Laura Mvula Quotes
I always said when I was younger, I wanted to write film music, and I think that's what my ultimate dream is.
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There is nothing out there that I have a grudge against or I have a problem with.
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It's different for every song. But for 'Say Something,' I think it was Chad who had an idea on guitar, and I had an idea on piano for different songs, and we just married them together. We bounce things off each other constantly and kind of massage all these ideas into a three and a half minute pop song.
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not.
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I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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Greetings and death to our enemies.
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Why would Senator Allen want to oppose saving money for the state? It's simply another example of Republicans fighting the governor tooth and nail against any measure where she might be able to turn the state's budget around.
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Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.
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I'm a big believer in the power of visualizations. And so are neuroscientists. Numerous studies have proven how merely imagining positive circumstances sends blood flowing from negative brain regions to positive ones.
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Of course it's fantastic to have bands formed in garages, but there is a market for other types of music.
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All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.
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I did not have anything to do with these murders. Ever.
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The way you write a screenplay is that you close your eyes and run the movie in your head and then you write it down.
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I really don't know the secret to it, but I'd like to think my desirability is a combination of my personality, my image, and, most importantly, the kind of films I do.
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I'm a really bad liar.
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Selling is something we do for our clients - not to our clients.
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To me there is no picture so beautiful as smiling, bright-eyed, happy children; no music so sweet as their clear and ringing laughter.
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Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball.
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I look in the mirror expecting to be 34 and see someone who is 58. What's that all about? I haven't even thought about turning 60 yet, but so many of my friends have celebrated it by now that it's lost its terror. And I don't mind being 58; it's just such a surprise when one doesn't feel it at all.
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One of the disadvantages of poetry over popular music is that if you write a pop song, it naturally gets into people's heads as they listen in the car. You don't have to memorize a Paul Simon song; it's just in your head, and you can sing along. With a poem, you have to will yourself to memorize it.
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When I dress up for events, I prefer Marc Jacobs and Dior. But I dream about wearing Chanel one day.
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I don't look at our society today too much. My focus is still in the past, and part of the reason is because what I do - the wellspring of art, or what I do - l get from the blues. So I listen to the music of a particular period that I'm working on, and I think inside the music is clues to what is happening with the people.
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I always said when I was younger, I wanted to write film music, and I think that's what my ultimate dream is.
