Antonia Thomas Quotes
My father was a classical singer of baroque music, and my older sister was in musical theatre, and I thought about doing the same thing but then realised straight acting was for me.
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It's a luxury to not have to just be performing with other people to have my music heard.
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I love Johnny Cash but I don't love country music that much.
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The idea of music is to liberate the listener and lead him to a frame where he feels he is elevated.
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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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The music is just so rich and part of the culture there. I suddenly felt like I needed to go on this mission to make sure we save New Orleans because - not that I can save anything - but it's so much part of what this country is, this whole mix of people coming together and doing this thing.
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There's nothing like a music festival. People are ready to have a good time. I don't think anyone comes to a festival going, 'I'm gonna be a complete bummer today.'
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I'm the artist when I'm doing music that I am when I'm acting. I'm everything.
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If we're going to go really deep, we're all trying to live forever. My music is my way of doing that.
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My mother's side of the family was in the production side of theatre. My grandfather, Jose Vega, was a general manager for Neil Simon shows on Broadway.
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I really like Ariana Grande, Jessie J, and Nicki Minaj's song, the 'Bang Bang' song. It's the new 'Lady Marmalade.' So good.
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I started in theatre, and for me, it was all about transformation. You transform into the character that you're playing.
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I think Paul McGuinness and U2 created the Irish music industry. It certainly wasn't there before that.
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Music used to be a lot more about angst for me. Now it's the only form of meditation I do.
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It's a crazy world, so sports and athletics and music can be a form of escapism.
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I have never been a material girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love you back.
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Our music attracts the people that we rap about and make music about, and they come out and actually do it.
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Music is part of the life of fashion, too.
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My mother was an activist; so was my father. They came from a generation of young Somalis who were actively involved in getting independence for Somalia in 1960.
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And then music. Wind chimes. And the sound of someone playing a violin. A fiddle. Or maybe just the music of a little dragon's wings. Maybe.
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It's not as if there's a noise problem, because they use the same circuits as Formula One.
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I did decide that you have to put your name about a bit, and so, although I would have preferred to have never done publicity or an interview or a fashion shoot for a magazine or a chat show.
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I think I'd make a great superhero. I'm serious. I want to play a superhero, and I've already got one in mind. I think I've still got the body for the costume, and it's something I really want to do.
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I want to touch with my mouth. His mouth, with my mouth. Maybe his neck, too. But first things first: Make him aware I exist. It’s possible that he is already aware, if only in a ‘don't step on the small girl’ kind of way.
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My father was a classical singer of baroque music, and my older sister was in musical theatre, and I thought about doing the same thing but then realised straight acting was for me.
