Leon Russell Quotes
I'm not as aware of categories in music as some people are. To me it's just music. I'm interested in all kinds of music.

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Of course people think Washington is arrogant. It is.
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Every time - well, not every time, but in celebration of a great review or a great accolade, I take the team of Daniel to Katz's Deli for lunch. We take the trip on the subway, we were like 40 or 50 people, and we go in the back room and have a pastrami sandwich.
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I was informed... that some... were dreaming and wished to return.
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When I sing, people shut up.
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Music rhythms are mathematical patterns. When you hear a song and your body starts moving with it, your body is doing math. The kids in their parents' garage practicing to be a band may not realize it, but they're also practicing math.
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People tend to think that numbers are quite objective, but numbers in economics are not like this. Some economists say they're like sausages: you don't know what they really are until you cut into them.
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I love proving people wrong.
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I lost myself in the bubble of music - driving myself to be a success.
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Sports without music is just a game. Music makes it entertaining.
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Specialists are people who always repeat the same mistakes.
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I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them.
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I don't want to be disrespectful to people who are incredible at their craft, but the truth is, if I didn't get paid for it, I wouldn't act. The best-paying jobs are usually the worst films. You're a very small cog in a big machine.
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Music can be made anywhere, is invisible and does not smell.
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Marriage is socialism among two people.
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I was pretty gung-ho about music and pursuing that and figuring that whole thing out, so I was wide-eyed and ready to go when I moved to Nashville. I never looked back.
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I don't like gurus. I don't like people who ask you to follow or believe. I like people who ask you to think independently.
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Events are the best teacher for us. You try to learn from people, there is always some bend to it.
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I'm always cracking up when I hear what people think I should be doing.
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I think the most-played record in our house was the 'Big Chill' Soundtrack - so Smokey Robinson, Aretha Franklin, the Temptations, Otis Redding. I think that's where I got my love for a good hook, a good soul hook - really smooth and warm and from the heart.
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There is a complete disconnect really or should be a disconnect between the retail price of the milk and what's actually going on in the marketplace, and what influences the farm gate price is the export market.
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I go forth to seek - To seek and claim the lovely magic garden Where grasses softly sigh and Muses speak.
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When you're managing a large number of people, you learn that incentives matter tremendously. You really want people to be rewarded for doing the right thing for the customers and the organization.
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I've lived all over the world, but Harlem is very special to me, and when I decided to open a restaurant near my home, I didn't want it to be business as usual.
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I'm not as aware of categories in music as some people are. To me it's just music. I'm interested in all kinds of music.