Alan Parsons Quotes
The Sicilian Defence was our attempt at quickly fulfilling our contractual obligation after I Robot, Pyramid and Eve had been delivered. The album was rejected by Arista, not surprisingly, and we then renegotiated our deal for the future and the next album, The Turn of a Friendly Card. The Sicilian Defence album was never released and never will be, if I have anything to do with it. I have not heard it since it was finished. I hope the tapes no longer exist.
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I think it's always best to be who you are.
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There is always shame in the creation of an expressive work, whether it's a book or a clay pot. Every artist worries about how they will be seen by others through their work. When you create, you aspire to do justice to yourself, to remake yourself, and there is always the fear that you will expose the very thing that you hoped to transform.
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What you have said, Mr. President, fully satisfies me that you have given to every proposition which has been made, a kind and candid consideration. And you have now expressed the conclusion to which you have arrived, clearly and distinctly.
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The brain abhors discrepancies.
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We're a very iterative company, so we jump on basically all new technology.
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There are now hundreds of thousands of new engineers that are being trained in China. If people start finding themselves losing their jobs, not to the Chinese here but because China has become such a dominant force - then there could very well be a backlash.
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What a cool job to be part of - whether it's doing lighting or acting or serving food on set. You're part of telling a story that hopefully has an essential component, and that's super exciting to me.
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It takes the pressure off of your better players to know they don't always have to be on top of their game for the team to do well.
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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I always say it took me 10 minutes to write 'Cars,' but if I am honest it could have been even less than that - and it has been a really successful song over the years. It is still massively used, in advertising, in films, and people do cover versions of it a lot.
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Illinois needs a single-payer health care system, and as governor, I will take the steps to get us there.
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Good fiction is made of that which is real, and reality is difficult to come by.
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Making money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won't answer the door.
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I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side.
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I love boliche, roasted pig, and black beans and rice. When I need a quick fix, I head to Cafe Cortadito on Avenue B and 3rd here in New York City.
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A great many people now reading and writing would be better employed keeping rabbits.
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Anger is a manifestation of a deeper issue... and that, for me, is based on insecurity, self-esteem and loneliness.
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Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked.
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I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation.
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There was a moment, a few weeks after I signed, that it actually hit me. I was signed to a major label.
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When I was a kid in the '50s, during the Eisenhower years, everything seemed to be working fine. I don't recall as a teenager ever worrying about the state of the future world.
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Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace.
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A tune has to resonate with whatever is happening around it.
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The Sicilian Defence was our attempt at quickly fulfilling our contractual obligation after I Robot, Pyramid and Eve had been delivered. The album was rejected by Arista, not surprisingly, and we then renegotiated our deal for the future and the next album, The Turn of a Friendly Card. The Sicilian Defence album was never released and never will be, if I have anything to do with it. I have not heard it since it was finished. I hope the tapes no longer exist.
