Allan Carl Newman (A.C. Newman) Quotes
As a musician, my job is incredibly easy, and it's a good one, but I've got to work at it occasionally.
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Everyone thinks I land in a chopper on top of my building and I have the most cushy existence. Could you understand that I might have the most messed up life myself?
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One thing about playing the real jazz is that you can't count it.
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I want to live in a country that is not just a place but also an idea, and Jerusalem is the heart of the idea. There may be practical considerations, but a country cannot exist without an ethos, and Jerusalem is an ethos.
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In the '70s... there were rock players, and there were jazz players.
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I know you can be up one minute and drop the next, so I'm trying to maintain a steady course so I can have some longevity.
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Chris Jericho is a great guy. He's beyond hysterical. He's good people. They're really good. Chris wanted me to throw down a solo. He sent it to me and I knocked it out.
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I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
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I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
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I can work as a writer, but I wanted to do stand-up.
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If I'm still walking, I am not dead. So I have to still walk and run towards the benefit of Lebanon.
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Well, yes, as I was a rather bad actor then and I wasn't making enough money, I thought, to make enough money to not make money as an actor, I'd better do some writing.
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I go to all these photo shoots, and each time I figure out something new about myself and what I want to wear.
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I don't know if I'd say I feel green, but I'm getting to know myself as an actor now in a way that I never did as a kid.
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Your belief system saturates the space around you.
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Color is born of the interpenetration of light and dark.
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I was a big fan of Jim Hall as well. I liked his comping style, his accompanying. And that he played, generally, four note chords, the top four strings of the guitar.
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But I've sure worked at jobs where I have been under inspection.
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I don't do impersonations. I can do a wounded elephant! I can do a really good cow! And because of the amount of time I spent in North Yorkshire, I do a variety of sheep. All of which I will be happy to roll out for you!
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From the age of 4 or 5, I loved to make people laugh.
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You know, veterans come home and they may not be bipolar, but after they've been through a war with PTSD or a head injury, their families have a handful when they come home.
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It's your own fear of failure that stops you from doing things.
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I never pressure myself to do something I don't want to do.
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As a musician, my job is incredibly easy, and it's a good one, but I've got to work at it occasionally.
