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 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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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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You can't consider a president weak because he will have a Congress that Mexican voters have wanted to be co-responsible in the decisions to be taken... It will be through the leadership that I will exercise that we will be able to build the agreements in Congress.
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I made the final decision to become a professional wrestler because I was able to look at Sting and what he was able to do inside and outside the ring.
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I'm at my happiest when I'm on a movie set. It's like therapy for me.
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You would think that wrestling has so much to do with being aggressive and having a big ego, and it's exactly the opposite.
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We don't need anymore empowered people who are all about the ego.
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Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.
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O, let my land be a land where Liberty Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath, But opportunity is real, and life is free, Equality is in the air we breathe.
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You want all your books to stick around after you've gone.
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I appreciate people who are happy.
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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.
