Adam Curtis Quotes
I have always been fascinated by the way music can completely change the way you watch film - and how you feel as you watch the images.
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Music is all about leadership and there ain't really a lot of leaders.
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I started to write a lot of ballads that were sultry and had a Norah Jones-for-country kind of feel. I wanted to bring elements of old soul music and old country music.
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Don't change a thing. That's one of the best gimmicks a band could ever come up with.
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Music is really nothing if you think about it - it only becomes something when somebody listens to it. And then it becomes uncontrollable.
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The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice that we fail to notice, there is little we can do to change; until we notice how failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds.
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Roosevelt was the one who had the vision to change our policy from isolationism to world leadership. That was a terrific revolution. Our country's never been the same since.
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If you meet me, you might not get to know me. If you hear my music? You'll get to know me.
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I'm very honest in my music and I'm often asked to explain the lyrics; as an introvert, I find that quite hard. And I always wear high heels on stage, which can be painful.
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Female characters in literature are full. They're messy: they've got runny noses and burp and belch. Unfortunately, in film, female characters don't often have that kind of richness.
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But anyone who knows anything about the music industry knows it's not only about the music.
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Oftentimes, when you have a huge studio film and you have big names attached, they like to keep attaching big names.
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At least international media can see how I am trying to change the typical orthodox mindset of people who don't want to come out of their shells of false beliefs and old practices.
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I think pop music is a great place to get new ideas across.
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Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.
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When you're in a high-stress situation, dynamics between people can change.
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Music is part of the life of fashion, too.
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What I loved about country music when I was a kid was the Grand Ole Opry, was 'Hee Haw,' was 360 degrees of entertainment.
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The essence of a person is not the clothing she wears or the things he does. People who love them do not stop loving them when they change clothing or do other things. Your essence is not even your history, culture, race, or what you think and do. It is your soul.
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Geez, I wish I could tell you I had a whole bunch of '80s hair bands, you know something you really wouldn't expect, but I don't know that the music police would be that surprised, because most of the stuff that I am influenced by is in evidence in the music.
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Most of all I want to make pop music that has something real behind it.
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If you exclude your talent base from the benefits of hiring and deploying and making women successful, you're going to do less well than businesses that do a better job on that front.
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The more kids that we can meet or kids that are terminally ill, we try to do it because it's really important, and you can see the hope in their eyes and in their families and their parents.
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It takes 20 years to make an overnight success.
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I have always been fascinated by the way music can completely change the way you watch film - and how you feel as you watch the images.
