David Bowie (David Robert Jones) Quotes
I think the only music I didn't listen to was country and western, and that holds to this day.
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It feels a little bit odd to me that you have some guys that have never lived in the United States that play for the United States because they were able to secure a passport. To me, that just feels like they weren't able to make it for their country and earn a living, so they're coming here.
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Americans are people who prefer the Continent to their own country, but refuse to learn its languages.
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The United States was the first country in the history of the world to be consciously created out of an idea - and the idea was liberty.
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I was definitely very much a country boy.
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Let the message go out - a new generation has taken charge of Labour which is optimistic about our country, optimistic about our world, optimistic about the power of politics. We are optimistic and together we will change Britain.
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As even a democracy like the United States has shown, waging war can benefit a leader in several ways: it can rally citizens around the flag, it can distract them from bleak economic times, and it can enrich a country's elites.
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The beauty of our country is that when it was founded that they took some time to lay out civil liberties in the first 10 Amendments - the Bill of Rights. I'm a firm believer in those civil liberties and the ability to have your own opinion.
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I cherished the dream of a country embracing all its people.
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When you go out of your country and meet people, you get a wider perspective.
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If you know your characters well enough, you aren't trying to grasp for storylines. You're really thinking about their flaws and their passions and what they're chasing.
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Creative thinking inspires ideas. Ideas inspire change.
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I love rock music, I love country music - I love all music, let's be honest!
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I represent my country, but I also represent the continent of Africa when I play in Europe. That's why it's important to try to achieve something big.
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Your pretended fear lest error should step in, is like the man that would keep all the wine out of the country lest men should be drunk. It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy, to deny a man the liberty he hath by nature upon a supposition that he may abuse it.
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Balance your thoughts with action. - If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.
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It would be a much better country if women did not vote. That is simply a fact. In fact, in every presidential election since 1950 - except Goldwater in '64 - the Republican would have won, if only the men had voted.
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It’s not a matter of old or new forms; a person writes without thinking about any forms, he writes because it flows freely from his soul.
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You seldom hear any young artists in country music.
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Find people who think like you and stick with them. Make only music you are passionate about. Work only with people you like and trust. Don't sign anything.
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I'm still trying to find out who Paula Cole is. I always am - and I always will be - my real, inside self, which has no name.
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The little that we doIs but half-nobly true;With our laborious hivingWhat men call treasure, and the gods call dross,Life seems a jest of Fate's contriving,Only secure in every one's conniving,A long account of nothings paid with loss.
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The dream world of sleep and the dream world of music are not far apart. I often catch glimpses of one as I pass through a door to the other, like encountering a neighbor in the hallway going into the apartment next to one’s own. In the recording studio, I would often lie down to nap and wake up with harmony parts fully formed in my mind, ready to be recorded. I think of music as dreaming in sound.
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I think the only music I didn't listen to was country and western, and that holds to this day.
