Curtis Fuller Quotes

It was Miles Davis who took me to New York, and Coltrane was in the band, as well as Paul Chambers, Philly Jo Jones. 'Trane took me aside, and, of course, we did Blue Trane, which was my first album-and that started everything. He had confidence that I didn't have; he saw something that I didn't see.

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• Cinema affects everything, from the way I get dressed to how I build my stages.

  

  Paloma Faith
  • Everything
  • Build
  • Cinema

• I made myself famous by writing 'songs' and lyrics about the beauty of the things I did and ugliness, too.

  

  Jack Kerouac
  • Writing
  • Myself
  • Beauty

• My fans are so loving and encouraging. They're with me on good days and bad days.

  

  La'Porsha Renae
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Fans

• When you go back and really listen to the legendary rappers, this is timeless music. Guys like Biggie, guys like Pac, timeless music.

  

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
  • Music
  • You
  • Timeless

• I like to write first-person because I like to become the character I'm writing.

  

  Wally Lamb
  • Writing
  • Character
  • Like

• If there was a way to discourage trash constitutionally, I would sure as heck take a hard look at it. I don't think there is. So I don't think there's a choice here.

  

  Ed Rendell
  • Think
  • Look
  • Choice

• Country fans are the most loyal in the world, but they know every song that you put out - not just the singles.

  

  Madison Marlow
  • World
  • Country
  • Song

• I've worked with a lot of really fine actors, both on stage and on screen. The level of their game lifts me up and brings the level of my game up to theirs. Always. It's like a constant upgrade.

  

  Gary Sinise
  • Game
  • Actors
  • Fine

• All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn't have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help.

  

  Nas
  • Important
  • Help
  • Single

• They say marriage will change you but it didn't change me. Being in love changed me.

  

  R. Kelly
  • Love
  • Change
  • Marriage

• Emotions are triggered by what we like to call emotionally competent stimuli, that is, objects or situations that can be real, like in front of you, or be in your mind when you think and you recall, and they act on brain devices that were designed by evolution.

  

  Antonio Damasio
  • Mind
  • Real
  • Brain

• It is not our policy to suppress success.

  

  Margaret Thatcher
  • Success

• My wife, whenever I'd go off to work and I'd be kind of anxious, she'll say, 'Remember, have fun.' Oh, I forgot, thanks for the reminder. Because sometimes we do forget. We take it all too seriously and there's a lot of joy to be had wherever you are.

  

  Jeff Bridges
  • Work
  • She
  • Remember

• You never find virtuosity for its own sake.

  

  Daniel Hope

• I don't really remember much about Kosovo. I only remember growing up in London, where my parents had to basically start from scratch.

  

  Rita Ora
  • Up
  • Remember
  • Parents

• There's so much pressure on women to have it all together. There's always this 'next, next, next.' I hope Glossier encourages women to be O.K. wherever you are. Just, everyone, relax!

  

  Emily Weiss
  • Women
  • Together
  • Hope

• Everybody in the entertainment industry is insecure.

  

  Sia LSD

• It's miraculous how much easier the computer has made my sort of work.

  

  Max Hastings
  • Work

• Sometimes a book isn't a heartbreaking work of staggering genius. Sometimes it's the only story you know how to tell.

  

  Tahereh Mafi
  • Work
  • Writing
  • Book

• I look around and pay attention to what around me is not being talked about, and then I talk about it with as much humour and honesty as I can. All my books have been that way.

  

  Alexandra Fuller
  • Attention
  • Honesty

• There's an unhealthy obsession in America with royalty and the class system.

  

  Kit Harington
  • America

• I spent my life working before I started band. I worked construction, landscaping. I worked in kitchens, cleaned dishes. I worked demolition.

  

  Zachary Cole Smith
  • Life
  • Band
  • Kitchen

• It was Miles Davis who took me to New York, and Coltrane was in the band, as well as Paul Chambers, Philly Jo Jones. 'Trane took me aside, and, of course, we did Blue Trane, which was my first album-and that started everything. He had confidence that I didn't have; he saw something that I didn't see.

  

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