Ashley McBryde Quotes
I was lucky that my parents listened to really good music. My dad loved Kris Kristofferson.
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When you have that connection to say, 'I'm going to play for something bigger than myself,' man, you have a chance to do something good.
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It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.
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I never thought then I'd be doing what I'm doing now. At my high school, being on the girls soccer team was the cool thing to do, but that was definitely never going to happen for me, so I played music. Not because everyone thought it was awesome, but for the love of it.
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What comprises good performance? The ability through singing or playing to make the ear conscious of the true content and affect of a composition.
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Any kid who has two parents who are interested in him and has a houseful of books isn't poor.
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I actually spend very little time listening to any new music.
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I feel like my kind of music is a big pot of different spices. It's a soup with all kinds of ingredients in it.
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Our players are mad, but it's good mad.
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I just love, love going around and traveling and bringing the music to people. They just make you feel so happy that you came.
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This may sound funny, but I feel my most beautiful when I'm clean, fresh out of the bath. I don't have to be dressed up. I could be in comfy clothes at home hanging out with my family.
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Brad Pitt is amazingly talented and equally good-looking, too.
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Pinochet and Barack Obama both have the same primary goal, and that's to be president and stay president as long as allowed.
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I don't tend to set out on huge world domination goals or have anything in mind. I just like to play. I like to gig a lot; I like to write music.
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I love classic rock, rock and roll, that's the top notch. I love soul - bluesy music as well.
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If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
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My parents were very artistic, but busy.
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My dad was in the Army, so what was happening internationally and nationally was always important to my family.
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For me, there are always things to learn. It's like the next movie is going to be the good one, you know.
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I've played sports pretty much my whole life, and that teaches you how to work with anyone, whether you like that person or you don't, and whether you get along with them or you don't. The circumstances don't matter. Team work is part of life.
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My own advice to people who would be in office for two or three terms is that they must accept democratic rotation: ideally, not put themselves up for re-election and allow the system to work.
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Once you step on stage, the people are actually looking to be transformed. That's why they showed up; that's why they spent some money. And great performances do that.
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People should be allowed to marry, and gay marriage should be out there. If a man or a woman has a good partner and they love each other with their heart and soul, let them marry. I am very much for gay marriage.
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I'd faced a lot of rejection from labels and the industry, and it was getting hard to keep believing in myself. But something wouldn't let me – inside – I had this voice that was relentlessly hopeful, and honestly, I just loved performing and writing too much to ever really quit.
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I was lucky that my parents listened to really good music. My dad loved Kris Kristofferson.
