Merck Mercuriadis Quotes

It became clear to me that the power was shifting from the artist to the songwriter, But the songwriters weren’t in a position to reap the benefits.

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• I was very lucky when I started doing comedy because I hadn't seen much stand-up. I just got up on stage and did it without thinking.

  

  Natasha Leggero
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• French 'Vogue' was always a photographer's magazine.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Always
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• I probably have a higher opinion of my writing than the average person, at least when I'm in a good mood, but I don't really think of my plays as only being relevant to a particular month or year.

  

  Wallace Shawn
  • Good
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• When I recorded my solo album, 'Keep It Hid,' in 2008, I'd gotten more interested in songwriting, inspired by reading Charles Bukowski and connecting with unfancy, interesting language.

  

  Dan Auerbach The Black Keys
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• When I was living in New York and didn't have a penny to my name, I would walk around the streets and occasionally I would see an alcove or something. And I'd think, that'll be good, that'll be a good spot for me when I'm homeless.

  

  Larry David
  • Good
  • New York
  • Homeless

• Hopefully in the future, generational challenges will be measured by achievement, not gender.

  

  Safra A. Catz
  • Future
  • Achievement
  • Gender

• A great byproduct of a TV show, movie, or play is when it can act as a catalyst for someone.

  

  Jack Falahee
  • Great
  • Movie
  • Play

• I tell people that we must have the courage to share what we feel, but no one follows me.

  

  Tadashi Yanai
  • People
  • Me
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• The interval between a cold expectation and a warm desire may be filled by expectations of varying degrees of warmth or by desires of varying degrees of coldness.

  

  Samuel Alexander
  • May
  • Desire
  • Cold

• One of the real worries I had before the first season of 'Treme' aired was that, man, people in New Orleans really hold movie and television shows up to a high standard in how they depict the city.

  

  Wendell Pierce
  • People
  • Up
  • Real

• We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that.

  

  J. J. Abrams
  • Live
  • Age
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• I am always fascinated by India.

  

  Gary Ackerman
  • India
  • Fascinated

• We're not spokespeople, we're musicians.

  

  Ed O'Brien Radiohead
  • Musicians

• I think you can have a ridiculously enormous and complex data set, but if you have the right tools and methodology then it's not a problem.

  

  Aaron Koblin
  • Problem
  • Tools
  • Data

• Chelsea have made a good investment for me, but I did not put any pressure on them.

  

  Eden Hazard
  • Good
  • Me
  • Pressure

• As a solo performer, it's total involvement. What I do is to break down the wall between audience and performer.

  

  Henry Saint Clair Fredericks
  • Wall
  • Down
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• I would still like to own and run a restaurant serving Indian food with a good dollop of Parsi cooking - which you can't seem to get anywhere.

  

  Zarin Mehta
  • Good
  • Food
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• Remember, while the work can sometimes appear to be simple to a viewer, the ability to perform expertly, consistently, precisely, over and over again, under pressure and on demand is what's needed.

  

  Randy West
  • Work
  • Remember
  • Simple

• There's a logic today that places a greater value on celebrity the less it is accompanied by actual achievement. I don't think it's possible to touch people's imagination today by aesthetic means.

  

  J. G. Ballard
  • People
  • Today
  • Value

• I did do a war movie, 'Windtalkers.' That was a lot of action. But once you've done one big action/war movie, you don't need to do another one.

  

  Noah Emmerich
  • War
  • Movie
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• And I like to keep whatever is mine remaining that way. It's a funny little game to play and it's a slippery slope. I always say to myself I'm never going to give anything away because there's never any point or benefit for me.

  

  Kristen Stewart
  • Game
  • Giving
  • Funny

• For most people, art is only valuable if other people say it is; and artists are only worthwhile if they are either rich and famous, or dead.

  

  Wayne Gerard Trotman
  • People
  • Art
  • Artist

• It became clear to me that the power was shifting from the artist to the songwriter, But the songwriters weren’t in a position to reap the benefits.

  

  Merck Mercuriadis
  • Artist
  • Benefits
  • Songwriter