George Marsden Quotes
Nonbelievers may hear all the notes of science, but without a theistic context and perspective they will not hear the song.
Quotes to Explore
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Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song.
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Once you research an idea, you begin to develop a perspective. Writing about anything in public, often in real time, has helped fashion my views.
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I used to watch 'Top of the Pops' when I was a kid and say 'Yeah!' or 'Boo!' at every single song. So there was nothing in the middle. You brutally put it on one side or another.
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Every one of my regrets has produced a song I'm proud of.
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It took a long while for me to even put out a record because there were so many options of how to do a song, and in some respects, I'm never totally happy with the outcome.
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I really like Ariana Grande, Jessie J, and Nicki Minaj's song, the 'Bang Bang' song. It's the new 'Lady Marmalade.' So good.
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Toil without song is like a weary journey without an end.
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When you go out of your country and meet people, you get a wider perspective.
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To write a love song that might be able to make it on the radio, that is something that is terrifying to me. But I can definitely write a song about that chair over there. That I can do, but to sit and write a pop song out of the clear blue sky, that is very difficult and I admire the people that can do it.
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I'd like to do a completely off-the-wall collaboration. I would like one of my songs to be the hook to a rap song. That would be so much fun!
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For me, a perfect pop song is something like 'This Year,' by the Mountain Goats.
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Every song is like a kid. How can you have that many kids and have a favorite? Which one do I like to hang most with? Probably the one that I haven't hung most with recently.
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I'm scared of karaoke. I think if I did have a go to karaoke song, it would be 'Whatta Man' by Salt-n-Pepa.
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I'm a pointillist, just working my tiny little piece of the canvas. I'm not so good at perspective.
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Speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again.
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Lyrics can be important, but ultimately, what pulls people in on a song is melody and the tracks and the way music feels.
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The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective.
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I wanted to use the hippo to get people out of their homes, away from the Internet and the TV, and to explore London with a new perspective.
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I decided a handful of years ago that I just want to write songs that you can understand as soon as you put the record on. There’s no need to veil what’s happening in the song the way I used to. My goal as a songwriter now is to simply write some memorable turns of phrase.
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It's never easy playing 36 holes when you are concentrating so much for all the shots.
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Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.
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Assume nobody else has any idea what they're doing, either.
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Fame and all that type of stuff is inevitable, but I'm very content having a good band with no negativity, and everyone is on the same page.
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Nonbelievers may hear all the notes of science, but without a theistic context and perspective they will not hear the song.
