Henry Saint Clair Fredericks (Taj Mahal) Quotes
As a solo performer, it's total involvement. What I do is to break down the wall between audience and performer.
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I think people like musicals. And when done with a modern comedic sensibility, musical comedy can be the most efficient delivery of both storytelling and jokes.
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I talk every day about doing the right thing.
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All I came to Los Angeles with was a dream. No one from my family ever left Ohio.
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As soon as one project is finished I like to go straight on to something else.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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NATO remains the cornerstone of Atlantic security.
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I find dates, in general, horrific. We have to sit there and ask these questions and pretend to eat a meal, and it just feels so stiff.
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Whatever good or bad is said by former cricketers is considered gospel. Our media should not blow out of proportion the opinion of former cricketers.
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I can sing in front of people. I can go on a TV show, live, and not feel like I'm going to throw up.
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I don't choose to make movies as small as the movies I've made. The combined budget of my two films is far under $5 million, but it's just by necessity that it ends up being that way.
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I did feel pressure to look a certain way on 'Hollyoaks.' But I just had to stay strong and not let myself get into a state of mind that isn't healthy.
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We have a world minus a whole lot of talent that has stepped out of contention for leadership, only because they don't want to seem too aggressive, too smart, unattractive, or too male.
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Don't confuse being stimulating with being blunt.
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Fashions have done more harm than revolutions.
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I grew up on Marvel and, like, '2000 AD.'
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I just want us to all have a good time and to party and enjoy this life, because it's too short. It's too short.
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I entered Yale in the fall of 1951, and about November of that year, Bill Buckley published 'God and Man at Yale.'
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I sleep better on the road than I do at home. I'm used to sleeping in a million different hotels. I'm not home very often, so when I get home, I have things I want to do.
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I made music with my friend, who we called Isabella Machine to which I was Florence Robot. When I was about an hour away from my first gig, I still didn't have a name, so I thought 'Okay, I'll be Florence Robot/Isa Machine', before realising that name was so long it'd drive me mad.
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I never lose an opportunity to speak about my obsession: humankind and the environment.
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You must make some decisions Wall Street dislikes.
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As a solo performer, it's total involvement. What I do is to break down the wall between audience and performer.
