Daniel Adair Quotes
I was a hired drummer for 3 Doors; there wasn't an opportunity for me to write.
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People like me were supposed to be into exclusivity, unapproachable. That's what I hate most. I think it's very demode.
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I always feel like rejection is my petrol. That's what keeps me going.
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In English, the sounds and melodies I created were an inspiration to me, and words came to me as I explored the sounds, and from there I was able expand on the meaning.
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I understand the desire to write and read about the death of publishing. It's a perversely and universally appealing topic.
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I screen tested for 'The Tudors' in N.Y. That was my first experience of N.Y., being flown here to screen test with Jonathan Rhys Meyers. So I have very, very fond memories of New York – New York helped give me my first big break.
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When people lack jobs, opportunity, and ownership of property they have little or no stake in their communities.
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Never forget that you only have one opportunity to make a first impression - with investors, with customers, with PR, and with marketing.
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If you tell me I can't eat something, I'll obsess over it and end up overeating!
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For me, the whole process involves envisioning this book in my head as I'm working.
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I wanted to become a champ - I was surrounded by champs in my family and in my neighborhood - and because of this stupid accident, I lost my opportunity.
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New York grabbed me too hard, as did adulthood.
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I never really wanted kids. I didn't not want them, but motherhood just wasn't something that pulled at me.
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My dad was always interested in characters he didn't understand - he was such a great bad guy in movies. And that is really the thing that calls me to the material often: something I struggle to understand in human behaviour.
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I will say that a lot of songs that I've written are from my own personal experiences which are special to me.
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At 14, I'd have given my left arm to be a boy: I thought I was horrible and that no-one would ever find me attractive.
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I watched 'Evil Dead' when I was 12. I was going through all the horror I could grab. I remember going to the video store and asking for something 'real.' And the guy gave me the 'Evil Dead' VHS. When you're 12, you're not supposed to see that.
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I used to always run off at the mouth and talk about people. I just didn't know that it would make a living for me.
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I've always felt very much from a mixed culture – mainly English and French, but also Nigerian, Thai, Mexican. Everything's had its influence on me.
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A lot of the ups and downs for me, especially the downs, I feel like it came in a lot of indirect ways because I didn't appreciate what I had.
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Free enterprise, individual opportunity, limited government. They made America great; only they can keep America strong.
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I wanted to honor my heritage and where I came from and keep the name. It was a tough decision to even change the spelling of it phonetically. I wanted to keep it as close to the original as it can be.
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The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were.
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Go on - but don't think you can kill my confidence. I've had experts doing it for years.
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I was a hired drummer for 3 Doors; there wasn't an opportunity for me to write.
