Etta James Quotes
It's not about battling the original artists when I record these songs, it's about paying tribute to them.
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I'm an actor who wants to do great parts, and I've been very fortunate, for a long time, to get meaty roles, and sometimes some of them are meatier than others.
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It always seemed much better to be a writer - a Real Writer - than a successful hack.
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You can't betray yourself too often, or you become somebody else.
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It is not my duty to spend my money in my country, but it is what I want to do. There is nowhere else I would like to invest.
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Though I'm not religious in the classical sense I did partake in Passover.
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When I finally decided to do the show, I only had two weeks to learn the choreography and the songs in French.
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You will attract the younger generation and they might well prove tougher than the older generation. What we are trying to do is to look at the future and see what we can do to bring some stability back to people's lives.
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When there's an adult person who's scaring you, you grow up pretty quickly.
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I invented rock & roll. Jimi Hendrix was my guitar player. James Brown was my vocalist.
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Broadway is amazing because you're performing for such an intimate group of people. You're living in the moment and whatever happens happens, and you go on. You can't say cut and redo it, you have to be on the whole time.
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You can kill a lot of time if you really want to put your mind to it Or leave it all behind and never really have to go through it.
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What makes [cyber security] difficult is because it's not just a government problem. It is a private sector and government problem. And there's gotta be a lot more cooperation.
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Develop a benovolent world view;look for the good in the people and circumstances around you.
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Your job is to allow the Holy Spirit to remove the fearful thinking that surrounds your perfect self.
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If the gospel of Jesus Christ can be proclaimed as a theology of self-esteem, imagine the health this could generate in society!
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I'm for the individual as opposed to the corporation. The way it is the individual is the underdog, and with all the things a corporation has going for them the individual comes out banged on her head. The artist is nothing. It's really tragic.
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Are we all clear that we want to build something that can aspire to be a world power - not just a trading bloc, but a political entity?
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I didn't record any additional dialogue for this CD, they are excerpts pulled from existing episodes.
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When the 'Thriller' album came up, we all knew that was going to be the cool record.
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I didn't want the record to be cold and I don't think it's cold at all. I felt it was very people oriented.
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I'm not gonna ride home in the car. I'll wait for Randy. I think I'll get home quicker.
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It's not about battling the original artists when I record these songs, it's about paying tribute to them.