David Grubbs Quotes
When I read John Cage's book Silence, I was growing up in Louisville, Kentucky. For me, records were a mode of time travel and geographic travel, interfacing with a much larger world. So it seemed antiquated and backwards that Cage would be so down on them.
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I have absolutely no regret about my vote against this war. The same questions remain. The cost in human lives, the cost to our budget, probably 100 billion. We could have probably brought down that statue for a lot less.
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We all had lots of stories of our sad experiences - they mourned the death of my wife with me - but we were hopeful that the children would return.
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Mum's a worrier, she looked after everybody apart from herself - I think it runs in the family.
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Throughout my career I've played a lot of parts that might've been played by a man. They're human roles rather than specifically men or women. I've never been as hooked into that as a lot of women are, you know, like, 'There aren't enough roles for women.' There aren't necessarily a lot of good roles for anybody.
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To represent a country, qualify for the World Cup, and get a team to perform at the right moment in time would be great honour for me.
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People will still give me attention: even when my teeth are gone, I'll have some good stories to tell.
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I see so much more than I used to see. The effect has been to depress and sadden and hurt me terribly.
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Me.
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Don't hide behind the Constitution or the Bible. If you're against gay marriage, just be honest, put a scarlet 'H' on your shirt, and say, 'I am a homophobe!'
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Each person's greatest room for growth is in the areas of his or her greatest strength.
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Libera fortunae mors est; capit omnia tellusquae genuit; caelo tegitur qui non habet urnam.
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Nice guys finish last.
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Up until the final decade of the nineteenth century, the United States and the United Kingdom did not recognize copyright in each other's creative works.
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The nation can no longer afford to continue policies that hasten the flight of persons to the distant suburbs.
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The things a young woman goes through between the ages of 18 and 20 are far different than what a young woman can go through between 20 and 22.
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A lot of people in this country right now are living with multiple generations under one roof, struggling to make ends meet.
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I'm not so much of a person for causes, unless I specifically - for instance, if it's my cause, or some poor people's, I'll try to help. But you won't find me playing for any peace candidates - or any candidates.
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I look at the story, I look at the idea and just try to think of it in terms of that whole body of myth and see where the characters fit in and what they ought to be doing-all those archetypes are there to play with.
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There are no chains like hate...dwelling on your brother's faults multiplies your own. You are far from the end of your journey.
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We belong to talking, not what talking is about... Stop talking - and you are out. Silence equals exclusion.
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We did the ‘unplugged’ project, “Acoustica“, in Portugal. There was always something new and exciting. In-between all these records and projects we’re still touring all over the world: last year, with this latest album, “Unbreakable”, we went back to Japan and played in Scandinavia again; before we come to Tel Aviv, we play in Paris, at “Olympia”; we go back to Russia, we play Kazan, the only show this year with an orchestra; so there’s a lot of things. And that, I think, keeps us going, and the fact that after all these years we have a chance to come and play in Israel is very very exciting and emotional, and it also feels like a new chapter.
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The reason women don't play football is because 11 of them would never wear the same outfit in public.
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When I read John Cage's book Silence, I was growing up in Louisville, Kentucky. For me, records were a mode of time travel and geographic travel, interfacing with a much larger world. So it seemed antiquated and backwards that Cage would be so down on them.
