Syd Barrett Quotes
I think it's good if a song has more than one meaning. Maybe that kind of song can reach far more people.
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I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.
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In China, a lot of the opening up of private entrepreneurship is happening because women are starting businesses, small businesses, faster than men.
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I taught Sandra Bullock when no one knew who she was. I talked her out of quitting. I put her in a showcase.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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If the plane moves, some turbulence, I am nervous flyer.
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Be skeptical of concepts that divorce war from its political nature, particularly those that promise fast, cheap victory through technology.
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I try to basically keep my opinions to myself when it comes to people who are charged with crimes that I don't know anything about.
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It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it.
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I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and sword in my hands.
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The best song is what resonates with that one person the most. It's why, if you ask a million people on the face of the Earth, they're all gonna have different favorite songs, their own best song ever, because that's the one that touched them the most.
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Winston Cup and the Busch Series are two totally different leagues. You get put in different situations.
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A person standing in front of an audience without enthusiasm for his subject and his actions is disconnected from his spirit.
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GaGa is one of my favourites. Her voice is incredible and she's fearless and she's ahead of the game. She's ahead of the entire game, and I admire that.
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Women just love to shop.
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Like most struggling writers trying to get their scripts commissioned, I had to do something odd to pay the rent. So, aged 21, I started up my own small cheesecake company in Philadelphia.
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Why I got into music was James Taylor, so to see him be a real down-to-earth guy that's unbelievably talented... then to hear him sing those lyrics of 'What I'm Thankful For,' which is a song Ms. Yearwood and I got to write together, that was definitely a highlight of my recording life.
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I've been recognized very seldom. I think I just look different in person than I do as the character.
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To Americans, English manners are far more frightening than none at all.
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I do think that my generation is really smart and wants to have political conversations, and so I hope that we can continue spreading our ideas and being able to change how our systems work. So, I guess being an all-American to me is being someone who questions things.
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For a time during the early settlement of this country peace and goodwill prevailed, only to be followed later by violent and relentless warfare.
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Comedians could do mindless things - and by mindless, I mean the easy jokes and things that you already agree with - but I find it more interesting, more of a reward, for people to feel something. I like to make a human connection, and that involves speaking emotionally, a bit more intellectually, or with a bit more moral complexity.
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We're all dealt with the same hand here, so to speak. I feel like I've had it a lot better than most people. I've had the opportunity to travel and play music all my life.
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I think it's good if a song has more than one meaning. Maybe that kind of song can reach far more people.
