Henry Saint Clair Fredericks (Taj Mahal) Quotes
My music is really fun music, with some pan-African and pan-American influences.
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After 'Sesame Street,' it's a hyper-familiar world to me and I have this childlike ability to ignore the fact that I'm talking to scraps of cloth. Every country I go to, I see posters promoting the film in different languages. 'Los Muppets' - I love that!
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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If we don't end war, war will end us.
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Obviously, we're focused on the Winter Classic.
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I was always interested in the kind of history they didn't teach you in school.
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I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
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'Dangerous' is an album that I was very dedicated to. I wanted every song to be a hit.
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I always loved all kinds of music. I would watch musicals a lot as a kid, on TV, watch the Fred Astaire movies. I'd watch 'The Wizard of Oz.' I was a big Jerry Lewis fan, and they'd have these big bands and someone singing - some siren, or some guy singing some gorgeous song. I was always enamored of that style of music.
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Any story hits you harder if the person delivering it doesn't sound like some news robot but in fact sounds like a real person having the reactions a real person would.
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I'm an old-fashioned girl, and I didn't believe in living with people, so I guess I married for the wrong reasons at times.
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The Canadian franchises and Canada as a market for NHL hockey has always been a priority for us.
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I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.
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I think the government must recognise that the wounds of conflict are even more grievous on the mind than the body, and indeed may even serve to fuel further conflict. Where conflict cannot be avoided, provision of adequate psychosocial services to prevent the adverse mental health consequences should take priority.
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Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.
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I was quite good at football once, although other than that my speciality would be maths. I'm great at sudokus and find all the spin-off games pretty easy too.
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When you live in L.A., it is easy to stay fit, as the weather is amazing.
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I do realize that I am a popular writer who people buy to take on vacation. I'm an escapist kind of writer.
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I try to find more interesting material with each project I do.
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The president of the United States is not a king. You know? Barack Obama was elected by the American people.
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I never had high expectations going into Hollywood. I went there just to work.
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Mother Firefly is the kind of character I've always wanted to play. She's larger than life, terribly tragic, and capable of a lot of love.
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My music is really fun music, with some pan-African and pan-American influences.
