Anthony Evans Quotes
I want to explore and do things with excellence. I want to write songs that resonate with me and will resonate with a live audience. I'm exploring fresh sounds.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't really like to explain my songs.
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I just enjoy being onstage and relating to the audience.
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Many of the songs on Undertow were written at the time Opiate came out.
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An actor is somebody who communicates someone else's words and emotions to an audience. It's not me. It's what writers want me to be.
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It's great to have female characters that have depth that you can explore instead of being the decoration or the girlfriend or the wife.
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So many songs are just a wink to the audience, but people take them seriously. 'My Humps?' C'mon!
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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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I tend to name albums after one of the songs.
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I don't have a director. The audience directs me.
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I'm just very pleased and thankful that there was a receptive audience of people that I was able to connect with.
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I just like to explore all sorts of different forms - no, 'explore' is not even the word - enjoy. You don't want to limit yourself to a particular form.
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Every battalion has its marching songs.
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We may have charted all the continents on the planet, and we may have discovered all the mammals, but that doesn't mean that there's nothing left to explore on Earth.
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Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life. Too many of us divide and dissipate our energies in debating actions which should be taken for granted.
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Interestingly, it is often the younger members of the audience who ask the most sophisticated questions.
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To me, Slow parenting is about bringing balance into the home. Children need to strive and struggle and stretch themselves, but that does not mean childhood should be a race. Slow parents give their children plenty of time and space to explore the world on their own terms.
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My mom passed on her obsession of all things antique or vintage. I love to go thrift store shopping or explore any sort of garage sale. Treasure hunting is a family passion.
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I wasn't trying to be a role model with 'The Dutchess,' but suddenly, seeing little girls in the audience with their moms made me think about what I do onstage a little bit more. I had to watch my mouth, because it can be filthy. It changed things for me.
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I do believe we should push each other to write better songs and make better music. We do ourselves a disservice if we sit back and float along the river instead of trying to paddle and guide ourselves to a more creative place.
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I think often I learn the most from other people's mistakes. If I'm in the audience watching an actor and thinking, 'I don't believe you,' I spend the rest of the play working out why I don't believe them.
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One thing I've tried to do in writing music is take on very basic things, very archetypal things.
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A lot of people in the adult population have a very limited idea as to why they are Americans, why we have a First Amendment or a Bill of Rights.
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I want to explore and do things with excellence. I want to write songs that resonate with me and will resonate with a live audience. I'm exploring fresh sounds.
