Stefon Harris Quotes
Ultimately, what we do as musicians, I think of us as a type of emotional engineer. We essential take these sound waves, this sound, and we organize it into emotion, and that's how we connect with our audiences.
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Nobody is making Americans buy Chinese goods.
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I can find in my undergraduate classes, bright students who do not know that the stars rise and set at night, or even that the Sun is a star.
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Power focuses on self-preservation; principle focuses on making ideas successful.
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Beauty pageants work as a platform from where you can reach out to many.
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When talking about writing, I often use the analogy of archaeology. There are these great tunes all around. Your skill as a musician allows you to pick them out without breaking them.
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Hockey, honestly, was my first love. The excitement, the fast pace, the intensity of the game... I still love it to this day.
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If I'm preparing for something and I've got a huge day the next day, I have to get into character the night before to assess the scene. I can't assess a scene unless I'm in character, if that makes sense.
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All Americans are dependent for their energy on the Arabian peninsula.
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Anyway, I tried liking Jimmy Corrigan but I couldn't.
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I wear the national dress because it is the most natural and the most becoming for an Indian.
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Ultravox were the blueprint for what I wanted to do, but I stumbled across them by accident.
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Strip away the phony tinsel of Hollywood and you'll find the real tinsel underneath.
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I sort of always had an inkling towards some kind of an art form. I grew up in a very small town, and I just figure-skated. My dad played hockey and I was surrounded by sports, but it wasn't quite doing it for me. I wasn't totally fulfilled, and I did a lot of skating.
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Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
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You've got to be realistic.
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Recollection is not something that I can summon up, it simply comes and I am the servant of it.
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I think being busy is a healthy thing.
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I'm still digging long-established bands like U2 - they're new to me!
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I am going to confront the old-fashioned negative thinking which says that all government needs to do to generate growth is cut worker and environmental protections, cut taxes on the rich and stroke 'fat cats' until they purr with pleasure. I'm completely repudiating the idea that government has to get out of the way.
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Honestly, my splurges happen at Target. I'll go and spend, like, $600, and I don't know why! And then I'm really happy about it, but then I'll be like, 'Why did I do that?!'
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I don't like working - I just like having done the end product. The process, I like to make it quick and painful.
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So the audience, at times, lets us know actually what is so special about the show that we can't even necessarily design or predict. Which is great. That's what you want art to be. You want it to be alive and to actually have a life in the way it's viewed.
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Ultimately, what we do as musicians, I think of us as a type of emotional engineer. We essential take these sound waves, this sound, and we organize it into emotion, and that's how we connect with our audiences.
