Herb Alpert Quotes
I think we as human beings need to be able to appreciate each other's differences and I think jazz really takes us in that direction.Herb Alpert
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I think we Americans tend to put too high a price on unanimity, as if there were something dangerous and illegitimate about honest differences of opinion honestly expressed by honest men.
J. William Fulbright -
People still don't appreciate how ephemeral success is.
Nate Silver -
When you are allowed to study different disciplines, you redefine your idea of success. You learn to appreciate multiple disciplines simultaneously and you learn that there is no one formula to anything.
Lakshmi Pratury -
We are all quick to point out all the differences but not as willing to accept what bonds us as humans.
Faran Tahir -
I've done all different kinds of genres - doo-wop, pop, funk, gospel, country, jazz, you name it.
Aaron Neville -
I'm not saying that in order to be a great jazz musician you have to be a great classical pianist first. But I am saying that it makes things easier when you can get around the instrument, and you have some idea of how to approach the various hurdles.
Aaron Diehl
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I cultivated this fan base that I really didn't really understand or appreciate until I put my first headlining tour up for sale. 500- to 1,000-capacity rooms weren't an underplay for me at the time. I'd never done a tour before!
Halsey -
I grew up with all these old jazz guys in the '70s in L.A., and they grew up idolizing Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, Lester Young - all of these incredible musicians.
Flea Red Hot Chili Peppers -
In Malaysia, we have a lot of divas, like Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey singers. And they were all so so talented, just very talented. For example, there's this one jazz singer, her name is Sheila Majid, and I was always singing her songs.
Yuna -
Even though I left for a year, I grew here as a Jazz man. If I'm fortunate enough to go into the Hall of Fame, I will go as a Jazz man.
Karl Malone -
When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.
Viktor E. Frankl -
I appreciate what I have a lot more than I did when I was younger.
Aaron Carter
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I came when I was in high school as part of a student exchange program with the Jewish Community Center in New Jersey, to Ramat Eliyahu. You come and volunteer for five weeks at a day camp. I was a teenager - I couldn't really appreciate it as much, and now I come back as an adult and I can really get the flavor of the city, and I love it.
Zach Braff -
What I try to do is to appreciate every job I have while I'm working on it.
Adam Baldwin -
My music is jazz.
Yusef Lateef -
If you don't acknowledge differences, it's as bad as stereotyping or reducing someone.
Aasif Mandvi -
In the '60s, people were still very protective of each field that they belonged to. Avant-garde artists didn't know about rock or pop or jazz. And the jazz people of course didn't want to know about any other music. They were all just kind of protecting their territory.
Yoko Ono -
Y'know, I don't like jazz much. I'll put it on once in a while and listen, and I'll appreciate it.
Joe Perry Aerosmith
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There was never a person who did anything worth doing that he did not receive more than he gave.
Henry Ward Beecher -
Men are so unwilling to displease a Prince, that it is as dangerous to inform him right, as to serve him wrong.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax -
I started to write a lot of ballads that were sultry and had a Norah Jones-for-country kind of feel. I wanted to bring elements of old soul music and old country music.
Laura Bell Bundy -
I think Ellenor is embarrassed and ashamed and has devoted all of her energy to the law and to helping other people get justice because it's too difficult for her to face her own struggle for justice.
Camryn Manheim -
I think we as human beings need to be able to appreciate each other's differences and I think jazz really takes us in that direction.
Herb Alpert