Joe Bonamassa Quotes
A guitar is a guitar. Whether it was made yesterday or 51 years ago, if it's good, it will stand the test of time.
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Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.
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When I'm at home, I want to be a normal person. I don't want to hear, 'Can I have your autograph?'
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I loved 'Dirty Sexy Money.' That didn't have a long enough shelf life. I would've liked to explore that character and play with that cast longer. That was a lot of fun to shoot.
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We all need to slow down and go to acupuncture.
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When I was in high school, I was doing all the plays. My drama teacher, Melody Duggan, was the one one who first made me do stand-up. She's the origin of the whole thing; it's all her. In high school in Denver, that was kind of the beginning of it all.
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I didn't have any friends, and I never went to the class parties.
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In a vague way, I always knew neurosurgery was different - more delicate, more difficult, more demanding. After all, we say things like, 'I'm no brain surgeon,' for a reason.
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I like to impress myself when I dress.
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I would never be able to spend all my life in a busy city like Mumbai.
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'Until Friday Night' is the first book in my new young adult series, 'The Field Party.'
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I don't care what people do. I don't care how people remember my albums. I do them for my own reasons.
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At one point I had to shove as much food in my body as possible to pack on calories. My trainer wanted me to do six meals a day and not go two hours without eating. If I would cheat on eating one day, I could tell - I'd drop a few pounds.
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Every crowd has a silver lining.
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Well, I'm about to do another western, a pilot for HBO this fall.
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As an artist, you're pretty sheltered backstage. You often don't know what's going on out there.
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I haven't pursued it as a senator because I know it's like spitting in the wind. But I still believe it's the right thing. And if I were governor and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
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When you're young and have the opportunity, it's crucial to learn as much as possible about your profession from every possible angle.
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Seriously I suspected I was a good actor, though I didn't know it during 'Monsoon Wedding.' Now I realize the more I learn, the less I know about acting... and life.
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Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best.
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I've found that good dialogue tells you not only what people are saying or how they're communicating but it tells you a great deal - by dialect and tone, content and circumstance - about the quality of the character.
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One of my first festivals was Oxygen 2006. It had this amazing lineup with the Arctic Monkeys on their first or second album, the Strokes, Kings of Leon, the Magic Numbers and then the Who and James Brown. I waited in the pit for a good eight hours to see James Brown.
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In thinking about it, the villains often have a little bit more range because their morality is different. You can have just a really good time as an actor, and there is just more there that you can explore on that side of the story.
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It's true that I'm not ashamed of my body. I'm comfortable, and I think more women should be more confident.
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A guitar is a guitar. Whether it was made yesterday or 51 years ago, if it's good, it will stand the test of time.
