Brett Dennen Quotes
I have ideas for songs all the time, but musical ideas, like melodies, really come out when I'm in nature.
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If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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Don't manage - lead change before you have to.
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German writers in the late 18th century were the first to uphold a prickly, literary nationalism, in reaction to the then dominance and prestige of French literature.
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I do Yoga. I'd like to say I do it every morning, but I don't, I just don't have the time.
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I am a sound freak. I could play around with sound forever.
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To have success in your professional life is not so hard. To succeed as a man is more difficult.
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The black community in Hollywood is very small and close-knit. Everyone has a common goal: to make a two-hour movie in 30 days.
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Revolution in the modern case is no longer an uncouth business.
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I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.
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Autumn in New York, why does it seem so inviting?
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I'm a comedian, and my comedy has never endorsed violence towards gays.
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There's so many great designers. I'm a little bit of a vintage junkie when it comes to going out. I like to get unique pieces that you won't see everyone wearing, but at the same time I don't like to break the bank. I like to find great vintage pieces that you can hold on to for a long time.
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The best part about being friends with your parents is that no matter what you do, they have to keep loving you.
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All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad qualities in the Self. The Self is free from all qualities. Qualities pertain to the mind only.
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Working with Chiranjeevi sir, I realized the professionalism and attitude they used work with. It's just so contagious. When such a personality is doing that, everyone around, too, would do that out of respect. Work was far more efficient, smoother.
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However, when the privilege depends solely on the broad, undifferentiated claim of public interest in the confidentiality of such conversations, a confrontation with other values arises.
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I feel I am a little unfit for the kind of music that is being made today. There is a big difference between what I sang earlier and what is being made now. I am not saying this music is bad, but there are too many beats.
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In order to obtain the optimum view of what takes place in front of me, I should have to lower my eyes a little. But I lower my eyes no more. In a word, I only see what appears close beside me, what I best see I see ill.
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I have spent most of my life studying the lives of other peoples - faraway peoples - so that Americans might better understand themselves.
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The real amazing thing about all of this is I think I've maintained the mentality of a musician throughout it all, which I'm proudest of. And I'm still playing on people's records and singing on people's records.
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Being a woman in a male-dominated industry sort of sucks, but it doesn't suck any more than being a woman in the world. My advice? Be terrifying.
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I have ideas for songs all the time, but musical ideas, like melodies, really come out when I'm in nature.
