Anthony DeCurtis Quotes
When I broke into music journalism it wasn't easy but there was more of an established path. I wanted and was able to have a grown-up person's job with a real salary writing for a fairly sizable audience about stuff I cared about. When you're starting out, you try to get as much experience as you can so people will see your work, and maybe start giving you the assignments you want, and paying you (hopefully both). And if you're lucky you land someplace where you can stay for a while. But today that's a trickier trajectory to envision.
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Funny is an attitude.
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Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life.
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Histories are to educate so that we understand better for ourselves and for motivation.
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I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.
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France is a fantastic country. It's between the Anglo-Saxon and Latin cultures. We have some of the Anglo-Saxon rigor, and some of the Latin quirkiness.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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I'm not denying that it's exciting to have a play on Broadway.
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Oh, I am an angel, though sometimes I wish I was more of a devil.
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The guitar for me is a translation device. It's not a goal. And in some ways, jazz isn't a destination for me. For me, jazz is a vehicle that takes you to the true destination - a musical one that describes all kinds of stuff about the human condition and the way music works.
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Swimming is my passion and something that I love.
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All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.
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The great problem there is we have to have the cooperation of those other Asian countries.
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You can lead a horse to water and you can even make it drink, but you can't make actresses wear what they don't want to wear.
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When a producer like Prasad, who knows people's pulse, is ready to try something new, why not me?
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I know it's silly, but I still think I'm 28.
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For me, there's nothing sexier than a woman who can argue me into the ground and outsmart me... a woman who knows her own mind and isn't afraid to speak it.
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There's a truth about public service that is often unspoken and rarely understood - that the role of our elected officials is about much more than balancing budgets and ensuring the delivery of essential services.
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People actually really want to see what I'm up to, and that's crazy.
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If you want to be an orator, first get your great cause.
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People are tired of just watching their TV set passively. They are playing interactive games today. They are on the Internet interacting. They want to be part of their TV set.
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With this record [The Colour and the Shape], I started taking the lyrics more seriously. This is a very personal album.
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The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led.
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When I broke into music journalism it wasn't easy but there was more of an established path. I wanted and was able to have a grown-up person's job with a real salary writing for a fairly sizable audience about stuff I cared about. When you're starting out, you try to get as much experience as you can so people will see your work, and maybe start giving you the assignments you want, and paying you (hopefully both). And if you're lucky you land someplace where you can stay for a while. But today that's a trickier trajectory to envision.
