Evan Parker Quotes
If I think about the way I was drawn into the music, it was much more by recordings than by live performances.
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There's a perception out there that the U.K. has become unfriendly to immigrants. Even if that isn't true, the very fact that that is the perception will make people not even want to come.
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I've never gotten thick skin. If you close yourself off and you get this protective armor, there is a price you pay with that - of not feeling. And feeling is important when you are a songwriter.
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If you want to do stuff, you have to be able to handle controversy.
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I don't know what's with me and the 'of God' shows. It's hard to tweet about, because I guess 'God' triggers some kind of filter.
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It should simply be an empirical matter whether the climate is changing or not and whether we're responsible. But the various sides of the debate have now become so tribal that it's no longer a matter of changing our views as more information comes in.
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Though politics is by nature divisive, surely we all can agree that foster children need stability, safety, education, opportunity - and love.
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In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of living and being a prey to outrageous fortune.
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I tend to write short, brief snippets - I lean toward the chamber music end as opposed to the symphony end of things.
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I call tennis the McDonald's of sport - you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out.
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I'm on the board of directors for Peace Now, which works tirelessly between the Palestinians and the Israelis to create peace in the Middle East and we've never been closer.
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If I really considered myself a writer, I wouldn't be writing screenplays. I'd be writing novels.
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I'm a typical Irishman in that I only get home for weddings and funerals.
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I like music that's more offensive. I like it to sound like nails on a blackboard, get me wild.
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My father used to take me to the movies on Saturdays. In 1940, when I was four years old, we encountered 'Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe.' I loved it. Especially the rocket ship, which I later realized had no airlock and no washroom. But they managed to get to Mongo with it.
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Police officers and firemen are so visible in their daily work, there's no mistaking they're there - and that presence makes people feel secure.
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I talked to ex-wives of musicians of the '70s for research. They're the funniest people in the world, yet there is this sad, beautiful thing in their eyes that says they've seen more than they could ever possibly tell you.
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I enjoy every role I do.
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My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone else's rules.
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Lasting peace and security in Iraq and Afghanistan will be achieved when we establish the conditions for democratic, economically viable nations.
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It is our mistakes that make us interesting, right?
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There is something comforting about going into a practice room, putting your sheet music on a stand and playing Bach over and over again.
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“I never try to please others when I make music; There is only one person who has to like what comes out of those speakers and that person is myself!”
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Life’s not a one-shot special. It’s a friggin’ on-going series. Live it!
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If I think about the way I was drawn into the music, it was much more by recordings than by live performances.
