Peter Tork (Peter Halsten Thorkelson) Quotes
I get to play a scorching lead guitar, and there's not much that's more fun than that.
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I think we've become a TV culture, where we forget the live performer in front of us can see us. I think there is a self-centeredness that happens. There's nothing more important than what you are doing in that moment. So, unless it's an emergency, put your phone away.
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It's nice to get any awards, whether it's lifetime achievement or the Keith Richards award for being alive one more year.
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I've often said that all poetry is political. This is because real poems deal with a human response to reality and politics is part of reality, history in the making. Even if a poet writes about sitting in a glass house drinking tea, it reflects politics.
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If Joy Behar or Sherri Shepherd was a dude, they'd be off TV. They're not funny enough for dudes. What if Roseanne Barr was a dude? Think we'd know who she was?
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We hope the stories of the 14 kids in 'American High' provide something for many people to relate to.
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I would definitely like to start a family because it's the most important thing in the world and what you should take care of, along with your friends and the people you love.
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I got beat up up in Texas because my bootlaces were the wrong color.
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My beauty secret is... nothing! I don't drink too much water. I don't eat very well. Sometimes I cheat and grab some chocolate. The best thing is to eat what you want, but not very much.
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My secret to all casting, and specifically kids, is cast good human beings.
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My hair and my accent are sort of my main assets.
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I'm really boring. I get up early. I go to bed early. I don't smoke or drink. I mean, I'll eat a cupcake. I'm just not a crazy, stay-out-all-night sort of person. I love writing.
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I love the color pink. It makes a bold statement.
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You want a career? Do that first. You don't want to have kids? Then don't. You don't want to get married? Then don't. But once you do something, you've got to know that there is compromise.
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I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader.
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I do not like violence.
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We have to take care of ourselves if we are going to take care of anyone else properly.
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I don't really see myself as an actor.
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I'd work for John Waters again, because he's so off the wall.
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The best advice I've received is to be yourself. The best artists do that.
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Aside from being a fighter, I am a relaxed person. It is a lifestyle thing for me. I don't stress too much.
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I confess I am a romantic. I love romance, and I think it's really fun and delicious and some of my favorite films are love stories. I think that you just get a chance to fall in love with the characters so much and you get to explore their lives so deeply.
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It's fun to be able to have a fun palate, and the way I say that, you think about it and it sounds funny, but it's true.
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I get to play a scorching lead guitar, and there's not much that's more fun than that.
