Tommy Bolin (Thomas Richard Bolin) Quotes
Lots of times it really doesn't matter what notes you play, but what notes come before and after a run.
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You will never see me dancing around the trees, chasing a heroine; I will never do films, no matter what the budget, for the heck of it.
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The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable.
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Reality is how we interpret it. Imagination and volition play a part in that interpretation. Which means that all reality is to some extent a fiction.
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I wanted no part of losing. Why play if you can't beat the other guys more often than they beat you?
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I can play a man who's despicable. But I'll still look inside him to find a point of connection. If I can find that kernel, audiences will relate to me.
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If I play, I try to concentrate on producing my best.
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When you have 13 horns, and one is soloing, you have 12 people to play the richest, fullest chord you could ever imagine behind that solo.
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I have a drum set in my dressing room. I play drums to relax and have some fun.
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One of the advantages of appearing in such a play is that you begin to understand it properly, I feel Ophelia's tragedy was that she had been so used by everybody and felt that she bore a great burden of guilt.
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What it is now is basically I'll sit on my computer; I basically kind of play the computer as an instrument, I guess you could say. I guess I play the Mac.
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Perfect objectivity is always impossible, no matter who writes a person's biography.
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A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.
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No matter what happens, if I get pushed down, I’m going to come right back up.
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All my songs are based on melody, which is retrieved from my Jewish heritage. Melody will always exist no matter what the rhythmic changes there are.
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Make your work your play and your play your work.
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Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.
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I'll note you in my book of memory.
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I've never been a big soloist; I just put in what needs to be there. I'm more of a rhythm player who plays lead - or tries to play lead.
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If you stay true to what you believe in, and if you're creating something great and authentic, your fans will stick with you no matter how much other things change!
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It's hard for me to take care of myself, let's put it that way. I am my last priority.
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Half the time, you go on any one of these news sites, whether it be a Yahoo or a Google, and one of the top headlines is always, "Did a comedian go too far?" or "Comedian offends." It's like, "Really? Comedian?" A person that's supposed to make funny and make silly and historically was the only person who was allowed to make fun of the king? We're the ones that you're taking seriously?
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The first step in solving a problem is to recognize that it does exist.
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Remember that a gesture of friendship, no matter how small, is always appreciated.
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Lots of times it really doesn't matter what notes you play, but what notes come before and after a run.
