Joe Bonamassa Quotes
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Progress, real progress, makes me cry harder than anything. When the world itself grows.
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I have to be on such a strict diet constantly.
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The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.
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I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child.
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I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.
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The guitar for me is a translation device. It's not a goal. And in some ways, jazz isn't a destination for me. For me, jazz is a vehicle that takes you to the true destination - a musical one that describes all kinds of stuff about the human condition and the way music works.
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I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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There was definitely a time where I did not believe in the Lord. I needed to understand the love of God.
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It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it.
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When the art world is done wrong, a reader's faith is lost and possibly not recuperable.
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I had a good guitar, and I was a young, young kid.
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I tend to like simple music. And clever, succinct lyrics. Songs that don't try to be more than they need to to be effective, to stir up something emotionally within you.
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I think there's nothing that can drive you more than a huge dream or a huge challenge.
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It is one thing to say that there is a constitutional right to keep a gun at home for protection. It is quite another to say there is a constitutional right to bring a hidden gun into a daycare center.
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I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.
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I'm married to the theater but my mistress is the films.
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Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way.
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I know I've got a degree. Why does that mean I have to spend my life with intellectuals? I've got a lifesaving certificate but I don't spend my evenings diving for a rubber brick with my pyjamas on.
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Personally, I really enjoy sci-fi. I watch it, I read comic books, and I play video games. I love this kind of world, so to be able to work in it is a dream. I enjoy it. It's all good.
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Your role as a founder changes dramatically once your team hits 10, 20, 50, 100, and so on. Sometimes you forget how big you've grown and continue to act as if you're still 10 people.
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What I respect in people more than anything is work ethic. And Justin Timberlake's got that. He works his tail off, and he knows his stuff.
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I always revisit duality because I think it's a conflict we all have. I think we all leave our house and go to work, and we put on the cape and become superheroes. That's what we do. It's how we move through life and handle negativity: you do everything you can to stay away from it.
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I work well under pressure.
