Leon Russell Quotes
I had a band with David Gates. There was just a lot of opportunity at that time. But I left for Los Angeles the week after I graduated high school, and I actually left to try to get into the advertising business. That was really why I went out to L.A. My music career was almost an accident.
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What I'm trying to do is save and rescue the country if I can, and I'm doing my best to do it.
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I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit.
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Sometimes it was difficult to make friends and be social in school because I was always practicing while other kids were getting together and doing things. But it just made me closer to my family, and I realized that they would always be there no matter what.
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Music is a powerful tool in galvanizing people around an issue. There's no better way to get your point across than to put it in a beautiful song.
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I did not just fall in love. I made a parachute jump.
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Artists want to be congratulated because they should be.
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The thing is, people can't complain about profit-oriented moves if they're only interested in profit themselves. You can't have it both ways. If they're willing to polish up a gift and sell it to make money, they can't really complain about the fact that somebody above them has sold them down the river. That's the way it goes.
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People have become shallower. They view spending, entertaining, seeking leisure and enjoying as the main objectives of their life.
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In fact - statistically, as you know - people have done polls, research, and at least 80 percent or more or working media are liberal Democrats if they are involved with any party and certainly liberal in their philosophy.
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Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
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My first big influences were more hip-hop based - people like DJ Shadow and Four Tet.
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I focus on supporting high quality early childhood health care and education. By betting my resources on very young children, I know I'm making an investment that pays guaranteed dividends with a high rate of return.
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Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross and the Jackson 5, that's what I grew up on.
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There's nothing wrong with being fired.
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Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in their eyes.
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Generally speaking, if a human being never shows anger, then I think something's wrong. He's not right in the brain.
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All I really want to do is plays - and that's a New York thing.
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You are a dear soul who plays polo, and I am a poor Pole who plays solo.
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I've got a vibe going on with a lot of what I've been doing, and to completely change it based off of me having a child might be a little confusing. I'm sure as my life goes forward, and she starts growing up, there will be a lot more things to include in my music. But, at this point, I'm just sticking to what I do.
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Life rarely presents fully finished photographs. An image evolves, often from a single strand of visual interest - a distant horizon, a moment of light, a held expression.
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I became the stage for the great argument between Nietzsche and Rousseau. I was the extra ready to take on all the roles.
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You have to be ready to receive help, whether that be through a book, a therapist or counselor, or a doctor of some kind. That willingness can lead you through a door to the other side, and that's where healing can truly begin.
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The goal is to divide my time between stage and film.
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I had a band with David Gates. There was just a lot of opportunity at that time. But I left for Los Angeles the week after I graduated high school, and I actually left to try to get into the advertising business. That was really why I went out to L.A. My music career was almost an accident.
