Leon Bridges (Todd Michael Bridges) Quotes
When I started writing the music, I wanted everything to be consistent from the way I dressed to the way I presented myself online. I wanted everything to match what I was doing on stage.
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Nobody can be exactly like me. Even I have trouble doing it.
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Palestinian propagandists can say and do anything they please without concern for the truth, in the belief that if they repeat it often enough it will simply become the truth.
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Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin - it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring.
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I fantasized being a broadcaster.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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I wrote music as soon as I knew notation.
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It's a great feat for me to have broken my world record.
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Every city is always changing, on its own trajectory.
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If we were truly in the studio making a record, it would have been more time consuming, and certainly I would have been more involved in the writing process.
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I am happy to donate funds to various organizations that help people in need.
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There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production.
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I'm on the board of directors for Peace Now, which works tirelessly between the Palestinians and the Israelis to create peace in the Middle East and we've never been closer.
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You must enjoy the journey because whether or not you get there, you must have fun on the way.
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There's an awareness of fashion in this country, and it's not limited to gay people.
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I think I am less of a prankster and more of a jokester.
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There is nothing worse than a politician that gets defensive and starts attacking the media - and it always looks bad for the politician, because you sign up for this. You live by the sword, you die by the sword.
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The 'Police Academy' stuff was all hyper-slapsticky.
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You just can't let anything or anyone get in the way of who you are.
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Elvis deserves a lot of credit for bringing the blues to middle America, not the Vegas stuff. The early stuff, The Sun records, and the first few RCA records. He was wonderful, he had the power, the drive, and he was so dedicated to his music.
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I never considered myself an Americana artist, but I'm a huge fan of old-time music from the States, the recordings that were made in the '20s and '30s. Trying to chase down the exact stylistic trappings of that stuff always felt like a dead end. That spirit of directness and economy, but also the poetic pungency of the writing and almost ugly, or raw, performance - all that seemed like the real message. I've just tried to somehow stay true to that feeling.
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I'm always writing from some difficult place and seeing how the character survives... or doesn't.
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My father was an Austrian, and he brought some Torahs over to this country, ancient Torahs that were slipped out of Germany.
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The challenge is that the day before something is truly a breakthrough, it's a crazy idea. And crazy ideas are very risky to attempt.
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When I started writing the music, I wanted everything to be consistent from the way I dressed to the way I presented myself online. I wanted everything to match what I was doing on stage.
