Vikram Chatwal Quotes

Music used to be a lot more about angst for me. Now it's the only form of meditation I do.

Vikram Chatwal

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• Meditation

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• I often joke that I straddle psychosis and neurosis, and that being an artist keeps me in the middle, so I can work between the two.

  

  Sam Taylor-Wood
  • Work
  • Me
  • Artist

• If it helped you get your music off the ground, I'm glad you done it.

  

  Carl Perkins
  • Music
  • Done
  • You

• I'm not sure specifically but there's definitely parts of me in Rikku.

  

  Tara Strong
  • Me
  • Sure
  • Definitely

• Charlie Sheen gave me a signed headshot. I think it said, 'Keep it real.' But 'real' was spelled 'reel,' like a film reel.

  

  Dakota Fanning
  • Think
  • Me
  • Film

• I was influenced when I was younger by the cartoon movies that Disney put out, like Cinderella and what not. I watched those movies over and over when I was younger and the music is ingrained into my head. Nowadays, I'm still humming the tunes. It taught me the fundamentals.

  

  Zac Efron
  • Music
  • Me
  • Movies

• There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Meditation
  • Techniques

• R. C. Buford has been a huge help to me with his support.

  

  Dan Quinn
  • Help
  • Me
  • Support

• I base myself in African-derived music. Blues is one of the modern forms of African music.

  

  Henry Saint Clair Fredericks
  • Music
  • Myself
  • Blues

• I actually spend very little time listening to any new music.

  

  Gary Lucas
  • Time
  • Music
  • Listening

• I don't do a film unless it has a sword in it. And if it doesn't have a sword in it, I insist that they have one in the same room to keep me comfortable.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Me
  • Same
  • Sword

• I'm all about telling stories. I like people to picture the music video in their head when they're just listening to the song.

  

  Becky G
  • People
  • Music
  • Song

• My mom always told me I should have a Plan B. I said that if I'm not going to play guitar I'm going to play drums. And if I'm not going to play drums, I'm going to play bass. I always just wanted to play music. I was completely obsessed.

  

  Gary Clark Jr.
  • Music
  • Mom
  • Guitar

• For me, graffiti means making marks on surfaces using just about anything, be it markers, spray, paint, chalk, lipstick, varnish, ink. Or it can be the result of scratches and incisions. The aim is to maintain the energy created by disturbance or excitement in the street.

  

  Barry McGee
  • Energy
  • Result
  • Aim

• When I'm home on a break, I lock myself in my room and play guitar. After two or three hours, I start getting into this total meditation. It's a feeling few people experience, and that's usually when I come up with weird stuff. It just flows. I can't force myself. I don't sit down and say I've got to practice.

  

  Eddie Van Halen Van Halen
  • People
  • Up
  • Home

• I think I need to accept the fact that I am where I am today because fans have shared my music illegally and legally, but I wouldn't be here today without the Internet, so I can't speak out against it.

  

  Ed Sheeran
  • Music
  • Today
  • Internet

• I'm a huge fan of e-books, but the more I buy and download, the more I worry that someone could just take them all away from me.

  

  Warren Spector
  • Worry
  • Books
  • Fan

• I've always supported myself. I like the sense of knowing exactly where I stand financially, but there is a side of me that longs for a knight in shining armor.

  

  Barbara Feldon
  • Me
  • Myself
  • Finance

• Tel Aviv appeals to me.

  

  Taylor Caldwell
  • Me
  • Appeals
  • Tel Aviv

• It's entertaining to watch somebody break my music down or explain what he thinks I was thinking during the process of making these records. Because... he has no idea.

  

  Dr. Dre
  • Music
  • Thinking

• I know, deep down, that what makes my music what it is are my words. It always starts from me wanting to say something. Once I've run out of things to say, I'll be done.

  

  Benjamin Clementine
  • Music
  • Done
  • Words

• When I was president of the company, I said, 'Okay, I can do this - piece of cake.' Then when you are the CEO, the responsibilities multiply enormously because you worry about everything.

  

  Indra Nooyi
  • Worry
  • Company
  • Cake

• Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence.

  

  Saint Basil
  • Power
  • Remember
  • Forget

• For my money, all theatre should be free.

  

  Jamie Parker
  • Money
  • Free
  • Theatre

• Music used to be a lot more about angst for me. Now it's the only form of meditation I do.

  

  Vikram Chatwal
  • Music
  • Me
  • Meditation