Nicholas James Bates (Nick Rhodes) Quotes
You listen to a piece of music and it will remind you of something - it might make you happy, it might make you sad, but it is very emotive. And I think that Duran Duran have always understood that.
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I'm loving every second working with the brilliant Kayvan Novak; it's a hoot from dawn to dusk!
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When I got out of my Twenties I stopped playing women that were victims. I like playing women who are strong and have a piece of mind.
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I write a lot of my music, but not all of it. I have always subscribed to the 'best song wins' theory when making an album.
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And because we are, somehow, better than they, we get to go to heaven and they don't. Christians will tell you outright that they believe that.
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When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory.
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I'm someone who needs more sleep than average, and I'm quite jealous of people who need only five or six hours and they're good to go.
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You listen to a piece of music and it will remind you of something - it might make you happy, it might make you sad, but it is very emotive. And I think that Duran Duran have always understood that.
