Nicholas James Bates (Nick Rhodes) Quotes
For me, a bit of anthropology in the evening is always better than staying and watching the telly.
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I watch Jay. I watch 'Letterman'. I flip back and forth between 'Conan' and 'Letterman', especially the top of the show for those guys.
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I'm going to be me, regardless of anything.
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Each album takes two or two-and-a-half years to finish between recording and touring. It's like being with an old boyfriend every single night watching the same things on TV. There is a world out there going on that I'm missing.
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I wouldn't say that I am one of the greatest dancers, but I am really quite good at what I do.
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My grandma passed in '78, and that's the year I started recording. It's also the year that my dad retired from his career. So it's funny how torches get passed on, and you feel a responsibility to be connected to the music that they did and try to carry it on in your own way.
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Well the way we perceive accuracy and what accuracy is statistically are really two different things.
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I played recorder in assembly, then I became passionate about the guitar, I don't know why. I started on electric then moved to acoustic - my brother was playing bass in the next room.
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The trouble with most people is that they want to know the way and the channels beforehand. They want to tell Supreme Intelligence just how their prayers should be answered. They do not trust the wisdom and ingenuity of God.
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I read neither good nor bad about me. I let it not even in my life, so it has no effect on me. I am very sensitive.
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I've always liked using flutes and clarinets. Any time I can use those, I'm really happy.
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A man's life is colored by the dye of his imagination.
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I think enjoying each other in a creative way is usually a result of when you're doing something that might be problematic - might be a little difficult to uncover. I've done it once in a stage production; we came in for two days and, just as an experiment, the director had us reading each other's roles. You hear another voice interpreting a line that maybe you were having trouble with. It can be very helpful. But we weren't really in the kind of situation where that was necessary.
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The mind is key. If anything should be considered a god, so to speak, it is the mind, not money. A healthy positive mind is the utmost priority. But if we were to reverse the order of these priorities, what would happen? I find it hard to imagine how a person with great wealth, bad health, no friends, and no peace of mind could feel even slightly happy.
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When I was dealing with the eating disorder, I wanted to look like the stick-thin models, but then I started reading fitness magazines and seeing these girls with great bodies that weren’t too muscular.
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There's a little bit of fruitcake left in everyone of us.
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I'm really not working in a environment that's sonically pristine. It's not a conventional studio, obviously; it's a bit ramshackle.
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Without the story - in which everyone living, unborn and dead, participates - men are no more than bits of paper blown on the cold wind.
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For me, a bit of anthropology in the evening is always better than staying and watching the telly.
