Robby Takac Quotes
I write about things that tear me apart, and it's all very personal to me. It's funny to hear people disassemble the lyrics. If they get it wrong, it almost means more to me, because it's morphed into something that is meaningful to them.
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I just realized quite early on that I'm not going to be the type who can write a novel every two years. I think you need to feel an urgency about the act. Otherwise, when you read it, you feel no urgency, either. So I don't write unless I really feel I need to, and that's a luxury.
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I had a major bug for cities and for paintings and literature and all the things I thought went on in cities.
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When I write a movie, I write it for me.
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I would say 'The Master' was one of the most inspiring things I've ever got to work on.
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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There are some seminal things that happened in the '70s for me: Billy Joel and Jackson 5.
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People often write after they finish their career, or they don't play anymore, or they are not anymore active. So I say, why do that? And let's do it differently.
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Simply, there are many things I would like to do.
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Instead of writing songs for girls, I tend to write albums, which I guess is a bit weird.
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I love to personalize things. I love to make things my own. I like to name everything - from cars to iPhones to the socks I just lost.
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I've done a lot of things that I regret.
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I was a hired drummer for 3 Doors; there wasn't an opportunity for me to write.
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I don't think of myself as Scottish or lesbian when I sit down and write. I am glad I have broken out of that limited audience.
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'The One-Eyed Man' is a novel that was one I never intended to write.
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I don't write constantly; it's two serials and a novel a year.
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My students often ask me, 'What is sociology?' And I tell them, 'It's the study of the way in which human beings are shaped by things that they don't see.'
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The biggest things in life are not materials.
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I'm not an inventor. I just want to make things better.
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Experience is knowing a lot of things you shouldnt do.
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Yoga has taught me that a fundamental principle of life is that energy follows intention. When we create a strong intention and really believe in it, the world magically seeks to support us.
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It remained an open question, how much sympathy love could stand.
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I started to write book reviews as a means of recording my thoughts about what I'd read before all memory of them vanished.
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Sometimes they laugh at things I don't think are funny, but I believe if they're laughing at me, it's a good show.
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I write about things that tear me apart, and it's all very personal to me. It's funny to hear people disassemble the lyrics. If they get it wrong, it almost means more to me, because it's morphed into something that is meaningful to them.
