George Clarke Quotes
I still listen to black metal all the time - that's obviously one of my favorite kinds of music - but I steer from it very strongly.
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I remember I heard it in an interview with Michael Jackson one day, saying the art is gone, everybody makes records just to make a record. See, I always want the artist that try to build a whole body of music on one album, so you can enjoy it. So you could say, 'I went with him here, I went with him here.'
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In my music and my life, I'm honest with my feelings, and people appreciate that. That's just the way I am.
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Pop is a little bit theatrical. That's the whole vibe. That's the point - is that it's great music, great melodies, great hooks. But, on top of it, it's a presentation. There's a showmanship about it. And that's why I wanted to be a pop star.
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We're in the dark ages if J-Lo can have a music career because of her ass. And let's face it, that's it.
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I've always had this passion to be creative, and wanted to sing or be in bands and make music, but I didn't have ideas as to what format it'd be, or how I'd do it. I'm not very good with plans. I didn't think it would be me at the front, either. In fact, I'd go as far as saying that was something I'd prevent.
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I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future. I'm a big fan of Common. I'm a big fan of Scarface; I'm a big fan of so many people, from Jeezy to... well, there are a lot of people's music that I respect. I don't know who I will collaborate with, but there's a great chance of something happening.
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Music is given to us with the sole purpose of establishing an order in things, including, and particularly, the coordination between man and time.
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People may not know this about me, but I've always loved cooking. My favorite thing to cook is my mom's spicy spaghetti.
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I was just reading about Paul Simon in 'Uncut', and it was fascinating. I never think about him much or think about his music or anything, but it's interesting to hear his ideas on stuff.
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I was pretty lucky to get into Berklee at all. I never really had any theory or music-reading capabilities; I was completely by ear.
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A 'scream' is always just that - a noise and not music.
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Where words fail, music speaks.
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My first gig was at Radio City Music Hall when I was 13.
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Music is what I do naturally.
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I listen to so much music every day, so that's such a big part of my life. To be able to pursue that and put out my own stuff is definitely a goal. I don't want to put something out that I'm not proud of because I think it's so easy to say, 'I'm an actress/musician.'
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I came from being a singer going into jazz. And that's one of the things that polio did for me is it took away my ability to sing with a range because it paralyzed my vocal chords, so that was when I started playing. But I hear the music as if I were singing even when I am playing.
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I get into a zone where I'm really in my own world when I make music.
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I love '80s rock music. I was fascinated with Stevie Nicks when I was growing up.
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To be loved is a strength. To love is a weakness.
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It's so much worse to live in regret in your forties than it is to take a chance in your late twenties.
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I felt uncomfortable calling myself a writer until I started with 'The New Yorker,' and then I was like, 'Okay, now you can call yourself that.'
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The greatest hope for traumatized, abused, and neglected children is to receive a good education in schools where they are seen and known, where they learn to regulate themselves, and where they can develop a sense of agency.
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Trying to write music that's sensitive to 400 years ago takes a bit of madness, as it's such a long stretch of time.
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I still listen to black metal all the time - that's obviously one of my favorite kinds of music - but I steer from it very strongly.
