Peter Silberman Quotes
We’re pretty much constantly on tour right now, and we’ve adapted most of the songs to sound different than they do on record. That keeps us going and engaged, to be changing these songs and sounds, making the live show bigger and washier.
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Many of the songs on Undertow were written at the time Opiate came out.
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If it wasn't for what goes on in the world of politics, we wouldn't really have much of a show.
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I didn't get here for my acting... but I love show business.
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I will say that a lot of songs that I've written are from my own personal experiences which are special to me.
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I tend to name albums after one of the songs.
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Every battalion has its marching songs.
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I am inspired by show girls and Vegas. I was a cabaret performer, so that's where all that influence comes from.
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I love the idea of metamorphosing and changing, the legalized insanity of acting.
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My first appearance as a guest on The Tonight Show was in '81.
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I'm a lover of songs.
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Ru Paul knew details of the 'Burnett Show' that even surprised me.
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I did a musical when I was 17, an amateur show, and I loved it.
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My first time on TV doing stand-up, I actually did this show in Holland called 'The Comedy Factory' hosted by Jorgen Raymann. It was in 2006 in Holland. It was amazing. I had only been doing stand-up for four years, and I booked that gig through the Just For Laughs Montreal festival, and they flew me out and put me up.
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We became the songs we wrote.
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When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
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I just want to write good songs that people love, which is a tough thing to do.
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A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime.
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When starting to think about any novel, part of the motive is: I'm going to show them, this time.
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It all depends on how you choose to live it. It's like forever, always changing.
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We are coming into a new era of flight, an ear in which all past conception of time and distance is changing and changing at a very, very rapid rate.
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It’s really interesting, I tailor the set to the place we’re playing and to the audience we’re playing to. There’s a certain formula of songs that have to be included that are expected, but I don’t go changing it up, I think if you give the audience the songs that they want and then give them something unexpected, it’s a great situation for the audience, but also a great situation for the band.
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I had to groan a bit on the couch when my brow was mopped-as it is when you've been shot across the chest.
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We’re pretty much constantly on tour right now, and we’ve adapted most of the songs to sound different than they do on record. That keeps us going and engaged, to be changing these songs and sounds, making the live show bigger and washier.
