Jeff Lynne Quotes
My Shangri-la has gone away, Faded like the Beatles on Hey Jude She seemed to drift out on the rain That came in somewhere softly from the blue.
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When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.
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I got drunk when I was five. Everybody gets drunk before they're 21.
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The thing about a failure is that it is possible to deny it forever.
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The thing, when you're down two sets to love, is to stay calm, even though it's hard, because people are freaking out, people are worried for you.
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My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well known blues musicians.
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It comes back to the same old question people are always asking me: 'When are you going to do a solo record?' Well, if I did, it would probably be similar to 'Baluchitherium,' meaning it would be Van Halen music - which I write anyway - but without singing.
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I was an escapee of childhood. I always wanted to grow up.
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Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world.
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I would probably do anything with David Mamet. He's so great. I just love his writing.
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My husband and I were married in May 2007 on a sprawling rent-a-ranch in the Texas Hill Country. On the drive from Houston, we'd stopped off for our marriage license in the former produce aisle of a Winn Dixie-turned-courthouse in San Marcos and from there drove off the grid.
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Stasis is something that has marked my life since I was a boy growing up in Pittsburgh with my mother. It was the natural state that we existed in. For one thing, she suffered from a debilitating depression throughout my childhood, and depression is nothing if not static.
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In my eyes, there's no one better than Stevie Wonder. He's a top dude.
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We know what's in our Cheerios and in our retirement accounts because the law requires disclosure.
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Harvard was the most intimidating experience. I felt so out of my league there.
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You're miserable, edgy and tired. You're in the perfect mood for journalism.
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It's nice to just embrace the natural beauty within you.
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I'm never happier than when I'm not working. The strip is a job - that's why I take money for it. It's a job I'm passionate about, but it's a job I totally leave in the studio when I walk out of here, unless I'm late and I have to work at home. I never think of the strip unless I'm compelled to.
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Because everything we say and do is the length and shadow of our own souls, our influence is determined by the quality of our being.
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We have to all shoulder the responsibility for keeping the planet habitable, or we're going to suffer the consequences - together.
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Badness is only spoiled goodness.
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I'm not a dirty fighter. Everybody knows that.
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I missed the Wilco phenom while busy obsessing over rock en Espanol. So imagine my surprise when I found myself at O'Hare getting on a plane with my Chi-town homeboy, Jeff Tweedy. I loved the guy right away and loved his family. How odd to know somebody before you listen to them. I don't know if that's bad or good.
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Isolationism is not leadership.
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My Shangri-la has gone away, Faded like the Beatles on Hey Jude She seemed to drift out on the rain That came in somewhere softly from the blue.
