Adam Schlesinger Quotes
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I like the diversity that my children are exposed to every day.
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Obviously, I never want to make the same record twice. I want to keep moving forward. That's the real challenge, I think.
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I'm not a coach and I know it. I'm too busy and it doesn't pay. I'm expensive. But I would always advise.
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The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.
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Smelling a crayon takes you right back to childhood. When I need to go back in time, I put it under my nose and take another hit.
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My grandparents met each other in amateur theatre. My uncle is an actor.
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Be bold, be brave enough to be your true self.
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Everyone is always working on their body and trying to make it the best that they possibly can. That's what I do every single day, mostly for performance, but also just for me.
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To do more of a concert thing, it takes so much preparation. You don't just show up and wing it. You're putting countless hours in the studio, not just to write and produce stuff, but to come up with edits and special things for the show.
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My mom didn't let me play video games growing up, so now I do. Gaming gives me a chance to just let go, blow somebody up and fight somebody from another dimension. It's all escapism.
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When I was young, I had this contrarian thing, and my music for a long time was an extension of that. I didn't want to entertain people; I had too much vanity to be an entertainer. I think that some layers of vanity came off.
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Kids will ask us 'How do you become famous?' It's the wrong question. Focus on the craft, not on the fame.
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There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco... a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.
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I think Trump is a very interesting candidate in this sense: I think he has cross-party appeal.
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You need to love your life; you have to appreciate yourself.
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Very few of the early Italian humanists were really humane.
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In 13 years of doing my day job, I've learned a few things about motivating people. It's about setting a vision and, as long as everyone knows why they're doing what they're doing, you achieve that vision.
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It's very hard not to let fame affect you because you are continually being told how good you are. After a while you begin to think there must be some truth in it because all those people can't be wrong.
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I remember as a little boy I ate one meal a day and sometimes slept in the street. I will never forget that and it inspires me to fight hard, stay strong and remember all the people of my country, trying to achieve better for themselves.
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And dialogue, I'm good at it, and it's because it's the only thing you have to work with in TV writing.
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Big Tech's nonchalance about copyright violation tramples over people like my wife and me, who strive to make a living in the great tradition of the creative realm.
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I would feel like my life was a success if my children grow into well-adjusted, happy, functioning members of society. Capable and happy and normal.
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Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.
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A band can define their own success.
