Johnny Borrell Quotes
I’m the best songwriter of my generation. Ask me in 20 years about the Libertines.
Quotes to Explore
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To me, 'Underground Luxury' is kinda like a contrasting title, and the reason for that is because on this album I plan on introducing to people and reintroducing to people the side of me that they didn't see on the first album.
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Be present. Be meditative. Form real friendships. Stay away from business networking events or friendships where there is always an underlying business angle.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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Nothing is absolute in security.
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True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat.
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Grades were important in our house. I was reading by two. My mom would sit there and read with me, read with me, read with me. It was wonderful.
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It took me 14 years to write poems about Vietnam. I had never thought about writing about it, and in a way I had been systematically writing around it.
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Solange's new album, 'A Seat at the Table', is so many things at once: an antidote to hate, a celebration of blackness, an expression of the right to feel it all. After a move to Louisiana and period of self-reflection, the artist joined forces with a range of collaborators to put her new discoveries to music.
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Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
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Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.
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People are everything in education, just as in the corporate world.
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I normally listen to Spanish music - well, Latin music. I like a lot of singers.
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I would never share my daughter's wardrobe. Every five years you have to go through your wardrobe and say, 'This is possible, this is not possible.' But you have to be happy with yourself.
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
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We have to still develop the Ikea group. We need many billions of Swiss francs to take on China or Russia.
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Every member of Congress deserves a seat at the table to be involved in the process. I will continue fighting for this to become a reality in Washington, and will be running for speaker of the House.
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I am a bit prudish, I think. It's hard for me to write about sex, and I don't really care to read about it, either.
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I've always written songs the same way. You learn different tricks - you learn craft, you learn structure, all that - as you go.
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Once you lose your parents, you get this numbness, this feeling of having to really be able to connect yourself with someone. I depended on my brothers for that connection, but to have that feeling of being taken care of... I lost it when my parents passed away.
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I studied one term of law and then came to realize I had a little better fastball and curve than I did a vocabulary.
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I do believe in the potential of like-minded people coming together.
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I’m the best songwriter of my generation. Ask me in 20 years about the Libertines.
