Aaron Johnson Quotes
The buzz you get when you're playing a song and everyone is screaming and dancing and what have you and singing along is incredible.
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One thing everyone seems to agree on is that Republicans face a perceived compassion deficit.
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When you're collaborating with somebody, there has to be a spirit of cooperation. There are a lot of times when you just can't persuade someone to write a certain type of song, either musically or lyrically.
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Sitting on a bedroom floor crying is something that makes you feel really alone. If someone's singing about that feeling, you feel bonded to that person.
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A potlatch is similar to a court case in that both are prohibitively expensive; both involve lengthy speeches and the vigorous examination and debate of the actions, rights and legal responsibilities of the participants. One has food, singing and spiritual rites; the other, not so much.
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I was singing in a mall, and I picked a girl to come up onstage with me. As I was grabbing her hand, I fell off the stage. It felt like I was in the air forever, flying like Superman.
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Everyone at a party is uncomfortable. Knowing that makes me more comfortable.
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My mother adores singing and plays piano. My uncle was a phenomenal pianist. My brother John is a double bassist. I used to play the piano, badly, and cello. My brother Peter played violin.
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From the stage, I can reach a large audience, and you learn from being on stage how much a song reaches, what extent of the crowd a song can reach. I write in a way that can reach most of the audience, but I also wanted to have truly intimate moments as well, many intimate moments, more so than the big moments.
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Everyone knows that metaphors are important, yet we have no idea why.
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My favorite TV show is probably 'Glee.' I'm a Gleek, like everyone else!
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As much as I enjoy traveling and playing on stage as an artist, I really find my true sense of purpose in a room writing a song.
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Almost everyone will find something in our services worth paying for.
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When you're no longer ill, and everyone's gotten over the fact that you've had cancer, that core of steel doesn't go away, and then I had to find other channels for it.
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I'm an intense guy. I run 10 miles a day, which helps alleviate my intensity. Also, singing helps defuse my intensity. Playing the piano helps, and writing helps.
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Toil without song is like a weary journey without an end.
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Singing is my profession - there is no plan B.
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Everybody has their demons; everyone has their challenges.
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I've had writing sessions with people, but I've never had one where you're just there, and you start making a song, and then it's too good to be true that something really cool will come out of this.
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You can't understand Twenties England until you appreciate it was under a cloud of mourning. Nearly everyone was grieving.
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I started singing when I was about 3 and dancing soon after. Mom just started looking for outlets where I could perform and availed herself of any opportunity she could in the mountains of North Carolina in the '70s.
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Laurie Lewis' songs combine passion and sheer craft in a way you don't hear very often. Whatever country music is supposed to be, she's at the center of it.
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I'm a-gonna tell you how it's gonna be,You're gonna give your love to me.I wanna love you night and day,You know my love a-not fade away.A-well, you know my love a-not fade away.
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I'm terrified for what is in store for me as a parent!
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The buzz you get when you're playing a song and everyone is screaming and dancing and what have you and singing along is incredible.