Kevin Eubanks Quotes
I thought people cared about music in a deep way, so I was writing to that spirit in people and in myself. It was me, thinking I knew what was up. Youth, who else can change the world?
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The biggest issue that we have to contend with is campaign finance reform.
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I talk every day about doing the right thing.
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I live in a 'sky island,' a unique mountain valley environment where half the animal species of North America can be found.
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I particularly like Hershey's chocolate - the kind which has almonds in it.
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When companies get big, they slow down. They're not as exciting. If you want to get something done, it takes a lot of time and a lot of meetings.
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I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people.
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Leaving all the glamour and air-kissing aside, at the end of the day, fashion is about operations and getting things done. The best way to be successful, therefore, is to learn from the people who do it best.
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I traveled a full two years with 'Language of Flowers.'
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I think the key to getting rid of illegal immigration, no matter where its coming from, is that you need to have a good legal apparatus for immigration.
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There's a monster outside my room, can I have a glass of water?
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The so-called skills gap is really a gap in education, and that affects all of us.
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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Honestly, I get more recognized for 'Three Men and a Little Lady' than 'Harry Potter'.
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Race and class are extremely reliable indicators as to where one might find the good stuff, like parks and trees, and where one might find the bad stuff, like power plants and waste facilities.
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Sweden is the home of my ancestors, and I have reserved a special place in my heart for Sweden.
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Even though I'm very Westernized as an individual and very Canadian, I guess I've lost some of my Chinese culture.
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Love is reaching out to try to get to the other person.
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I tend to view the superstitions or fragments of myth as triggers for lyric inquiry. I also find I think of this kind of language as ars poetica - if we can find the right combination of words, we can make something improbably or extraordinary happen.
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Why should we put ourselves out of our way to do anything for posterity? For what has posterity ever done for us?
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In my case, of course, people had a lot of expectations, but that didn't pressurise me because I'm pretty confident about my musicality and my talent.
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I've always done food that can work in a set time frame. The message I'm trying to get across is, it doesn't have to take three days to do this. With planning, you can do a lot and really have quality food every day.
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I think that technology has both introduced new sounds but also allowed an increasingly painterly approach to recording music as you can now paint over what you've done and more and more refine an existing performance.
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I thought people cared about music in a deep way, so I was writing to that spirit in people and in myself. It was me, thinking I knew what was up. Youth, who else can change the world?
