Michael Feinstein Quotes
The Gershwin legacy is extraordinary because George Gershwin died in 1937, but his music is as fresh and vital today as when he originally created it.
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And after I compose my programs, but it is very easy because I look to the music in a very natural way without fuss, and so I look always music, in my home, like books and books and books, choose books and you read the pages, so I do this with music, and I make programs.
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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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My music is a little dark, and my lyrics are a little darker. Every day, I'm fighting towards the light.
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As Governor, I could think of only one way to unify our State that was made up of so many different climates, political beliefs and people, and that was our music.
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I've always been a big advocate of making shows affordable because a lot of these bottle-service clubs and events are geared toward really expensive experiences. Club music is for everyone, and it drives me crazy that people are getting priced out.
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Even now, at 82 years old, if I don't learn something every day, you know what I think? It's a day lost. Now, I don't practice every day. I just take the guitar, swear at it. But I should be swearing at myself. But I fool with music. I'm doing something musically all the time. And my ears are wide open for anything I can hear.
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I found that it wasn't so oddball to like music and poetry and visual arts, they're kindred spirits.
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There's people making babies to my music. That's nice.
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All art constantly aspires towards the condition of music.
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With the White Stripes we were trying to trick people into not realising we were playing the blues. We did not want to come off like white kids trying to play black music from 100 years ago so a great way to distract them was by dressing in red, white and black.
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If the breaking news story had to do with hard news, politics specifically, I had a lot to do with it. If it had to do with music, Kurt Loder was more involved.
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I'm not trying to become a pop artist, and I'm not trying to make sure I stay a country artist. I'm just trying to make sure I make the best music I can, according to my way.
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My real friends are definitely the people I grew up with - the people who don't care about my music career at all.
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Sometimes music isn't the way to talk politics, you know?
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I'm taking a lot of freestyle music and flipping it.
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It's easy to get lost in the shuffle, and just enticing people to hear the music for free doesn't mean that much when everyone else is essentially doing the same thing on MySpace, or wherever.
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That's all I ever wanted to do: put out music from the heart that people could relate to.
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I never wanted credit for being a wonderful person or a great human being or looking peculiar. I just wanted credit for the music.
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My relationship to food is that of an acrophobe to a bridge. Unease masks a desire to jump.
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Idleness is the stupidity of the body, and stupidity is the idleness of the mind.
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You become acutely aware, if you're touring a lot, that you need new songs to invigorate the live show. And make it interesting for yourself, too.
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Unless you're a serial killer, you're worried about being liked by somebody.
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I didn't see deep emotion from my parents. It was all very polite and very surface. I never knew how anybody was feeling.
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The Gershwin legacy is extraordinary because George Gershwin died in 1937, but his music is as fresh and vital today as when he originally created it.
