Miguel Zenon Quotes
The way I like to think about it is, even though I started music early - I started in classical music - it wasn't until I discovered jazz that I really fell in love with music and realized this was what I wanted to do for a living.
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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.
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I wanted to make Canadian films, and I ended up making American films.
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Taxi drivers used to ask me what kind of music I did, and I'd say, 'Well, it's kind of jazz, soul, classical' - but that makes no sense to anyone.
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The '70s were a time of turmoil and turnover. But I grew up here. I always wanted to play here.
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I wanted to be famous. I wanted people to talk about me.
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No, I haven't asked for a guy's number, but I've always wanted to.
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I've always wanted to act; I just didn't know how to get into it. It kind of just happened. Dance brought me into it.
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I've never wanted to be put into a box, not musically.
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I was really into my studies and wanted to be a doctor.
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I love gentle, gorgeous classical music such as Mozart.
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When I came to America, I told my dad I wanted to be an actress.
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Musically, I always wanted to experiment.
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I always knew I wanted to be a writer.
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I wanted to play baseball!
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I think I've achieved everything I wanted to.
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If it comes out sounding like Dixieland jazz or classical or punk or rock or even slightly metal, that's because that's where I'm going to find inspiration.
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I wanted to emulate Bob Flanagan, the high voice in the 'Four Freshmen.' I wanted to sing high like he did.
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A land may be said to be discovered the first time a European, presumably an Englishman, sets foot on it.
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I'd love to work with Tweet. She's my favorite singer, and I'd love to do a song with her even though she's out of my league.
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From the age of six I wanted to be an artist. At that point I meant a painter, but it turned out what I really meant was I was someone who was very interested in watching the world and making copies of it.
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Theology is the doctrine or teaching of living to God.
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Mao lived very much like the rank and file of the Red Army. After ten years of leadership of the Reds, after hundreds of confiscations of property of landlords, officials and tax collectors, he owned only his blankets, and a few personal belongings, including two cotton uniforms. Although he is a Red Army commander as well as chairman, he wore on his coat collar only two Red bars that are the insignia of the ordinary Red soldier.
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I'm pretty much a dinosaur in the studio. I like things hand-drawn, even today. The story artists use Cintiqs, but I'm the only person who hasn't completely converted to computers. I like the Cintiq, but there's something about the raw emotional power of using paper and pencil.
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The way I like to think about it is, even though I started music early - I started in classical music - it wasn't until I discovered jazz that I really fell in love with music and realized this was what I wanted to do for a living.
