John Prine Quotes
You get to thinking that because you've written 50 or 100 songs, you think maybe you know how to do it. But when they're not coming along, you're just as in the dark as you ever were. When they're coming along, there's nothing to it. Sometimes it's so easy, it's like you're a court stenographer.
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I see Turkey's future as being in Europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries.
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I believe that stories find writers, writers don't find stories. With the 'Pendragon' series, I actually had multiple story ideas and decided that instead of writing them individually, I would create a character whose journey would thread them all together.
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I used to conduct the last opera in Berlin on Sunday, get on a plane on Monday to Chicago, and start a rehearsal that same night, if it was a performance week.
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Success is measured in months for me. When my health fails, it will fail quickly. Tumors grow on an exponential curve.
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If you don't have a functioning financial system the world economy won't be revived. All the major economies have their responsibility to assist at a pace which is required to clean up the balance sheet of the banking system and to ensure that credit flows are resumed.
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We do not think clearly about our moral obligations to animals.
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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Anything where I get to write a lot of jokes and have a lot of creative control - that's all I want.
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I made a clean version of 'Enter the Ninja' that my mom can listen to.
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I keep on 5 to 10 pounds above my jeans weight, as the ultimate no-filler-needed refresher, and buy a size up on jeans.
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I think that in today's world, by nature, we are all self-centered. And that often leads to selfishness.
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My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I hated it somehow pleased them even more.
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I call on the people of Tripoli to restrain themselves and not get drawn into conflict with anyone.
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I grew up in a small town where everyone wanted to be the same or look the same and was afraid to be different.
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Like every Southern writer, I thought that I needed to write the next 'Gone With the Wind.'
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I'm not good at happy, lightweight kind of music. I'm not really good at pop music. 'Cars' is probably the only true pop song I ever wrote. I wish I could write more, but I'm not very good at it.
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I like to play board games a lot with my girl, things like that. We attempt to cook. And even if it goes wrong, it doesn't matter because it's the time you spend doing it that's important.
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The last thing I do before bed is think I should take my contacts out. Then I fall asleep.
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I feel like I always learn from somebody who can do something better than I can.
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It seems like whenever a big newspaper or TV show talks about teen literature, they focus on dark books or vampire books. It's kind of this cliche. It seems like the only time adults pay attention is with that angle.
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I do remember actually learning chords to Beatles songs. I thought they were great songwriters.
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It is sometimes fun when you party and listen to those fun songs but they don't have a lot of meaning behind them.
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You get to thinking that because you've written 50 or 100 songs, you think maybe you know how to do it. But when they're not coming along, you're just as in the dark as you ever were. When they're coming along, there's nothing to it. Sometimes it's so easy, it's like you're a court stenographer.
