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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'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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The right question to ask from a Darwinian prospective is what was it about bipedalism that was so advantageous? Why did it lead to a - why did that adaptation ultimately lead to a species Homo sapiens that has come to dominate the planet today with six and a half billion people?
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What I did to celebrate was I went home to my 535-square-foot apartment by myself and ate supper by myself. That was how I celebrated getting a record deal.
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I don't make people bend over backwards, and I don't like that in people. I am definitely no diva.
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I would just like to say this about all the married people working together on the set: it was just a joy. That is the great joy to go to work with people that you love, whether they be people that you are in love with or people that you just love and be creative and artistic and make things that you want to send out into the world and make people feel good. It was a great environment to work in for me.
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The great joy of being a prosecutor is that you don't take whatever case walks in the door. You evaluate the case; you make your best judgement. You only go forward if you believe that the defendant is guilty.
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I want kids to think that reading can be just as much fun and more so than TV or video games or whatever else they do. I think any other kind of message or morals that I might teach is secondary to first just enjoying a book.
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I used to play on Phil Spector's records, and he liked to use three pianists.
