Aphex Twin (Richard David James) Quotes
The best musicians or sound-artists are people who never considered themselves to be artists or musicians.
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I'm an actor who wants to do great parts, and I've been very fortunate, for a long time, to get meaty roles, and sometimes some of them are meatier than others.
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A good lie detector doesn't jump to conclusions but tries to understand the person across the table, her personality, and her motivations. Your goal as a lie spotter isn't to point the finger and say, 'You're lying' - your goal is to get to the truth.
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Unworthiness is the inmost frightening thought that you do not belong, no matter how much you want to belong, that you are an outsider and will always be an outsider. It is the idea that you are flawed and cannot be fixed. It is wanting to be loved and feeling unlovable, or wanting to love and feeling that you are not capable of loving.
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I think success is very hard work, so, you know, if you work hard and you have some success, you have to give up something.
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I want every day to be life for the living, not just traipsing through it existing. I'm just interested in life and the world and exploring.
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I don't know the history of my sport. I'm not like those people who know everything.
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I live a normal life.
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You can't be in love with a Google search.
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People sometimes mistake being serious with being taken seriously.
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You can't betray yourself too often, or you become somebody else.
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I like seeing advanced acrobatics, but I also like to see more than tumbling. It's important to combine the artistry of gymnastics with the tough skills. It's called artistic gymnastics. We should stand by the name.
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I'm the kind of person who always wants more. I was successful materially, but I know life is much more than worldly success. I saw all these blessings God had given me. The way to give thanks is obedience to God.
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I've been told by journalists that Facebook is upset anytime we're mentioned.
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That's the trouble with trying to influence an undecided voter. First you have to find one.
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The question arises whether private companies can bear responsibility when considering the large risks involved with nuclear business.
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We live in an image society. Speeches are not what anybody cares about; what they care about is the picture.
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There are two types of women out there: there's the kind of woman who finds something nice and likes to keep it to herself, and then there's the other type, which is me, who wants to share.
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Freedom is for fun.
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It's always about the music, never about anything else.
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It's always great playing with other musicians. It's also a great situation where I'm the older guy, I've influenced generations of guitar players.
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I have a hard time with musicians who act like pricks because it just makes me mad. I just sit there and I go, 'You know what, dude, no matter whether you're in a band just surviving or you're in a bus playing stadiums, one way or another, you're still among the rare breed of people that are actually getting paid to do it.'
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There are a lot better musicians than me out there that just haven't had the luck to fall into everything like I have.
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What's worse? Being strung out or being fat?
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The best musicians or sound-artists are people who never considered themselves to be artists or musicians.
