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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I wanted to shred, so I learned classical guitar.
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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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I always knew I was a man, always felt that I was a man, always wanted to be a man.
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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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If they won't come to worship God in a church, something must be done. We have to instigate a nationwide search for a way to make it fun.
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We do not diminish the value of what women or men achieve in any worthy endeavor or career -- we all benefit from their achievements -- but still recognize that there is not a higher good than motherhood and fatherhood in marriage. There is no superior career, and no amount of money, authority or public acclaim can exceed the ultimate rewards of family.
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As an actor, you'll have ten parts in 2015 - eight of them will go to the other actors above you and two of them you might be close to, and you try to make them as good as you can.
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When you're making pictures out of heartfelt passion, it hurts when someone calls them a calculated business move.
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Whatever encourages people to become more interested in who they are and discovering who they are, as opposed to just accepting what people or things are saying what they are. That's fascinating to me.
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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.
