Jimi Hendrix Quotes
It's up to the people. If they really want to keep it going, they'll keep it going... they'll appreciate the music.
Quotes to Explore
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The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that international doors have opened, and that from now on, literate people will consider Arab literature also. We deserve that recognition.
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Readers want to have the confidence that you understand the era in which the book is set, so for 'The Perfumer's Secret,' I needed to know everything about the First World War from a French perspective. I had to understand those people and that town in 1914.
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A doctor can only treat patients. A doctor can only help the people who are shot or who are injured. But a politician can stop people from injuries. A politician can take a step so that no person is scared tomorrow.
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The sort of man you will make of yourself, how you will be regarded by the world, whether people will admire and respect or despise you, whether you win the approval or the condemnation of your Maker - all this is in your own hands.
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The key is working with great directors. A film is so many different people and all their talents, but particularly the directors, because of the idiosyncrasies of that person.
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I had a world of people who were raising me; it was like a little village.
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Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.
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To me, it's weird when people review improv at all.
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I just genuinely feel that that's what you do when you're an artist: You stick up for the people around you.
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I want people to know their palate is a snowflake. We all like different things. Why should we all have the same taste in wines?
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The smart way to build a literary career is you create an identifiable product, then reliably produce that product so people know what they are going to get. That's the smart way to build a career, but not the fun way. Maybe you can think about being less successful and happier. That's an option, too.
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The first album I started out, I just did everything completely alone. I think it has to do with confidence. The more confidence you develop in your own sound, the more you can open up and alchemize that with other people, just set it free, and not feel challenged by that.
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Things I used to get in trouble for writing at 'SNL,' suddenly other people like it.
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I enjoy listening to contemporary rock on the college stations while I'm taking long walks, love gospel and soul music, am fascinated by hip-hop and rap as the new kind of urban 'beat' poetry and, come to think of it, find something interesting about just any kind of music.
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As an actor, you come in contact with so many different people and cultures. It makes you a more accepting person.
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When 'Iron Man' came out, I said, 'Oh - they are trying to have some fun.' It was a relief because every superhero movie had become so damn serious. Some people love that, but for me, it's a weird thing to watch. A man with a cape can have fun, but I won't listen to a lecture from him.
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The freedom you feel when you're actually in control of your own music is fantastic.
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When people around me are getting rattled, I may just close my eyes and do a breathing exercise.
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It wasn't until I found my tribe of artists - people who were outspoken and not afraid to say what they thought, whether in a song or a dance or a piece of classical music - that I found a refuge.
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When you have an author and an auteur, it's a difficult and challenging relationship.
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I am careful with what I eat because that's my job. If I had to plump up for a role, I would do it.
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Why tell me that a man is a fine speaker, if it is not the truth that he is speaking?
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It's up to the people. If they really want to keep it going, they'll keep it going... they'll appreciate the music.
