Al Kooper Quotes
Still being ambitious to want to play on the record, I was a mediocre keyboard player. And uh, I seized the opportunity and played the organ.
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I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
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A dark poem is meant to redeem the dark part.
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I'm not on the radio all day long. I'm not on TV.
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Let's take care of the necessities first: give people jobs, and find a way to get us out of poverty.
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I've been married to the same woman for forty years, and whenever people ask us how we managed to stay married for so long, we usually say as one voice, 'What's the secret? Don't get divorced!'
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I feel like I work on scripts for comedy as well as dramatic stuff the same.
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My work is really abject and self-effacing sometimes. I mean, it's big and overwrought, but it's just paper dolls, and it's kind of silly.
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I just love expanding my horizons and growing as an artist. The only way you get to do that is by doing something that scares you or takes you out of your comfort zone.
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Everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the proving ground for new writers and new ideas.
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We all know we should eat right and we should exercise, but reading is treated as if it's this wonderful adjunct.
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Asthma doesn't affect me, even though I have it. It can seem like it wants to act up a little if I'm nervous before going on stage, but that's natural to many performers. If I think it's going to be a problem, I just reach for my inhaler.
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I have always followed exactly what interests me and never really worried about the money. And when you think about it, to be able to travel the world... on an expense account and do exactly what interests you, it just doesn't get much better than that.
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I believe in nourishment and having a balanced diet. I avoid bingeing and try and eat healthy, especially lots of amla, and drink lots and lots of water.
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He always has an alibi, and one or two to spare:At whatever time the deed took place-Macavity wasn't there.
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If none of us ever read a book that was 'dangerous,' had a friend who was 'different,' or joined an organization that advocated 'change,' we would all be just the kind of people Joe McCarthy wants.
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You can't be distracted by the noise of misinformation.
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I've never written a song that I thought was a hit.
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It is very good to be Olympic champion, but that is not the strongest field.
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I think the only thing I would've ever been any good at was probably being a pub landlord. I've thought of that a couple of times.
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Let us thank God for having called us to His holy faith. It is a great gift, and the number of those who thank God for it is small.
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The thing with 'Alphas' is that, even though it's sci-fi, I run into lots of people that have watched the show for various reasons. They're like, 'I had no expectation, and I'm totally blown away and fascinated.'
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I find the term 'workaholic' to be distasteful because it reminds me of the harried-looking lawyers I recall chained to their desks through nights and weekends during my lawyer days years ago.
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You must be wise, but not too wise.
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Still being ambitious to want to play on the record, I was a mediocre keyboard player. And uh, I seized the opportunity and played the organ.
