Nicholas Payton Quotes
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I don't let my picture be taken. I'm on too many hit lists.
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When I got on stage, I felt this bolt of electricity hit me, and it was this shock of, 'This is exactly what I'm supposed to do with my life.'
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Every single note on this album is there for a reason.
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Didn't come up here to read. Came up here to hit.
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Now that I'm famous, guys don't hit on me.
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If you find a note tonight that sounds good, play the same damn note every night!
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Sure, I was depressed for a while. But I was just happy we had a hit. It was cool to know that the band was still together and had gigs to play.
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He can hit the ball out of the park anywhere, probably out of the Grand Canyon.
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Our problem is not that we aim too high and miss, but that we aim too low and hit.
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Everybody has a gameplan until he gets hit.
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All will come out in the washing.
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True art takes note not merely of form but also of what lies behind.
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We all come out from Gogol's 'Overcoat'.
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One man may hit the mark, another blunder; but heed not these distinctions. Only from the alliance of the one, working with and through the other, are great things born.
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The beauty of the band was you never knew what was going to come out next.
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You are never more than a half-step away from a right note.
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Use half as many words and they'll hit twice as hard.
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If you do right, everything will come out right.
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Drosnin's 'The Bible Code' would hardly be worth mentioning were it not such a smash hit.
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I can't stand squealers, hit that guy!
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Judge: a law student who marks his own examination-papers.
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I love to cook. I'd hoped by now I'd have a big loft. I have this fantasy that between 12 and 4, if you're in New York, it's known that I'll be serving a meal and you can just show up. You can watch TV, hang out, nap. Once a month. Wouldn't that be nice?
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When you have great joy, you will become Buddhas!
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Tis better to hit an air ball, than to force a note that don't wanna come out.
