Edward Felten Quotes
Even if there were no illegal copying, the advent of digital distribution will put a lot of stress on the movie and music industry. When the distribution costs comes down, that puts more price pressure on the rest of the cost.
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My best advice to anybody who has a child with a disability is to really find the tools for that person to thrive and find what their true passions are, because the rest will follow.
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You got me: I do Pilates. I love Pilates because we do very specific training in soccer for the same six or seven muscles, but we neglect so many other muscles. So when I do Pilates, it helps get all the rest of the muscles in shape and gets them working together.
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When romance is done well in a movie, it's awesome.
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I'm not a movie star like other actors in the way that I need to walk with a bodyguard.
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There's so much music in Austin, and it's all so different.
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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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If there's anything that would unite the world, it would be music.
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I'm all about telling stories. I like people to picture the music video in their head when they're just listening to the song.
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Listening to music is such an uplifting, spiritual thing. It's far-fetched to some - I understand that. But the way dance music brings people together, it's not a big stretch from hymns.
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The best thing about being on the road in general is just playing every single night in front of people that are genuinely fans of your music.
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This is a way for artists to communicate directly to their fans. If you think of an artist like Bruno Mars, he's using Spotify, creating playlists and listening to music through it.
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One thing I've tried to do in writing music is take on very basic things, very archetypal things.
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For me, the music dictates the melody. Give me a riff to sing over, you know?
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I don't think I'll ever want to do pop music. I think I'll only ever want to do classical crossover because it's something that I love, and pop just doesn't work for me.
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By the time I get done with my fans and my music and my kids and my family and my fiance and my horses, well, they suffer too, but, I don't really have much time left to do anything else.
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Sports without music is just a game. Music makes it entertaining.
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My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.
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As a storyteller, when you're writing a movie and when you're directing, you want to keep people entertained. That's the whole point, right? It has to be entertaining.
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I have no regrets. I wanted to raise the kids and be a present father. When I developed a movie, I was gone for a year. That didn't really work for me. That isn't fair to make these life-forms and then disappear.
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I've always wanted to play a coach in a movie, just to be the captain of anything in the pirate ship of my bathtub.
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Because of Twitter, I think people know most every single thing about me. I don't know if there's anything that would surprise people about me.
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I love cooking. It's what clears my mind, since it's pretty hard to multitask when you're chopping vegetables.
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Even if there were no illegal copying, the advent of digital distribution will put a lot of stress on the movie and music industry. When the distribution costs comes down, that puts more price pressure on the rest of the cost.
