Allen Toussaint Quotes
I never planned on being a live performer. My whole forte was about being in the studio, producing, playing the piano on recording sessions. I was all about the studio.
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I feel like I want to and have to do everything once.
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Sometimes I'd like to play the bad guy and sometimes I'd like to die in a movie.
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When I was in high school, I was really into string theory and superstring theory and read 'Scientific American.' It's fascinating.
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Shakespeare's villains are fabulous because none of them know that they are villains. Well, sometimes they do.
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I don't think we should do anything that should make the people hate the American people more.
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I don't feel I made any sacrifices at all. I'm doing my best to juggle.
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When I first met my wife, I really just settled down quite a bit and I started living a much cleaner lifestyle. I was able to concentrate on things that I neglected in the past a little more and I was spending a lot more time at home than I normally would.
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I've never walked away from any of my positions. I take pride in them.
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Many a poor soul has had to suffer from the weight of the debts on him, finding no rest or peace after death.
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The ego is only an illusion, but a very influential one. Letting the ego-illusion become your identity can prevent you from knowing your true self. Ego, the false idea of believing that you are what you have or what you do, is a backwards way of assessing and living life.
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I always draw from things around me that people around me have gone through... The story that could be taken really literally is not from my life exactly. But bits and pieces are, and the sentiment behind it is.
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A new era of responsibility is here.
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I come from a communist country. We learned nothing of lawyers, nothing about rights.
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I have always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure.
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I think every business is definitely different. There are certain businesses where execution is everything.
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London 2012 was the biggest thing I will probably ever do, but I didn't realise it at the time!
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Oh. Yes. There. Is. A. Lot of pressure. As a solo singer. Absolutely.
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I know something quite sure. We'll never have peace with this Syrian regime. They'll never give us relief, and we'll never forget that.
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Sometimes it feels as if the artist hasn't done the real work of engaging with the material. Film noir can't just play off looks and attitudes. A thriller needs a dose of genuine suspense. It does not have to be literal, but it does have to feel genuine. Otherwise the artist is just leeching off the form.
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I have long understood that climate change is not only an environmental issue - it is a humanitarian, economic, health, and justice issue as well.
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My wife - to-be and I went to see my father. Only he could answer the two questions before us: Shall we get married now? Shall I begin the practice of law, or continue being the successful wine salesman I had become, working my way through law school?
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I have never lived through any time in my career when there haven't been grave challenges facing newspapers.
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My advice to anyone is to figure out what you're good at - what it is that you love doing the most in life - and figure out a way to make a living from it.
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I never planned on being a live performer. My whole forte was about being in the studio, producing, playing the piano on recording sessions. I was all about the studio.
