Joe Elliott Quotes
Any idiot who knows five chords can bang a song together. But it's probably going to be rubbish.
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If even in science there is no a way of judging a theory but by assessing the number, faith and vocal energy of its supporters, then this must be even more so in the social sciences: truth lies in power.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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If I can just be thought of as Omari Hardwick who had a really, really solid career, and whose work is appreciated in its own right, I think that would be a great legacy to leave behind.
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Hugo Boss is my kind of label.
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Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like aches or wounds, they're more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there's not enough material.
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Consumers are increasingly feeling that they are being taken for a ride.
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I can remember the first time I ever recorded my vocals on to a beat. Cat Coore from Third World - a legendary Jamaican band - had a little demo set up at his house. I'm very good friends with his eldest son, Shiah, who plays with me now. So we were rhyming over a track by the dancehall artist Peter Metro. I've still got it somewhere.
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A lot of people ask me what my mom has taught me about modeling. The truth is the things she teaches me go deeper than what pose to make or what my good side is.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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The sleeplessness is proven; it eradicates your memory.
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You must enjoy the journey because whether or not you get there, you must have fun on the way.
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I'm gonna stay an album guy. In fact, concept albums are really blowing my mind right now, because if you want to promote an album, think about it - a concept album might be the way to go.
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I can never find the right bras.
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I'm not a person who embraces challenges. I run from challenges. I break world records running from challenges.
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Food can bring people together in a way nothing else could.
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I've played many characters that have consumed me and owned me.
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Now, guitar was pretty cool. Everybody knew something on the guitar. So I wanted to play guitar, but I told my dad if he wanted me to keep studying something, I'd like to study piano.
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There are moderates in Israel. There are moderates in Iran, there are moderates in the Republican Party, moderates in the Democratic Party. What we need to do is we need link all of these moderates together and to figure out a way by which this particular coalition can speak to important issues to marginalize the voice of the extremists.
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My mother took me to the British Museum aged five. I had thought people from the past weren't as good as we were, and then I saw the Elgin marbles. Suddenly, the world seemed more complicated.
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The world is just as harsh a taskmaster as any other lord, and in the end it’s a lord without mercy.
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Nobody's going to fix the world for us, but working together, making use of technological innovations and human communities alike, we might just be able to fix it ourselves.
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We've all got to earn a living. And writing songs is what I do. But when I've done a record, it's not that I think it's better or worse than anyone else's, but if I think that nobody else would have done it if I hadn't, well then that's ok.
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I'm a product of amateur wrestling, and there is no one there to help you with matches or win matches - you have to do it yourself.
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Any idiot who knows five chords can bang a song together. But it's probably going to be rubbish.
