Oliver Goldsmith Quotes
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I studied music at the most remedial level when I was a kid, through the Los Angeles public schools, with a little private instruction.
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The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie.
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I could go and make commercials left and right and pretend like I am a celebrity, but that is not me.
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I'd want to collaborate with Eminem, of all people. Maybe even Lauryn Hill.
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Congress is so beholden to the money that any solution in the general interest will be frustrated and subverted by the corporate interests who feel they will be damaged by progress, fair play and justice.
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If you can live in Vegas, or visit Vegas, and leave in one piece, still loving it and somehow laughing about it, you should spend at least part of your last night in town doing something that will serve you well no matter where you go next: thank your lucky stars.
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We kind of like the new Outkast.
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Ticketmaster does not set prices. Live Nation does not set ticket prices. Artists set ticket prices.
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I was never the mascot of the Georgia football team.
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In the beginning, I found it hard to give my songs away, but now I've realised it's exciting, and it's only making me better.
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Once I had started film, I suddenly said, 'Wow, I love it.' I moved there from New York. But I've always gone back to the theater, and it is more satisfying, really, because you get to give a continuous performance - no sequels.
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In high school, my English teacher Celeste McMenamin introduced me to the great novels and Shakespeare and taught me how to write. Essays, poetry, critical analysis. Writing is a skill that was painful then but a love of mine now.
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When I look at acting careers that I really admire, I see that it's been a precise decision-making process for these people. They make decisions based on what they love, and they do only the things that they are passionate about. They play only characters that they can't stop thinking about.
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I love the crowds at festivals because they're so chilled out.
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With modeling, you are the client and you give them what they want... with music, it is all about you, people are buying into you as a person.
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It's very possible that advertising business models will simply never do as well on mobile devices as those oriented around transactions.
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Very old fashioned to say that they will be well behaved but I think it's very important.
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I'd love to be in a feature film, and I don't just mean in a starring role - it could be a small part. And I would like to act in television, to do comedy and drama.
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I was just like a 21st century person waiting to be born, and this is the medium that I thrive in. And I feel stronger now than I did any time since I've been a teenager - I mean, musically, creatively.
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I'd like to know what I could do if I really had the time to spend on writing a book, with no columns or shows to do at the same time.
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I can't say 'I'm proud to say' - because it's not a choice for many Americans - but I can say I'm fortunate enough to not be raising my kids on McDonald's.
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I got intrigued by working in small theatres.
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When I was 17 years old, Frank DiLeo saw my very first music video and flew to my hometown of Las Vegas to meet with my family and me. Frank told my dad, 'I am coming out of retirement to manage one last big act: Manika.'
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They say women and music should never be dated.
