Steven Siro Vai Quotes
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Younger audiences are into me because I did 'Stuart Little,' and that movie was a very big deal for kids. And in 'Angels in the Outfield,' a generation of kids learned about magic and angels. And then, of course, there are these two blond girls named Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, and I played their nanny on their TV show.
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I just like music that I can relate to, something to listen to in my car.
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At the age of 11 I was about 6 ft. tall and my voice had completely broken. That caused problems. I was this gangly, spotty, very unattractive kid. I wasn't cool and I wasn't a nerd. I didn't even want to fit in with anyone.
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I have been very encouraged by President Obama's call to action on climate change both at his Inauguration and in the State of the Union Address. This is a global imperative. I also welcome President Obama's intention to pursue reductions in nuclear arsenals.
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That's why I think the 'Scarpetta' series has worked so well because people like spending time with this character.
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I was surprised when I finally moved to Boston and the East Coast, to discover that there weren't that many vibraphone players around. And I was the only one playing with four mallets.
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I always say the next one is my favorite.
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I don't take vacations.
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My life is perfectly happy and giggly and I'm perfectly grateful every day; if there are problems to have, the ones I have are the ones to have; I'm lucky.
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Do you know, it's funny, but I never thought of being blind as a disadvantage, and I never thought of being black as a disadvantage.
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We have in mind it being a very prominent building where people can come to learn about Washington state, the territorial history and the culture,
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To this day, if I ever meet grownups who play ukulele, I love 'em.
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As long as movies are depressing, life isn't.
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Anne Romaine collected her own parallel archive to [Alex] Haley.
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When you see someone putting on his Big Boots, you can be pretty sure that an Adventure is going to happen.
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Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future.
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Love is the only future God offers.
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Part of the power of home cooking is that everything tastes better when someone else makes it for you.
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Jazz is the greatest American art form and our greatest export. We don't pay attention to the youth of jazz, don't stoke the fires creatively for the youth coming up. I feel like jazz musicians became too much of purists - with Donald Byrd doing funk jazz in the '70s.
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Find what you're best at and exaggerate it.
