Steven Siro Vai Quotes
What I look for in music is artistry, sincerity, and simplicity, and Tom Waits has all of that. I want to make a connection to the creator.
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I never want to sound preachy about youth and feminism, but I feel like there aren't enough young people coming out about their concerns and opinions.
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I really honestly can't see myself as a lawyer. It's pretty much safe to say I'll never become one.
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Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.
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What a cool job to be part of - whether it's doing lighting or acting or serving food on set. You're part of telling a story that hopefully has an essential component, and that's super exciting to me.
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If we were truly in the studio making a record, it would have been more time consuming, and certainly I would have been more involved in the writing process.
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There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production.
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I always consider Shakespeare like a huge room. I mean, you open the door, and you can go anywhere.
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I've always been working just to be a world champion and it's a dream come true.
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I don't mind playing spoiler.
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Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.
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I like chords that are very lush with all the lush parts taken out.
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We are what we believe we are.
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I'm a typical Irishman in that I only get home for weddings and funerals.
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Sleeping is one of the more private aspects of parenting; it happens in a quiet room, whereas eating is a more public aspect of parenting. Other people can see it and compare it to what their kids eat.
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You must enjoy the journey because whether or not you get there, you must have fun on the way.
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My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
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The fact of the matter is the Arab elites are more inclined to accommodate our wishes because of certain overlapping interests that are often financial. That is not the case with the Arab masses.
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I didn't have evil intentions, but I guess I did have power.
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The Japanese have perfected good manners and made them indistinguishable from rudeness.
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It's hard to run away from who you are, and when your taste is formed is a very important thing.
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It's great to play a rock star. Maybe not so great to be one.
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I made myself into a poet because it was the first thing I really loved. It was an act of will.
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If you are too overwhelmed, then when you sit down and try to write something, it feels forced. There's nothing worse than forced music. I mean, this world has enough of that right now, where it's basically McDonald's making music. 'Everybody needs another hamburger and fries.' Here's a piece of crap that nobody's gonna care about it two years.
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What I look for in music is artistry, sincerity, and simplicity, and Tom Waits has all of that. I want to make a connection to the creator.
