedom we must use the tools that freedom provides.
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I have had the good fortune to be able to climb the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. I have enjoyed the freedom I had gained from building a successful business from scratch, making some money, and creating the lifestyle I wanted.
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The bad news for journalists today is that the media, however seriously people who are in the public eye take it, is not taken as seriously as it once was - by the public.
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There's a lot of money with a lot of big law firms that have a tremendous amount at stake by getting the right language to convince the right jury that my client is either innocent or that the opposition is guilty.
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We did not get any money from the early records. It was all taken by crooked managers. It is just a gangster's paradise.
