Ali Shirazinia (Dubfire) Quotes
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I often joke that I straddle psychosis and neurosis, and that being an artist keeps me in the middle, so I can work between the two.
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My style is very inspired by both my parents, so we all have the same taste.
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As a songwriter, you tend to develop your own style, your own technique, based around what it is you're trying to write and perform, in terms of your own music. So a way of evolving a guitar style as a songwriter is much easier, I think, than developing a true style of your own just from listening to music or playing other people's music.
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The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it would make you slightly unhappy constantly.
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I started playing chess when I was five years old. I learned the moves from my mother, then worked with my father - and later trainers. My style became very technical. I sacrificed a lot of things. I was always hunting for the king, for the mate. I'd forget about my other pieces.
Garry Kasparov -
I hate to sound this way but, 'Why me? Why me with dementia?'
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There are a lot of guys who play in pro-style offenses who are not prepared when they come out of college. Either you're coaching the quarterback to be a quarterback, or you're not.
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I read Carver. Julio Cortazar. Amis's essays. Baldwin. Lorrie Moore. Capote. Saramago. Larkin. Wodehouse. Anything, anything at all, that doesn't sound like me.
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I had really no sense of style. Everyone around me in my family had the sense of style - I learned as much as I possibly could.
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Just as theater has to be where people live, actors have to go out in the marketplace - not be cut off by a lens. Either an artist grows or he stagnates.
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To tell the truth, fairytales have never gone out of style. They have been told and retold for thousands of years, finding new shapes and structures with each new generation of tellers.
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A feel-good style can be a symptom of unawareness or lack of caring.
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I really do feel now that the way I dress onstage and for work is a true reflection of my own sense of style as well.
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People actually perceived me with being this cat from the Bronx because I'm one of a handful of folks that was actually acting in 'Wild Style'.
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As an independent artist, you control the means of production, which is the ultimate form of empowerment.
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I don't really like the sound of Auto-Tune. I don't like when it's extremely audible, when you're able to detect it easily. I don't like that.
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It doesn't take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause.
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After watching films of Jim Brown, I noticed that he never ran out of bounds. He always ran North and South and that's what I turned my style into. I was a North and South runner.
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My graffiti really comes more from a May '68, sort of Situationist vibe than the hip-hop world. I think a real graffiti artist would find me a poser.
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Where I come from revolution is the only creation, and the revolutionary the only artist.
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We're wanted men, we'll strike again, but first let's have a beer.
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Everything is written in my mind, more so due to my lack of vision at this point. After years of vigorous writing, it was more of a challenge to do it without paper or sidekicks. I enjoy a good challenge.
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It's important for automated cars to be able to drive in a human-like fashion - and that does mean adapting to the driving patterns around you.
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Every artist has a very particular sound and style.
