Chris Botti Quotes
There's a fine line between heartbreak and love. It's a compliment when someone tells me my music put them in a place when where they were almost in tears.
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What is art? Art talks about life; it's subversive.
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When I was 26, I got offered the Connecticut job, but the ABA started, and I thought I could still play.
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I think it's less common in France that a man at the age of 50 buys a Porsche and gets a young girlfriend.
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Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.
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Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.
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Our parents all experimented with raising us in a fairly loose, unorthodox way. A huge emphasis was placed on creativity, and our artistic efforts were never dismissed as childish. There was a sense that we - kids and grown-ups - all had the potential to make something of value. Our drawings were not simply destined for the refrigerator.
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I have more of a desire to write songs about being an independent woman than being in love, songs about getting up and moving on even if I have a broken heart.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.
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We decided we don't use the term 'fat' for me. We use the term 'juicy' for me. My wife's fine with it, but the rule is when I'm over double her weight, it's over.
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People always tell me I'm going to regret not having kids. But what if I have one and then I regret having it? Has anyone thought of that option?
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With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest things alive.
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My education was very tough.
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You know, when the cost of capital goes down, when credit becomes cheap, people start taking greater and greater risks.
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I was looking for the people who were making the music inside the cabinet. I would look in there and see if I could find somebody who was making all this wonderful music.
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You are a dear soul who plays polo, and I am a poor Pole who plays solo.
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I am actually a bit chubby, and I eat everything. I eat in a way - if my parents fed me the way I choose to eat as an adult, they would've lost custody.
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I grew up thinking that singing was my security.
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I'm always looking, as an actor, for activities. I think it's far more interesting to watch what people do than what they say. You always want to watch behavior, because the dialogue as written by our illustrious leaders is great. Eminently playable.
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Our founders did not oust George III in order for us to crown Richard I.
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Being my own boss and working inside an industry that's not really an industry, I need to keep busy and keep working. The only way to make money in music - unless you're managing someone - is to tour, and even that depends on where you are at.
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It's very demanding to make up your own music.
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There's a fine line between heartbreak and love. It's a compliment when someone tells me my music put them in a place when where they were almost in tears.
