Alan Lomax Quotes
I knew Bobby Dylan back in the days when he lived in the village. He used to come and see me and sing songs for me, saying they ought to go into my next collected book on American folk music.Alan Lomax
Quotes to Explore
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I'm French - it's less important. Meaning, I remain a Frenchman in America, but I adapt to American culture. I feel good there - but I'm still a foreigner.
Olivier Martinez -
My favorite book is 'Go Away Big Green Monster.' I wrote it for my granddaughter Adrian, who was in the third grade at the time.
Ed Emberley -
The idea of music is to liberate the listener and lead him to a frame where he feels he is elevated.
A. R. Rahman -
I liked that music was a window into a world with a lot of unpredictability and chaos; it was almost diametrically opposed to my very regimented day-to-day living.
K. Flay -
I'm an American citizen now, but I will always have Canadian pride.
Harland Williams -
One half who graduate from college never read another book.
G. M. Trevelyan
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I listen to crazy, robust rock music where they sing their faces off, and soul music, which can be similar.
Adam Lambert -
Music history has flowed under the bridges for many years.
Gavin Bryars -
My philosophy is to be me.
Yohan Blake -
The music business is one of a few places where everything you've heard about it seems entirely cliche, but it's true.
Patrick Stump Fall Out Boy -
I would say I'm pretty much the exact same as the stereotypical American kid. I mean I'm really lazy, I play a lot of video games, I like girls. I like, you know, the violence and action type thing.
Callan McAuliffe -
My speech is really important to me, but the thing is at the moment it can't be more important than my singing. Until I'm an established name all over the world, my speech won't be more important than my music.
Gareth Gates
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Having a lot of people suddenly depending on me to get the job done was a marvelous motivator. The book and movie deals seemed to flip a switch in my head, and off I went.
Laura Hillenbrand -
Sports without music is just a game. Music makes it entertaining.
Ice Cube -
Managers in all too many American companies do not achieve the desired results because nobody makes them do it.
Harold S. Geneen -
Everything has to evolve. Music has to go somewhere. That's what keeps it fresh.
Fat Joe -
There's consciousness in my music, and my music comes from a conscious place. And when people say that, I certainly take it as a compliment. But my job, in terms of selling my music, is to be universal and to try to get it to everybody.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
Israeli interests are not necessarily in harmony with the American interests.
Bashar al-Assad
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Music can't change the world.
Bob Geldof -
It is only through raising expectations and striving for excellence that our children can reach their full potential.
Brad Henry -
You pick projects for the part, the director, and the script. I just want to do different, interesting stuff.
Daniel Radcliffe -
Obama's view of the tax code is inherently political: Whom can we hit next? Energy companies, jet owners, bankers? Instead, the question should be how to promote economic efficiency by raising revenue without trying to manipulate corporate or personal behavior.
John Sununu -
There's always been trying at some stage to design people. And it will always be presented initially as a positive thing, as a way to weed out diseases. Of course you know it ultimately will be used in a bad way too, to create slaves or servants.
Maria Doyle Kennedy -
I knew Bobby Dylan back in the days when he lived in the village. He used to come and see me and sing songs for me, saying they ought to go into my next collected book on American folk music.
Alan Lomax