Pat Metheny Quotes
I used to love going and playing jam sessions, doing things spontaneously. I can't do that anymore. Everything you do is documented, nothing is casual anymore.
Quotes to Explore
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No one wants to hear the truth if it isn't what they want to hear.
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Picking up a guitar brought a lot of balance into my life.
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When U.S.-based editors and columnists parachute into a news storm, it is often the stringers who keep us out of trouble, helping us glimpse the complexity behind the headlines.
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The happiest I have ever been is in the life that I led with my wife and kids.
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Music was a big outlet for me. Being able to play an instrument and sing was definitely a good way for me to escape things I was dealing with: family issues, growing up, being a kid and not knowing what I wanted to do with my life.
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Experience has taught me that any kind of political grouping is oppressive. It's the blind mass that crushes the individual.
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Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth.
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The thing that reinforces my belief about that is having worked the last four years with the Safe Kids Campaign on a national basis. I am so amazed at what these little kids do in keeping their parents alerted to what they are there for.
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More than anything for me, making music is about taking nothing and making something.
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Russians not only vehemently despise blacks, they believe Africa begins at the Ukraine border.
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There is an idea of democracy produced by one-sided thinking.
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When I was younger, I felt pressure to become someone else once I became successful.
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Likewise nanotechnology will, once it gets under way, depend on the tools we have then and our ability to use them, and not on the steps that got us there.
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Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.
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I don't want to be an action star; action star's life is so short. I want my life to get longer. I want my career to get longer.
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I don't go long without eating. I never starve myself: I grab a healthy snack.
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The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
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There were a lot of different styles in the house - Motown, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, jazz - and my dad played flamenco guitar. Soon I realized that bass was what was really grooving me.
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I think too often in our society parents, who may have good impulses, overreach and try to mold and shape and direct their child.
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I know what I want. I try and convey that at the beginning and set that out, but within those parameters, I'm very happy for them to experiment and try things and give it a go. To me, it's important.
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If you're paid before you walk on the court, what's the point in playing as if your life depended on it?
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No, I'm never confident with what I do, particularly playing and singing!
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I used to love going and playing jam sessions, doing things spontaneously. I can't do that anymore. Everything you do is documented, nothing is casual anymore.
