J. D. Souther Quotes
I don't think I ever thought of growing up to be anything other than a musician. There really wasn't a plan B. Well, a kind of a distant plan B was to be a Formula One driver, but there really wasn't an entry point.
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I was completely naive about the business of being an actor. My family didn't go to the theater or to the movies. We watched television like every 1960s small-town American family, and I certainly never thought about being on TV. I thought I was going to be a classical actor in the grand tradition.
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I felt unhappy and trapped. If I left baseball, where could I go, what could I do to earn enough money to help my mother and to marry Rachel? The solution to my problem was only days away in the hands of a tough, shrewd, courageous man called Branch Rickey, the president of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
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People think that celebs make a lot more money than we do. We look for bargains and we do a lot of stuff on our own.
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My function is, as objectively and accurately as I can, to present reality to people out there, and doing that as quickly as we do is quite difficult enough, thank you.
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No one would feel embarrassed about seeking help for a child if they broke their arm - and we really should be equally ready to support a child coping with emotional difficulties.
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Seriously, I do a lot of yoga, so I'm in control of my body.
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I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
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Ulysses, obviously. It was an elaborate prank, and our supposed intellectual elite continue to fall for it.
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Some people dream of success, while other people get up every morning and make it happen.
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It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.
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I'm English, and I started off as a songwriter, so I can't really escape that - it's there.
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So I was in America and I thought I'll stick around while I'm here and just see what happens. The next film I did was High Art, so I guess it started with a sort of vague idea but really just a fantasy.
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War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter.
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I worry about everything in the world, and it's just too much for anybody to think about, so I have my art as my consolation.
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I don't necessarily like being defined by my profession.
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I think that anything that has privileges have responsibility and all people that is clear about their responsibility has compromise.
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Democracy means that people can say what they want to. All the people. It means that they can vote as they wish. All the people. It means that they can worship God in any way they feel right, and that includes Christians and Jews and voodoo doctors as well.
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An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's.
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As soon as you write about climate change, the first attempt to discredit you is, 'Well, you wrote this on a computer,' or, 'You took a plane to this conference.' So your opinion isn't valid.
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Going to a concert is so overwhelming and the energy is amazing.
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The best way to tell people about climate change is through non-fiction. There's a vast literature of outstanding writing on the subject.
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I was really kind of shy as a child. But I would do things for attention.
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I love my Disney fans. A lot of the kids want to grow up and push away from that image, but I don't feel that way at all.
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I don't think I ever thought of growing up to be anything other than a musician. There really wasn't a plan B. Well, a kind of a distant plan B was to be a Formula One driver, but there really wasn't an entry point.
