Steve Jones (Stephen Philip Jone) Quotes

I still like to play the guitar, but I rarely have anything to do with the music business these days. I mean, there is no music business anymore, is there?

Steve Jones

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• To be interested in food but not in food production is clearly absurd.

  

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• I think where it's going is toward what the music industry is like, where channels will be considered more like labels that carry the type of TV show that you like, and then you'll consume them however you can. For example, I don't really watch Showtime, but I bought 'Homeland,' and I've been watching every episode on my iPad.

  

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• Fortunately, the music from the first record really connected with people, and I was really proud of that.

  

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• When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere.

  

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• When I was a child, the temptation to sin was always a romantic option. This romantic option led me to the cinema, a place where sin was welcome.

  

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• The trouble with glossy magazines is that they tend to be stuffed with articles about handbag designers - the sort of women who, with their perfectly styled lives, immaculate houses, and adoring partners, make you want to become a hermit.

  

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• Traveling is one of my great passions and something I do a lot of.

  

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• I need to have some depth in my characters. That's why they are all Bengalis. I can't imagine writing a book with someone called Saxena as the hero.

  

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• I remember Mr. Mayer very well. He sort of liked to be the father - no, he liked to be treated like you thought he was Daddy, but he didn't treat you like Daddy at all.

  

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• You cannot rely on other people's support.

  

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• I didn't have bands that I was playing with growing up, so I learned to try to adapt and play these songs that were guitar songs on the piano, and sing them.

  

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• Normally when I read, I don't like music playing.

  

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• My God, these folks don't know how to love - that's why they love so easily.

  

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• I've spent a lot of time and money trying to keep my anger in control.

  

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• I spent a lot time with my siblings because there weren't too many young people on our block. We were our own best friends: making dances to a Stevie Wonder songs and singing with my mom.

  

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• I like reading reviews. If they're clearly hating on you, I try not to read that deeply. But if they really are trying to understand, it's interesting.

  

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• I can't think of anything that people probably wouldn't already have heard of.

  

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• Anytime something starts to feel like a popularity contest or not about the music, I'd rather just not be involved. I'm not a big high-fiver. That really gets to people around me when we have a No. 1 or something big happen. I'm not a big, 'Let's go have a party about it!'

  

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• I like to look like a person. It drives me crazy when you see women in movies playing teachers, and they have biceps. It totally takes me out of the movie. I start thinking, Wow, that actress playing this part really looks great!

  

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• I still like to play the guitar, but I rarely have anything to do with the music business these days. I mean, there is no music business anymore, is there?

  

  Steve Jones
  • Music
  • Business
  • Guitar