Joe Perry (Anthony Joseph Perry) Quotes
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We have the power to do any damn fool thing we want to do, and we seem to do it about every 10 minutes.
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We must think differently, look at things in a different way. Peace requires a world of new concepts, new definitions.
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When I was about 13, I met the coolest, chicest young woman I had ever seen. She was a neighbor of mine who became a fashion designer and had a small design studio. She taught me so many things about style and fashion. I had always loved making things, so when she told me about her career in fashion, I knew I had found my path.
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I guess I am a rapper. It's weird to be called that, or tell someone that's your profession.
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No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like a blind man willing to see.
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When I left the Giants in 2014, my comments were emotional, insensitive, and misguided, and I truly regret and apologize for my actions. I am committed to working hard to contributing to the success of the Giants.
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I didn't have any friends, and I never went to the class parties.
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A 10-pound sack of potatoes lasts a long time.
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In the long run, I believe that honesty is definitely the best policy. One can get away by being dishonest for a short term, but ultimately, honesty is what pays.
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The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture.
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I'm almost completely without family and it's a very odd feeling in life. I have no children.
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There was a verse that said if you are lukewarm rather than hot or cold, God will spit you out of his mouth on Judgment Day. And I felt like, I mean, I don't know. I'm lukewarm.
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I love iTunes as much as anybody. It's very convenient and very easy. But there is nothing like the vibe that you get when you walk into a record store. And I think a lot of people are still thrilled to spend a half hour there and go through the bins and make some purchases.
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My own conviction is, confirmed by a very close study of parochial registers, that some of the very best blood in England is to be found among the tradesmen of our county towns.
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I lost my confidence.
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When I was little, I grew up in a place called Hertfordshire, which is just near London, but out in the country, and I visited Pakistan in the summers to go and see my family on my dad's side.
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A woman in show business isn't honest with herself... so how can she be honest with another woman? We are, all of us, acting every minute of the day and night.
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I'm often daydreaming, and it's because I've always liked the idea of there being something more than the normal world.
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A good company delivers excellent products and services, and a great company does all that and strives to make the world a better place.
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I don't think you get to good writing unless you expose yourself and your feelings.
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It's really important to me that my sound is a combination of beats and melody. I love hearing strong, confident beats in music because I love to dance. At the same time, melody is really important to me because I love singing.
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People can try to make me into anything they want, but I think they're really throwing around language but saying the same thing.
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It was more about getting together with other musicians and playing live. I needed to suss out a full set for the Last Summer tour, and I didn't want to play Fiery Furnaces material. So half of our set was new songs that we ended up recording for this album. And that made such a huge difference - going into the studio after playing a song for two years, knowing it inside-out and having sung it millions of times, and then recording it is a totally satisfying experience. You're suddenly in this controlled environment and you can make it sound exactly as you've been imagining it.
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Describing certain sounds, there's a common language that guitar players have.
