Winston Marshall Quotes
Banjos are used in Celtic, English folk music and obviously American music. But not that much in pop music. But it's more versatile than people realise it to be. It's a beautiful instrument, very rhythmic and melodic. You can do anything with it.
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I'm just part of a tradition of people who aren't pleased. I would never think anyone else who has the same attitude was getting it from me. I'd just think they're... sensible.
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It was my wish since I was a child to become something, to be able to stand on my own two feet, to do something for myself.
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We know specific genes are turned on in specific cells, but we don't know to what extent this happens.
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I had a strong vision for 'The Best Man Holiday,' so I was able to translate that to the actors and ultimately to the screen. Things can't get too heavy or too outrageously funny; it has to strike a balance. Tone is everything. If you've set the right tone, you can get away with a lot of stuff. You can get away with making people cry.
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I just try to get away with as much as I can. I don't think that's very radical in the art world.
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There is the joy of being healthy and fair, but there is overall the beauty, the immense joy of being useful.
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What I'm sowing today, I be reaping tomorrow So here's some joyful bars, to replace your sorrow.
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We are fighting to vindicate the principle that small nationalities are not to be crushed, in defiance of international good faith, by the arbitrary will of a strong and overmastering Power.
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Developing love and compassion and reducing anger and spite is a universal activity which requires no faith in any religion whatsoever
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Most of us prefer to walk backward into the future, a posture that may be uncomfortable but which at least allows us to keep on looking at familiar things as long as we can.
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As we pour out our bitterness, God pours in his peace.
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A friend is simply one soul in two bodies.
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The Tao principle is what happens of itself.
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Brian Auger is a superb technician on his instrument, but he also plays with feeling that is a rarity. I am looking forward in recording with him in the near future.
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We were trying to get a sound on an instrument and I said it should sound robotic and he said, ‘You mean humanesque?’ I thought it was a good word and used it for the title.
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I think it takes a little bit of crazy to make a difference in this world.
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I think no-one was surprised to hear that Janis Joplin was dead. She seemed to be living up all of her energy that she had to give in just a few years. Now you listen to covers of her songs by various women, and it's pale in comparison.
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Banjos are used in Celtic, English folk music and obviously American music. But not that much in pop music. But it's more versatile than people realise it to be. It's a beautiful instrument, very rhythmic and melodic. You can do anything with it.
