Steve Taylor (Roland Stephen "Steve" Taylor) Quotes
The music business is almost unrecognizable from two decades ago. I have no idea how anybody makes a living at it without a trust fund.
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Istanbul is a vast place. There are very conservative neighbourhoods, there are places that are upper class, Westernised, consuming Western culture.
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I've actually done a lot of comedy.
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All good performance pieces have some philosophical validity. That's the difference between mere theater and performance art.
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I find short, fast romances romantic. There's a beauty to dark imagery.
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In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.
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Fresh out of college, you tend to join a company because it's a job. But, you tend to stay because it becomes a career; you start to feel at home. In the beginning of your career, you're focused on you: 'I like this place because I'm doing rewarding work; they take good care of me; the people are nice; there's runway for me,' etc.
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I sort of fall apart in terms of stamina after about 25 minutes!
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It was the 'Gaucho' album that finished us off. We had pursued an idea beyond the point where it was practical. That album took about two years, and we were working on it all of that time - all these endless tracking sessions involving different musicians. It took forever, and it was a very painful process.
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Those edges and turns teach control and discipline, just like finger exercises on the piano.
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Charity plays an important role in upholding the values and advancing the work of the United Nations.
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I don't believe in murder.
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I've got to let the people who are in the business run the business. I can help them think through their decisions about products, about partners, about hiring. But in the end, the decisions are theirs, and so is the responsibility.
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I would love to do an electronic record. There's just so much to see and do and try. And life goes by.
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Originals are nonconformists, people who not only have new ideas but take action to champion them. They are people who stand out and speak up. Originals drive creativity and change in the world. They're the people you want to bet on.
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Well, guys are better at mechanical stuff and women are better at emotional stuff.
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You have seen on TV how hard it is to go up 129,000 feet and how hard it is to come down.
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Whether you're a Twitter follower, a YouTube subscriber or a Facebook friend, natural social instinct is to collect people and to not kind of see them later. But unfortunately, with social media, you collect them and they're in your life, whether you really want them or not.
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I've been asked this question so many times, do you feel you need to write a book for adults? No, I don't need to write a book for adults.
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Are you a censor? Do you tell people not to say “girl”? Shame on you! If nothing offends you, you’re a saint or you’re psychotic. If a few things offend you, deal with them--fairly. If you’re often offended by things, you’re probably a self-righteous asshole and it’s too bad you weren’t censored yourself--by your mother in an abortion clinic.
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Writing, I think, is not apart from living. Writing is a kind of double living. The writer experiences everything twice. Once in reality and once in that mirror which waits always before or behind.
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Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness, revised edition.
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Sometimes when you're on tour, it feels like you're living the same day over and over again.
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The music business is almost unrecognizable from two decades ago. I have no idea how anybody makes a living at it without a trust fund.
