Blake Shelton Quotes
I remember telling the head of Warner Brothers that if they'd just make a video for 'Ol' Red'... and if it didn't work, they could drop me from the label.
Quotes to Explore
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Age for me is just a number.
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I have four kids. They are two years apart, and contraception has been very, very good to me.
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I sort of write onstage. I'll throw an idea out there, like Home Depot, and just start talking about it.
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I like to do everything you can possibly do before you go into rehearsal, because once we are in rehearsal or on the stage there will be a problem I didn't anticipate. It's really good to think we got it all nailed - of course you've never got it all nailed.
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I needed to really pursue music and learn what I needed to learn on my own by getting in and doing it, not by reading a book about it.
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I have my team. Like if you see everyone around me - I have my hair and makeup girl, my assistant. They're very calm, they're all about positive energy. There're no drama queens. Everyone wants everyone else to have a positive experience. There are no agendas. I think it creates a healthy environment and there are no boundaries to cross.
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Like a lot of Irish households we read a lot of Irish history. It was almost Soviet, raising the next generation with a mythic view of their history.
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I don't think there's any dearth of talent in India - we've always had the best juniors in the world.
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The same parts of my brain get as excited as when I study bio or read a novel and write a paper on it.
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The guitar for me is a translation device. It's not a goal. And in some ways, jazz isn't a destination for me. For me, jazz is a vehicle that takes you to the true destination - a musical one that describes all kinds of stuff about the human condition and the way music works.
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It's still going on. I guess it will be until Redmond quits, dies or is jailed.
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I studied the lives of jazz singers who would tour Europe, and... what I learned was life was big ride for them. They'd seen the dark side of humanity... but touring the world playing jazz, it was a truly carefree way of living. A great escapism, if you like.
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The mainstream sort of presentation of the civil rights movement was not something that I directly inherited.
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The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.
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Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.
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Acting doesn't have to be threadbare misery all the time.
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Clearly, humans will always have a role to play in emergency response for law enforcement. But if there's an emergency, if there's a 911 call, the question is, do you want a human dashing off to respond to it right away?
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A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.
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The war in Iraq has fractured the political will of the United States and the world.
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If there's a will, prosperity can't be far behind.
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It's our responsibility as humans to take care of each other.
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For me, the melancholy of the late XXth Century is walking late at night by the Mont Blanc pen store and seeing these things always strike me as simulacra of luxury items. They seem like fakes.
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I used to run with Chris Nolan before he was 'Chris Nolan.' I remember when he was trying to sell 'Memento,' and he just couldn't.
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I remember telling the head of Warner Brothers that if they'd just make a video for 'Ol' Red'... and if it didn't work, they could drop me from the label.
