Aaron Neville Quotes
I've had problems with my throat over the years, playing with loud bands for years, and I've had bruised vocal chords and nodules.
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I have been known as the minimal and conceptual artist for over five decades. I think I haven't changed much.
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One often learns more from ten days of agony than from ten years of contentment.
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If you're filming somebody doing something they really want to do, you're probably not very high on their list of problems to deal with. You see James Carville on the phone - he's like that whether you have a camera or not. He isn't doing it just for you, and that's hard to explain.
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I'm not a very big fan of 'Slumdog Millionaire.' I think it's visually brilliant. But I have problems with the story line. I find the storyline unconvincing.
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It takes 20 years to make an overnight success.
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I'm a much healthier eater and I've lost quite a bit of weight over the years.
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Lebanese mezze, Cantonese dim sum and Basque pinchos have all evolved over years and are designed to make sense together.
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It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.
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I tried for years to get an agent because I was told you needed an agent. The agent-hunting process was grim indeed.
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I had auditioned for 'The Vampire Diaries' years ago before 'The Originals' happened, so I was familiar with that mythology.
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I have a whole closet in my house that's dedicated just to jackets and coats, stuff that I've collected over the years.
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The fundamental vision hasn't changed. What does change is how you get there, because there are still problems you have to figure out.
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I started playing trumpet when I was 11 years old. All I wanted to be was a jazz trumpet player when I grew up.
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When I'm on stage, I'm quite over the top - I'm quite flamboyant and camp.
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I was on a well-beaten path of actors - what we all call 'the Law and Order route'. I spent two years of auditioning for everything... and then 'The Wire' came up.
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In the last 1,000 years, the Arabs have translated as many books as Spain translates in just one year.
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In all my years of baseball, I have always expected to be traded. I never liked the idea.
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'Paper Planes' was an accident. It wasn't a song we made for the masses. It took two years to get popular, and there were many fights about censoring the gunshot sounds.
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I had a bowl cut for years, and glasses. When Harry Potter became famous, I looked just like him.
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You can always tell when a woman is with the wrong man, because she has so much to say about the fact that nothing's happening. When women find the right person, on the other hand, they just... disappear for six months, then resurface, eyes shiny, and usually about six pounds heavier.
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My mum was no pushy parent. She would drop me off for auditions when I was in my teens at the Lyric Theatre, then give me my bus fare and say she would see me later at home. She wasn't hanging around in the wings geeing me on. I had to do it on my own; it was up to me.
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Jerry, Jerry...he's kind of got a feminine side to him...he's in touch with his feminine side.
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I've had problems with my throat over the years, playing with loud bands for years, and I've had bruised vocal chords and nodules.
