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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I wanted to bring back that big, ballad type of music that we used to love so much. Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, when they first came out, that's what I grew up singing.
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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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I love to play music.
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I had wanted to play drums since the age of 9 when I saw a drum set in the window of a music store for the first time. We took lessons at a local music school and began playing together after about 6-9 months of lessons.
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It's hard to do a reality show when there's so much crying and drama.
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All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others.
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My whole life, I always wanted to be an actor.
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I became convinced that the whole essence of the computer revolution is interactivity. That was very early in my career. At the time I did that it was heresy.
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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.
