Bob Thomason Quotes
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I always thought that one day I would be somebody. I would be successful in music, and I would have fans that cared about my music. At the same time, I really feel like an ordinary guy; I have been an ordinary guy forever.
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They came out in a dim, damp basement - a generic sort of place, full of moulding boxes. 'You take me to the nicest places,' Claire said, and sneezed.
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Life is islands of ecstasy in an ocean of ennui, and after the age of thirty land is seldom seen.
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We are in a period of searchers rather than of creators.
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The Silvertop and the Goldtop both had subtlety where it was needed but lots of definition as well. I liked the different voicings of the distortion/fuzz elements.
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The spirit of the gospel is in absolute disagreement with the spirit of the world.
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I'd still thought that everything I thought about that night-the shame, the fear-would fade in time. But that hadn't happened. Instead, the things that I remembered, these little details, seemed to grow stronger, to the point where I could feel their weight in my chest. Nothing, however stuck with me more than the memory of stepping into that dark room and what I found there, and how the light then took that nightmare and made it real.
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It's the music. Your heart is in your ears.
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People love nobody as much as they do their hatred.
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My blood sugar went out of control. Diabetes runs in my family, so I went to see my doctor. He was like, 'Buck up,' and it was sort of the wake-up call that I needed to hear.
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I was born at six months, and I weighed 900 grams less than two pounds. I have a very heroic birth story.
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All my adult life all I knew was performing. I pushed myself. My motto was I can always do one more show.
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Let me think about the people who I care about the most, and how when they fail or disappoint me... I still love them, I still give them chances, and I still see the best in them. Let me extend that generosity to myself.
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Unless you are able to influence the way others think and act, your chances for success are limited.
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My life's not tragic at all. How many guys do you know who are bankrupt and just bought a $3 million house and are getting ready to get $6 million more?
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We weren't going to take any chances with him.
