Steve Lukather Quotes
I was asked to be in Elton John's band, Joni Mitchell's band, and Miles Davis' band. I couldn't do it.
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Viola Davis is a perfect example of somebody who's so much better than the parts she has the opportunity to play.
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I had no interest in sports so I didn't make friends in that traditional way where kids are in public school and they go and they join clubs, and play sports. So I kind of had to find my own way to make friends and get attention and so I just was the class clown.
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I understood early on that the freedom of America is what made our way of life possible and that we should help other people live in freedom, too.
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A lot of recent comic book adaptations have gone two ways: either they're striving for some kind of realism, like 'Iron Man' or 'The Dark Knight,' or they're very stylised and gritty, like 'Sin City' and '300.'
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I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about jazz.
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I refute it thus.
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Government subsidies can be critically analyzed according to a simple principle: You are smarter than the government, so when the government pays you to do something you wouldn't do on your own, it is almost always paying you to do something stupid.
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The loss of consciousness for me was never any great loss.
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For me, happiness is doing my best and trying to be helpful.
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When a small child, I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong, happiness is like a butterfly which appears and delights us for one brief moment, but soon flits away.
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Some young people can rely on a privileged background and great connections to get work experience, but I don't believe anybody can be guaranteed success nowadays.
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We like songs that are familiar.
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We're playing the Superbowl this year, we're opening up before the coins drop.
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When it's time for me to walk away from something, I walk away from it. My mind, my body, my conscience tell me that enough is enough.
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Using string bends instead of just playing regular, unbent notes can definitely help give certain riffs a cooler, heavier edge.
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I give away CDs at shows if someone wants a CD but doesn't have any money. I wouldn't want to do that forever.
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I don't think any professional accepts defeat.
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When you have a lot going on in a scene - whether it be a lot of shots, a lot of coverage, a lot of edits, or just the amount of content - it can cover up a deficit of true feeling. But when you don't have a lot of material to work with, you really have to be sincere with everything. You really have to mean it, because there's nowhere to hide.
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The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.
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I want to print books by people in the film industry.
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The government will improve the economy in Taiwan with full force.
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In abandoning the vagueness of the sketch the artist shows more of his personality by revealing the range but also the limitations of his talent.
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I don't think I've ever had a bad Valentine's Day, I mean... c'mon, y'all know I never get a bad Valentine. Nah. Um, no, I've never really had - I don't have a bad Valentine's Day. I never really think... it doesn't come up to my mind.
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I was asked to be in Elton John's band, Joni Mitchell's band, and Miles Davis' band. I couldn't do it.
