Ray Brown Quotes
We had to do a lot of rehearsals to get it so that it was playable. What it did was make you practice. That's good for any musician to have that kind of pressure. It brings things out of you that might not come out if you don't have to reach for something all the time.

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It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.
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Basically, I'm a musical vocalist, but I do voiceover stuff as a sideline, like plumbing or something.
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I prefer to be a villainess. There's something a bit more delicious about their wickedness.
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I'm just a musician and a record producer.
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I like artists who have something to say, not wallpaper.
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I'd rather be doing something than not doing something.
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Music is really something that makes people whole.
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Mastering music is more than learning technical skills. Practicing is about quality, not quantity. Some days I practice for hours; other days it will be just a few minutes.
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I believe in the brotherhood of all men, but I don't believe in wasting brotherhood on anyone who doesn't want to practice it with me. Brotherhood is a two-way street.
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I don't go around thinking about regret; regret doesn't consume me as a person... I'm not certain about whether any writer, any artist, any musician, can write without regret, so I don't think perhaps it's even particularly Southern.
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Being sexy is something inside, and not everybody has it.
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I'd perform in the mirror; I'd pretend to do interviews. I'd practice my autograph for hours.
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Streaming TV shows, movies, and other types of video over the Internet to all manner of devices, once a fringe habit, is now a squarely mainstream practice. Even people still paying for cable or satellite service often also have Netflix or Hulu accounts.
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I love the life of a musician but I live the life of a bodybuilder.
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Perhaps there is no agony worse than the tedium I experienced waiting for Something to Happen.
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We've written something like 900 songs in all.
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I liked Michael Jackson and used to practice his steps. I enjoy dancing!
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I used to practice Wicca.
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Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.
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I was the biggest tomboy growing up. Now I love playing with a full face of makeup.
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Many of the great achievements in history that are commonly attributed to one geo-cultural domain often owe a great debt to those of others. In this sense, some of the greatest achievements of human civilisation have been collective efforts and are part of the same human story.
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The older I grow the more I see the influence of my family on my life. I didn't always see it. It was up to our parents to see that we had our education in a town that hadn't yet realized what racial prejudice was but actually knew and practiced it on occasion.
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I should think that being my old lady would be all the satisfaction or career any woman needs.
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We had to do a lot of rehearsals to get it so that it was playable. What it did was make you practice. That's good for any musician to have that kind of pressure. It brings things out of you that might not come out if you don't have to reach for something all the time.