Alva Noto Quotes
I made a lot of different experiments with tapes at that time, until I finally realized around 1995, that sound is an interesting subject for me. Ever since then sound got more and more integrated into my art works, musically as well as physically.
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Only time, education and plenty of good schooling will make anti-segregation work.
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I get offers all the time from film makers, but they are unknown quantities. I don't go there and do experiments.
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Any time you can give consumers more of what they want, it's a good thing. Unbundling the album is a good thing. In the case of music - because it is content that you can slice into songs - doing that is of huge benefit to consumers.
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Most of the time, those who use animals in experiments justify that use by pointing to alleged benefits to human and animal health and the supposed necessity of using animals to obtain those benefits.
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I used to be a drummer in a band, and I really loved playing the drums, so I look forward to the right opportunity to do that at some point. Maybe even on TV. Every single live performance I'm doing on TV, I want it to be different and unique.
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I tell myself every offseason I'm not going to say anything crazy. I'm just going to have a peaceful season... Can't do it. I'm cut from a different cloth.
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This is how it has been since time began: If you want to make something really worthwhile and true, then you have to suffer for it.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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We never thought 'Say Something' would be a holiday song. I'm still surprised that it's resonating at this time of year. Maybe that's why it's working so well - it balances out all the joy.
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I like to take pictures of lots of things: people-such as my nephews, my dogs, and just interesting objects that I see. For instance, I might take a picture of flowers by the side of the road, an old sign or a fence.
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I had traveled 10 states and played over 50 cities by the time I was 4.
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Curiosity is natural to the soul of man and interesting objects have a powerful influence on our affections.
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We tend to think of extremes of emotions as registering, for example, you have to cry or laugh or get angry. But for the most part, we find it difficult to read each other most of the time. If you walk through the street, most people are pretty difficult to read. But they're thinking inside.
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I grew up with three little brothers. Every Christmas, we'd have piles of toy trucks and Lincoln Logs and G.I. Joes under the tree. Those were for them. For me? My No. 1 favorite present of all time: books. Two or three tall stacks of wonderful stories that I could lose myself in for weeks.
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I love to work with performers that are very different to me.
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The most important lesson of New Labour is this: Every time we made progress we did it by challenging the conventional wisdom.
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To me the interesting main character is never the one without flaws.
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I'm interested in seeking projects no matter where, no matter if it is in the United States, whether in Chile, whether in Venezuela.
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Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
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Everyone has an opportunity to be great because everyone has an opportunity to serve.
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My influences have been what I call my four Bs - the primary one being the blues, then Borges, Baraka, and Bearden.
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I'm grateful for my whole family, but my dad is like Obi-Wan Kenobi, Superman, and Evel Knievel all at one time. I can think I have it all figured out, and he'll say, 'But did you look at that side of it?' He shows me just how much more there is than what appears to be.
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The impact on the broader economy and financial markets of the problems in the subprime markets seems likely to be contained.
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I made a lot of different experiments with tapes at that time, until I finally realized around 1995, that sound is an interesting subject for me. Ever since then sound got more and more integrated into my art works, musically as well as physically.
