Andrew Bird Quotes

My mom had this romantic notion of her children playing classical music. The idea is you learn it when you're still learning language. It's using the same part of the brain.

Andrew Bird

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• When I was 12 years old, I got interested in learning English.

  

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• Every man must define his identity against his mother. If he does not, he just falls back into her and is swallowed up.

  

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• There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives.

  

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• My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself.

  

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• Music is all about leadership and there ain't really a lot of leaders.

  

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• I am a friend when I need to be a friend, a father when I need to be a father, a musician when music calls. I switch roles accordingly.

  

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• Each time I seem to go through one of life's huge things, I want to play music.

  

  Katey Sagal
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• One of my personal plights in this business is about playing 'The Sassy Black Girl.'

  

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• The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make its home for life. For this task, it has a rudimentary nervous system. When it finds its spot and takes root, it doesn't need its brain anymore so it eats it!

  

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• We are all dreamers creating the next world, the next beautiful world for ourselves and for our children.

  

  Yoko Ono
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• My coaches were great. My mom and dad. My dad never missed a wrestling meet.

  

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• I believe life is an 'experience ball.' You throw it at someone, it picks up their response... it grows. You play with that ball, learning what it teaches you.

  

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• If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.

  

  Quincy Jones
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• I quit high school on my birthday. It was my senior year and I didn't see the point. This was 1962, and I was ready to make music.

  

  Barry White
  • Music
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• When I watch a romantic comedy, I feel like they're selling something that doesn't exist. Two beautiful, but extremely unpleasant, people are terrible to each other for an hour, accidentally kiss, then decide to like each other during an extremely vague montage. That isn't how people fall in love.

  

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• My music is a little dark, and my lyrics are a little darker. Every day, I'm fighting towards the light.

  

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• I always think the most romantic books or films are the ones where the romance doesn't happen, because it makes your heart ache so much watching it.

  

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• Innocence is something to be appreciated, to be understood, to be enjoyed. Like you see animals, they're innocent; you see children, they're innocent; flowers, they're innocent. Divert your attention to all these things.

  

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• History, at its best, always tells us as much indirectly about ourselves as it does directly about our predecessors, and it is often most revealing when it deals with episodes and phenomena that we find repulsive.

  

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• Implement your plans with courage and persistence. Have complete faith in your ability to succeed and never, ever give up.

  

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• If you're feeling a little bit down, a bit of kneading helps.

  

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• My mom had this romantic notion of her children playing classical music. The idea is you learn it when you're still learning language. It's using the same part of the brain.

  

  Andrew Bird
  • Music
  • Children
  • Learning