Ed O'Brien Quotes
If we get the music across, then that's the most important thing. If you can still make it intimate.
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With my son, I tried not to be so judgmental and tried not to push him so hard. I didn't want him to feel that everything or that our love for him will be based on how much he has achieved.
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To be honest, once you've driven around for about five, 10 laps, you don't notice a difference.
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The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie.
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I'd like to be Queen Elizabeth.
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There is an idea of democracy produced by one-sided thinking.
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In the beginning, I found it hard to give my songs away, but now I've realised it's exciting, and it's only making me better.
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When I recorded my solo album, 'Keep It Hid,' in 2008, I'd gotten more interested in songwriting, inspired by reading Charles Bukowski and connecting with unfancy, interesting language.
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People always tell me I'm going to regret not having kids. But what if I have one and then I regret having it? Has anyone thought of that option?
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It's never been seen that a street artist go as far as I've gone - keep consistent without wanting to do a bunch of ventures outside of music to keep my face out there.
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Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.
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Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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We want to be two-way players; that's the best thing.
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I think American audiences like gangster movies. You know, it's part of the culture.
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All the children of the great men in Persia are brought up at court, where they have an opportunity of learning great modesty, and where nothing immodest is ever heard or seen.
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With all of the qualities of the scene-setting, the dialogue, the place and time and the time and place in which your characters move. And I want to move with the characters, move with them and describe the world in which they are living.
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My education was very tough.
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Movies, particularly the big hit movies, are all just special effects. But on television, the writers are in control of the shows, and they control the scripts.
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I'm one of the ones who believed the Iraq War was a complete mistake from the very beginning.
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We need a Donald Trump more than we've ever needed anybody since George Washington.
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I don't make records that way, where I'm trying to please the marketplace or anything. Not because I have anything against that, it's just never been a part of my aesthetic, even when I was with the Pixies.
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We'll look after our hospitals. We'll look after our schools. We'll look after our infrastructure.
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You feel the music needs something but you don't know what. So you start searching, fitting, measuring, trying. Every time you try another angle. And sometimes that's frustrating, especially if you don't come up with something for three days.
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If we get the music across, then that's the most important thing. If you can still make it intimate.
