Nils Frahm Quotes
Why does the world need a Piano Day? For many reasons. But mostly, because it doesn't hurt to celebrate the piano and everything around it: performers, composers, piano builders, tuners, movers and most important, the listener.
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It's always about finding the right balance between answering some questions and raising new ones to keep your story going.
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Whenever I have even a spare second, I'm in the kitchen whipping up a batch of cookies. I make a mean batch of chocolate chippers.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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Employees that feel known and they feel like they know why their job matters and they have a sense of measuring it stay later, do extra work, and are committed to the organization above the requirements that they have.
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Recording a song for a film doesn't take much time; it's hardly an hour's job, but concerts are constant, and so is travelling, so I've to take time out to work on my albums because I'm passionate about creating my own music. When you love something dearly, you set your priorities accordingly.
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I have always examined closely the motives of any group for which I am asked to raise money.
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Straight up. You can't mess with Jay when it's time to come play.
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Unless young blacks are brought into the mainstream of economic life, they will continue to be on the curbstone.
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I was surprised when I finally moved to Boston and the East Coast, to discover that there weren't that many vibraphone players around. And I was the only one playing with four mallets.
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I think the kids today need to hear more about morals and values.
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The best way to learn is live, in person, cooking, feeling, smelling and tasting, but TV is the second-best thing to that; it's a halfway facsimile.
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Russian hacking of the DNC is a problem, not a scandal.
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I think Sharon is anti-Israeli because it's in the interest of Israel to understand the problems of the other side.
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If I was in a horrorfilm I’d die first, because I would have no idea what’s going on.
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I'm very confident. Even when I read people saying horrible stuff about my weight.
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When you don't give yourself the time and care you need, your body rebels in the form of sickness and exhaustion.
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It's also wonderful to be back with my great friend and ally, Chancellor [Angela] Merkel. As I reflect back over the last eight years, I could not ask for a steadier or more reliable partner on the world stage, often through some very challenging times.
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I'm a slow starter.
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Loneliness is the most compelling force in the universe.
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The discovery that the universe has no purpose need not prevent a human being from having one.
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Exceptional performers are masterful opportunists, keenly alert to opportunity!
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You're in direct contact with the music by having the strings under your fingers. It's not mechanical like a piano.
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Why does the world need a Piano Day? For many reasons. But mostly, because it doesn't hurt to celebrate the piano and everything around it: performers, composers, piano builders, tuners, movers and most important, the listener.
