Carl Zuckmayer Quotes
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I'm involved in music and fashion a lot more than I used to be, so my style has definitely changed - for the better, of course. It's given me greater insight into what colours work, what looks good on camera, and what I feel comfortable in.
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I've always written songs that were confessional, acoustic, wordy - my writing style matches my personality. The music always has to match the mouth it comes out of.
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As you begin to realize that every different type of music, everybody's individual music, has its own rhythm, life, language and heritage, you realize how life changes, and you learn how to be more open and adaptive to what is around us.
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The perfect day for me is waking up and having a cup of tea with my kids before I drive them to school; Then, I go into the studio and try and write some music for three or four hours and give up about noon.
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My music is a little dark, and my lyrics are a little darker. Every day, I'm fighting towards the light.
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I'm disregarding all the rules I've seen as people approach writing music. I'm trying to break them.
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My career? I never think of it as a 'career.' Art and music and all those things that I'm creating are just part of me.
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I'm a pretty easygoing person, and it bleeds into the music. Even if I'm writing the most personal song, it's not going to come out totally serious; there's always a little tongue in the cheek.
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When I finished school, I didn't continue to go to university, because I decided I wanted to do music.
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Music helps me immeasurably in the writing process.
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I found that it wasn't so oddball to like music and poetry and visual arts, they're kindred spirits.
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I don't even listen to music when I'm off tour.
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I joined the Madras Christian College but dropped out after three months. Telugu music director Ramesh Naidu asked me to assist him, and I did so for over a year. I did think of rejoining college, but by then, I was discovering the musician in me. I worked with Illaya Raja and Raj Koti and soon shifted to commercials. This led to movie offers.
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I like to listen to mellow stuff on the road like Travis, as we are constantly surrounded by rock music on tour and so its nice listening to mellow stuff. Obviously back at home I listen to a lot more rock music.
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I love the smell of a theater. The old rooms and the carpet and all that stuff. I love to tell stories. Even before I was doing music, I saw myself as a director. So most of my songs come in a play form, you know, where there are characters and stories, so I like to go beyond just the song sometimes.
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I wouldn't like my fans going through my rubbish.
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Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows.
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I love seeing the fans of the music that I make.
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I love knowing that people are connecting to my lyrics, my music and me.
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I grew up in Haifa and enjoyed the wonderful beaches and Mount Carmel that rolls into the Mediterranean Sea. From my early days at home, I remember a strong encouragement to study.
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I always thought the real violence in Hollywood isn't what's on the screen. It's what you have to do to raise the money.
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I love the sound of voices singing together, congregational singing, anything like gospel, or folk, or sea shanties. I spent quite a bit of time in choirs growing up, and in the world-touring music group, Anuna. It's a sound with very rich texture, voices singing together.
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Simon Pegg is terribly talented, very funny, such a delicious sense of humour.
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Oh that music - how it goes through one
