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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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 got picked for very unique and independent filmmaking experiences with auteurs. And I'm so lucky.
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It's interesting to play a real-life person who has already been a character on 'Saturday Night Live.'
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Strangers come up to me in bars and tell me about their sex lives. I'm thinking, 'You think I can make it better somehow?'
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People call me a genius. I don't know much about geniuses. But I do believe that what I achieved was not just because of the ability that I was born with but also because I worked hard.
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I don't think I'm a flaming radical.
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After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if you are bound to fake one of them, it had better be life.
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I work well under pressure.
