Levon Helm Quotes
If you give it good concentration, good energy, good heart and good performance, the song will play you.
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Although some secrecy is odious, some is essential just to preserve our sense of self.
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I find it hard to be labelled in this new 'super-rich' category because we all grew up with very little. The idea that 'to get rich is glorious' is really a new phenomenon. I certainly didn't grow up like that.
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I do love traveling, so I've been able to travel a lot.
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I certainly don't have any boundaries myself, but I think I'm very aware of other people's.
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I travel regularly and have learnt to be very methodical as far as packing is concerned. For example, I always check the weather in advance of where I'm going to ensure that I've packed the right clothes.
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I've made these films, and I'm really proud, but my lifestyle hasn't changed.
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Men tell me that I've saved their marriages. It costs them a fortune in shoes, but it's cheaper than a divorce. So I'm still useful, you see.
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I am not from a film family or a Mumbai girl. The probability of getting a second chance is low, and so one has to be more careful.
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You can tell black artists are front and centre when Usher discovers and launches Justin Bieber.
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Whenever I have a bad day I just think of these people.
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I've always been attracted to action stuff.
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'The Fight Club' DVD is great. I like anything that has really good extras because as an actor, it's really great to see the behind-the-scenes stuff and see how different actors approach their particular project.
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The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.
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Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else. You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress.
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I think one of my first jokes - in the black community, there's people who have jokes about skin tone. People like, 'You so black, you purple.' 'You so black, you gotta smile so we can see you at night.'
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Canadians are very well behaved, they don't throw their food.
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I don't ever want to feel complacent.
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I'm not interested in putting naturalism on stage - I want passion.
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A good fart joke makes me bawl with laughter, so will somebody farting. And the word 'poo.' You can't beat a good poo joke.
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I never breathe through the nose, not when I'm singing. In the opera, you don't have so much time. That's fine at the beginning of an opera or after somebody else has been doing an aria, and you want to get a good fresh start.
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My desk is my drums.
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If you give it good concentration, good energy, good heart and good performance, the song will play you.
