Leon Russell Quotes
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When you write, you don't have the social constraints of having people in front of you, so you talk about abstract matters.
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I never said I was a genius.
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I always say 'thriller;' if they see you're a woman - and you're a blond woman - people assume you're writing about cats and romances where somebody has died.
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There were mornings in the make-up trailer where I'd have fits of laughter because of the extraordinary daily events of the shoot. Sometimes, it was all too much to believe. But the wildest things happened.
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Recording a song for a film doesn't take much time; it's hardly an hour's job, but concerts are constant, and so is travelling, so I've to take time out to work on my albums because I'm passionate about creating my own music. When you love something dearly, you set your priorities accordingly.
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You've got to be willing to put the time into seeing who's got talent and who's going to do a great job.
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Um... Bulgaria is an interesting country. The people are lovely. There are potholes the size of small planets.
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He has missed the finest lesson of culture and experience who has not learned how to enjoy without owning.
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I animated 20 years at Terry Toons. It's important to know that animators like pizza and a raise once in a while, and you've got to treat them with love.
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I say I'm the best actor in America who's never done a movie.
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I was never the girl that grew up saying I want to get married. I actually told my parents to not expect me to get married.
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Bring me men to match my mountains: Bring me men to match my plains: Men with empires in their purpose and new eras in their brains.
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I just smoked a Cohiba the other day. It was great. You have to appreciate everything that cigar is.
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In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom.
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In the film world, and I know this from just talking to other people, that I'm known as a kind of dramatic, serious, almost humorless actor, and the fact is I'm a funny guy, and I spend most of my life trying to find a lighter side of things and on stage was given plenty of opportunity to do that.
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'Did you ever taste beer?' 'I had a sip of it once,' said the small servant. 'Here's a state of things!' cried Mr Swiveller, raising his eyes to the ceiling. 'She never tasted it - it can't be tasted in a sip!'
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When you're in a choir, it's about blending into how everyone else sounds.
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Magic is really difficult to learn, and it requires sort of a fanatical eye for detail.
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'True Blood' fans are as enthusiastic as any fans I've ever encountered.
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When midnight's done, and the day won't start, And all I ever gave you was a broken heart, It's hard to admit but it's easy to tell That evil is alive and well.
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I was just very into things that were the opposite of what other people liked. I didn't want to listen to music that I could find at a friend's house. My identity was really forged around that, and you know, eventually that kind of identity gets dismantled and fed to the vultures. But I was somehow on my own mission.
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I used to play on Phil Spector's records, and he liked to use three pianists.
