Aaron Watson Quotes
I always tell people that my primary job is being a dad and husband. Music is just what pays the bills.
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I think the best president - because he changed the whole mood of the country, the whole economy of the country, and stood up to Communism... that was continuing its causes around the world, and backed them off and caused them to collapse - and that was Ronald Reagan.
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There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king. And it's about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people.
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I found one had to do some work every day, even at midnight, because either you're professional or you're not.
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I'm obsessed with Radiohead. They're just the greatest band on the planet.
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Human writing reflects that of the universe; it is its translation, but also its metaphor: it says something totally different, and it says the same thing.
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I'm having a vacation, and it's so beautiful, and maybe I'll never get another film idea in my life.
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My connection with Basquiat was really in Los Angeles, which really was a whole different world to what he was experiencing in New York.
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My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him.
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I have a lot of fears that normal people have.
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We, the artists, make the stuff they sell and they're like ticks on our backs, sucking the life out of us.
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Journalism is what we need to make democracy work.
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In all honesty, once you become a professional, number one, you're no longer a fan. I don't root for the Dodgers, really. I just try to do the game as best I can. And the winning and the losing will take care of itself.
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It is much more fun to write about villains then heroes. The villains are the ones that think out the scheme, and the heroes just kind of come along for the ride.
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I would love to write a screenplay for 'Badlands' one day. I don't think I could ever have the patience to do it; I don't even have the patience to write songs. I write some of the shortest songs ever because I don't have the patience.
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In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.
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My confidence comes from my fights and my training.
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It's not actually OK to just be apathetic about anything.
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Vietnam was the first time that Americans of different races had to depend on each other. In the Second World War, they were segregated; it was in Vietnam that American integration happened in the military - and it wasn't easy.
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Our family had been shattered, but we now are more united, and the remains of my family and the majority of my mother's family are glad to know the truth about a horrible crime.
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For the first five years of music and first five years of acting, I don't remember it because I was running to where I was going. Finally I was like, 'Man, I missed everything.' So I just stopped, and I started looking around.
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I get to play with all these different players who don't necessarily approach music always the same way that I might. So I learn a lot.
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Part of me is afraid to let go of this other thing, which was so hugely successful. But on the other hand, I have to move ahead, or else my feet are stuck in the cement. I feel like I'm capable of writing other kinds of music, and I'm at a transitional time in my life.
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New Amsterdam Records, a new label run by composers, has begun documenting this hybrid music, with invigorating discs by the band itsnotyouitsme and the composers Corey Dargel and William Brittelle.
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I always tell people that my primary job is being a dad and husband. Music is just what pays the bills.
