Bela Fleck Quotes
I think the musical evolution I've gone through has come from all the work with the material.
Quotes to Explore
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I tend to deal with characters who are sort of at that same point of wrestling with, 'Who am I going to be as an adult? What do I believe? How am I defining myself in the context of my culture and my peer groups, my family?'
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Anything - a destination, a person - that has some mystery around it becomes exciting and attractive.
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It's always good to be known. You want to build your brand up, want to build your name.
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I have the rare privilege of talking to my dad every night at 10 p.m. and hearing about what he did that day.
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I was young and irresponsible, a silly woman laden with sin, not caring for anything except fame and fortune and self. But I have lived seeking truth in Jesus Christ and found it has made me free.
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I started my career with 'Refugee' in Bhuj. Now, it has become a full-fledged city.
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I think when you've got a passion for something, it comes out of you, and people can feel it. Then your mind is so geared towards that and how you can improve on it, and you're so excited about performing that it comes together.
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One of my biggest inspirations growing up was Whitney Houston, so I was devastated to hear about her passing. I'm from East Orange, New Jersey, and started singing at New Hope Baptist Church, so she was like my fellow Jersey girl.
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All the times I've been lucky enough to be a part of a show that's actually gotten on the air, it's always that same mixture of excitement and utter fear.
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If we were the team that won out, then life was good and we felt that we were worth something.
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I wanted this to have as wide an audience as possible. I didn't want to get an X rating, because in my opinion once that happens you X-out everyone else.
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I hate losing and cricket being my first love, once I enter the ground it's a different zone altogether and that hunger for winning is always there.
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They don't observe the Sabbath, they don't observe the Torah, they don't pray, they don't put on phylacteries every day. Is it any wonder that they're killed? It's no wonder. May the Almighty have mercy on them and bring them back to religion.
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If men could only know each other, they would never either idolize or hate.
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Some of life's best lessons are learned at the worst times.
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She's not a bad girl becauseShe made me see, hmmm...How love could be.But she's a bad girl because (bad girl because)She wants to be free, hmmmm... (bad girl because)She wants to be free (bad girl)
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Estoy en el ayer, en el hoy. ¿Y en mañana? En el mañana estuve.
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I'm still pulled over... We were nominated for two Oscars for 'Monster's Ball,' and I almost didn't make the Oscars because I got pulled over in Beverly Hills.
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I like to razz the Trekkies a little bit. Who doesn't? It's trainspotting, isn't it? But they are very well-meaning, actually. I've done a couple of Star Trek conventions, and they've only been really welcoming.
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I like to step outside of what people's idea of me might be. I suppose that makes me a bit of a rule-breaker. I like to take chances.
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I remember learning new words, trying to figure out what common things like cider, finding myself upset that my parents couldn't help me understand this new culture, that it was up to me to interpret for them as well as myself.
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When some one boasted that at the Pythian games he had vanquished men, Diogenes replied, "Nay, I defeat men, you defeat slaves."
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I think the musical evolution I've gone through has come from all the work with the material.
