Elvin Jones Quotes
It's the honesty you apply to your playing that makes music enjoyable. The style of the music has little to do with it. It's only honesty makes it beautiful.
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Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
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It is key that Kansas Citians make the call as to what kind of airport they want.
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In a world awash in debt, power shifts to creditors.
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I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.
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Singing and dancing is not just for the cast of 'Glee'. We can wake up doing both and have it be a natural expression of who we are.
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A mystery is a whodunit. You know what happened, but not how or who's behind it. A thriller, or a suspense, is a howdunit. You know what happened, and you usually know who did it, but you keep reading because you want to know how they pulled it off.
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Normally when I read, I don't like music playing.
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But the exposure we got by doing the stint with Nine Inch Nails brought us a lot of attention.
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It's not very often that you get to come up with ideas and bring your take on the character and then actually have writers, producers, and directors pay attention to it.
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Not only are police officers often taken for granted, many people are highly vocal about their dislike for cops.
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Waking up with a bad head in the morning is difficult sometimes.
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Liquidity problems can occur in central clearing, even if all counterparties have the financial resources to meet their obligations, if they are unable to convert those resources into cash quickly enough.
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I'm a 7 o'clock act. My people want to go to a show, a dinner and then go home and go to bed.
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We're definitely a hodgepodge of influences. Mine, most heavily, would be Southern rock - the Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd and stuff like that. Hillary is more from the country side - her mom is Linda Davis, a country singer. Dave, he's a big fan of the Eagles and like that.
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The key to making the inspections work is the Iraqi government making the crucial decision that because of the international pressure Iraq has to disarm itself.
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I love all the arts - so museums, theatre, music, walks near trees or by the ocean, time with people, psychological readings.
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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Life has an interesting way of teaching even the most powerful people that joy from wealth is fleeting at best.
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In Ethiopia, food is often looked at through a strong spiritual lens, stronger than anywhere else I know. It's the focal point of weddings, births and funerals and is a daily ceremony from the preparation of the meal and the washing of hands to the sharing of meals.
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I haven't given up on the possibility that sweet reason will prevail.
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Who authorised the spend of millions of pounds and thousands of man hours into a stale, historical situation from three decades ago - with virtually no complaints made?
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Sometimes it ain’t about being the most talented. Sometimes it ain’t about being the smartest. Sometimes it’s not even about working the hardest. Sometimes it’s about consistency! Consistency!
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It's the honesty you apply to your playing that makes music enjoyable. The style of the music has little to do with it. It's only honesty makes it beautiful.
