Rivers Cuomo Quotes
I have some good books of Bach keyboard music transcribed for guitar, and there's always a nylon-string guitar hanging on the wall in my house and a bunch of classical guitar books to grab. I kind of do that just for fun.
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Home court changes everything. If you have home court, you're expected to win.
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You must avoid giving hostages to fortune, like getting an expensive wife, an expensive house, and a style of living that never lets you aford the time to take the chance to write what you wish.
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I think that it's important for every single person, no matter what they do in life, to participate in the well-being of humanity and the planet. Don't let a year go by knowing you didn't make an effort to do something - no matter how small - outside your own problems and drama.
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I think it's time we all agree that gender stereotypes are simply the confabulation of our own mind.
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The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
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Hair and make-up always helps. I did always try to be well-groomed, professional at all times. Take your job seriously - but not yourself.
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When I recorded my solo album, 'Keep It Hid,' in 2008, I'd gotten more interested in songwriting, inspired by reading Charles Bukowski and connecting with unfancy, interesting language.
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My favorite thing is to have a big dinner with friends and talk about life.
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We're in the same ghettos, same inner cities, and we're suffering from the same problems. Every problem the blacks have, the Latinos have.
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The future ain't what it used to be.
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Making music is fantastic.
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There's a great freedom in writing by yourself. You can write anything you want.
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Time was God's first creation.
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I am always worried when someone says, 'This is perfect.'
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Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name.
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Robots of the world, you are ordered to exterminate the human race. Do not spare the men. Do not spare the women. Preserve only the factories, railroads, machines, mines, and raw materials. Destroy everything else. Then return to work. Work must not cease.
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I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
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Every child deserves to grow up knowing their potential and feeling confident that they won't fall at the first hurdle - that they cope with life's setbacks.
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I don't really have any women in my life, actually those two - the women in my life are two married women who work at my office.
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When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.
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The people sensible enough to give good advice are usually sensible enough to give none.
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I have some good books of Bach keyboard music transcribed for guitar, and there's always a nylon-string guitar hanging on the wall in my house and a bunch of classical guitar books to grab. I kind of do that just for fun.
