Jean-Philip Grobler (St. Lucia) Quotes
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My specialty is two things: music or really strange stories.
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My character in 'Batman v Superman' isn't supposed to be Japanese, but director Zack Snyder said he'd seen me in 'Wolverine' and had to get me in the film somehow. Hearing that was like music to my ears.
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Usually, the music inspires the lyrics. The lyrics just sort of fall off like a bunch of crumbs from the melody. That's all I want them to be - crumbs. I don't want to work any kind of fabricated message.
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I like blues but it is music I am too ignorant to understand.
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I have Aboriginal roots on my father's side, and have always indentified with that spirit. I feel a lot of my music comes from that place.
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I am very honored and excited to have 'Devotion' released as the first DVD Audio disc... surround sound is amazing... The music comes alive and is so vibrant - it's unlike anything you've ever heard before!
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Maybe in music you're making an auditory environment and maybe you change your environment around you to suit your own way.
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When I finished school, I didn't continue to go to university, because I decided I wanted to do music.
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I don't listen to Bollywood music much. But yes, I listen to Indian music quite often, and other non- film music.
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If our kids want to do music, they are going to have to have a hard row to hoe just like any other band under the sun, and they're going to have to want it more than anyone else.
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If it's music, I love it.
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This is fun; consuming our music shouldn't be a responsibility like eating your spinach or something.
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I kind of make music where and when I can, and I guess that's why I collaborate so much.
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An hour of violin lessons in Berlin is an hour where you get the child interested in music. An hour in a violin lesson in Palestine is an hour away from violence, is an hour away from fundamentalism.
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I think every revolutionary act is an act of love. Every song that I've written, it is because of my desire to use music as a way to empower and re-humanize people who are living in a dehumanizing setting. The song is in order to better the human condition.
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The origins of Indian classical music, not unlike their western counterparts, lie in the Vedas, the ancient Hindu scriptures of 2,000 years ago.
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I get bored of music really easily, so I always try and make music that makes sense, but then it's just a little bit wrong.
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The thread that has always connected my family was the news.
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People always accuse me of being motivational in a way, like it was a bad thing, but that's just how I was raised. My mom raised me in a positive environment, with lots of love in my heart, and that reflects in my music.
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There is a certain head, and that head you have not. Now this being so, there is a head which you have not; therefore, you are without a head.
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Paul Ryan is a nationally tested leader that is widely known and respected.
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I have always wanted to work in the theater. I've always felt the glamour of being backstage and that excitement, but I've never actually done it - not since I was in 5th grade, really. But I've had many plays in my films. I feel like maybe theater is a part of my movie work.
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In Seesaw, I played Gittel Mosca, and because it was a musical, I loved it more because I was able to do anything. I was able to use all parts of me that I dont get to use... the comedy and the singing and the dancing.
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Images and music are very connected.
