Albert Hammond, Jr. Quotes
The way the press works, people don't like to review or talk about EPs. It's considered, 'Why don't you just wait for the record?' But for someone who's creating, and the audience, they can get material quicker. I almost feel like putting out a few songs every couple months might be better than putting out an album every year or two.
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My father passed away when I was very young, so I was head of household for a very long time. Whether it came to cooking food or having to braid hair to get kids out of the door for school, I've been one that has - with the help of my mother - has been a father figure for a lot of young ladies.
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I'm afraid one thing - I don't like heights. Heights bug me out. I'm not cool with heights. I refuse to do a comedy show 12 stories up. I'm fearless about everything else.
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I would love it if people could look at chubby folks with all of our curves, bumps and ridges and just say 'She's beautiful' just like that. You don't have to get on a treadmill as long as your blood pressure is under control and you eat healthy, God bless.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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My dad only ever talked about two things: bicycles and Mercedes.
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Sex is the ersatz or substitute religion of the 20th Century.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
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Sometimes, whether you like it or not, people elevate you. It's real easy to fall.
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Authenticity means erasing the gap between what you firmly believe inside and what you reveal to the outside world.
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I used to draw and make plastic figurines and watch 'Wallace and Gromit' films.
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Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.
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In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.
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Nobody can write better jokes putting me down than me.
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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I am Lebanese, and I know the interests of my country.
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Community action is as valuable a principle on the international level as it has been domestically.
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This is really bad to admit but, you know, when you put your name in Google to see how many credits it's got by your name or something. So you put in 'Dolly Wells' and suddenly it goes 'Dolly Wells Feet' or something.
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Like springs, adaptations can only go downhill.
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I never criticized one person in any way that I did not believe was true. How am I a mean guy if I'm telling the truth? Because nobody wants to hear the truth.
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Can you appreciate music without playing it? Yes, you can. You can appreciate baseball without playing it. Many people attend a football game merely for the crowd, the excitement, the color.
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Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh.
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The way the press works, people don't like to review or talk about EPs. It's considered, 'Why don't you just wait for the record?' But for someone who's creating, and the audience, they can get material quicker. I almost feel like putting out a few songs every couple months might be better than putting out an album every year or two.
