Damien Chazelle Quotes
'Whiplash' was always the song I hated the most because it's a song designed to screw with drummers.
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I like being scared, so I've always liked fairy tales because they're kind of creepy.
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I always knew would be some sort of artist, but didn't know what.
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You can't try and make something you think someone else will like. You can only make what you like. How can you make a song that Yo-Landi Visser likes? You don't know me. You'll never understand me.
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I think the line is where you're in the studio, you're creating. That belongs to you as an artist. Nothing should taint that. I shouldn't be thinking about what the fans want, I shouldn't be thinking about what the radio wants, what the label wants, what your manager wants, a song for the chicks, a song for the street.
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People always say I'm a legend, but I'm not. Not until I've defended my Olympic titles. That's when I've decided I'll be a legend.
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As a former English major, I have always been fascinated by the connections between literature and history.
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Journalists always explain that people are mad at them because they tell the truth, which is often unpleasant or uncomfortable to hear. However, they fail in situations where there is more than one truth.
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Music rhythms are mathematical patterns. When you hear a song and your body starts moving with it, your body is doing math. The kids in their parents' garage practicing to be a band may not realize it, but they're also practicing math.
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We always go into a game to win.
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To vice, innocence must always seem only a superior kind of chicanery.
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It's a scary thing going into the workforce with a $50,000 debt and you've been trained as a classical theatre actor. There's always a depression in the theatre.
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Stay humble. Always answer your phone - no matter who else is in the car.
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From the stage, I can reach a large audience, and you learn from being on stage how much a song reaches, what extent of the crowd a song can reach. I write in a way that can reach most of the audience, but I also wanted to have truly intimate moments as well, many intimate moments, more so than the big moments.
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Fixity is always momentary. But how can it always be so? If it were, it would not be momentary - or would not be fixity.
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Elvis was, at least the times I was around him, Elvis was a practical joker. He was always, had some little mischievous something going.
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I was a pretty pretentious kid. I was always making art.
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I'm always investing. I'm constantly in talks with someone about some opportunity.
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I've always loved Def Leppard, ever since I was little.
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I've always been a huge fan of the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies.
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It's good to let go of control. That's probably something all artists and song writers will say at some point.
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We're really in control; that's the difference. We were out of control then.
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If you don't feel like you're ready to get your license - just because people are putting pressure on you, don't feel like you have to rush into something. Take your time, really feel confident and be ready. It doesn't matter what other people say, do what's best for you and makes you feel safe.
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As a songwriter you have an umbilical cord to the song and it's hard to expand on your understanding of the lyrics. Whereas when you cover a song you can create your own reason why you're attached to it.
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'Whiplash' was always the song I hated the most because it's a song designed to screw with drummers.
