Billy Gibbons Quotes
When I was around 7 or 8 my Dad took me to a B.B. King recording session, well, that really did it. Huge and lasting impressions. After all that I pretty much knew playing guitar was something I was going to do because I just had to do it. And I did.
Quotes to Explore
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Poaching white fish in moderately hot oil guarantees soft-textured flesh and allows you to prepare a sauce calmly, without the usual panic about overcooking the fish.
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If I were president, I am not sure that I would offer Ed Rendell the job of chief of staff.
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I've always been a person who's been true to myself and true to others, and I'm not afraid to be honest.
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For a long time I have been thinking about affordable fashion - you can be disappointed when not so many people can wear your stuff.
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I understand acting and I understand actors. I don't really understand the world of celebrity. That's just bizarre. Those sorts of elements I'm at sea with.
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All too often, the pitchmen are selling the notion that if you gain 'control' over your financial destiny - pick your own stocks and execute your own trades - it will be the first step on a short road to riches.
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Love is a state of being.
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Once you're a Virginian, you're always a Virginian.
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Every company has two organizational structures: The formal one is written on the charts; the other is the everyday relationship of the men and women in the organization.
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For a while, I became an atheist; now that I'm grown up, though, I'm not hard-edged enough to be an atheist. Even though I live with a flaming atheist, I love going to temple. I love all the rituals.
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No one connected intimately with a writer has any appreciation of his temperament, except to think him overdoing everything.
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I can't ever seem to shake the feeling that when things are really good it essentially means that things are going to go really bad. When I feel calm and settled, there is always an underlying feeling of impending doom... I don't think that it's healthy.
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What I enjoy most is that every day I get to play a new character.
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But nothing beats a Woody Allen film on a Sunday night, with a glass of wine and some leftovers.
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I listen to music almost any time I'm not sleeping, 'hanging out' with specific people, or showering.
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We love our fans and are very connected with our fans.
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Art is art, and journalism is journalism.
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Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out of those values.
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I try to be a good father, and my kids are the most important thing in my life.
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There's accountability in the mutual fund industry. And they've been tremendous engines of wealth for people and they're going to continue to be so.
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I do think Russian foreign policy is very savvy. There's a need for great caution because the Russians are able to discreetly blackmail countries.
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Usually all I care about is how elegant or over-the-top the pieces are, it's nice to really get to understand what the customer wants and needs as opposed to just focusing on the aesthetic.
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I never made it to the school choir because the music teacher didn't like my voice. I was pretty sad. But he was probably right; I did have a voice a bit like a goat, but my dad told me to never give up and to keep going, and it's paid off.
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When I was around 7 or 8 my Dad took me to a B.B. King recording session, well, that really did it. Huge and lasting impressions. After all that I pretty much knew playing guitar was something I was going to do because I just had to do it. And I did.
