Patrick MacGill Quotes
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I don't really like to explain my songs.
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Many of the songs on Undertow were written at the time Opiate came out.
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I wrote poetry before I wrote songs, and T.S. Eliot was my inspiration. I love his honesty and try to bring that to my own songwriting.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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Every idea has its time.
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I want every Grammy.
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So many songs are just a wink to the audience, but people take them seriously. 'My Humps?' C'mon!
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In every movie I do have a dialogue.
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I love writing songs.
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I will say that a lot of songs that I've written are from my own personal experiences which are special to me.
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I tend to name albums after one of the songs.
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The ancestor of every action is a thought.
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With my songs I tried to prove that there is love.
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A letdown is worth a few songs. A heartbreak is worth a few albums.
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Every single day I'm shocked.
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I don't have many easy songs.
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Every orientation presupposes a disorientation.
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My biggest advice for girls – and this is something that I wish I could have known when I was younger – is to have thick skin. It's something that you definitely develop when you get older, but when I first started, I was so obsessed with pleasing everybody. I wanted everybody to like me and to like my songs.
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I do believe we should push each other to write better songs and make better music. We do ourselves a disservice if we sit back and float along the river instead of trying to paddle and guide ourselves to a more creative place.
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I pack every minute I can with something to do.
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Many bands that I like that have longevity on their side with consistent members are even splits. It makes a big difference to have the other two guys involved every step of the way. It keeps the thing moving. Everyone is taken with equal degree of seriousness. It's not just because it's a four-way partnership. It also relates to taking things maturely and taking other people's thoughts into consideration.
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This meets the density, quality, cost structure and scalability needs of the diverse embedded market.
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Every battalion has its marching songs.
