Conor Oberst Quotes
A kid that picks up a record, he doesn't need to know anything other than the music and have it in his or her headphones. They're getting ideas directly, it's like someone whispering in their ear. That's such a personal way to receive information.Conor Oberst Bright Eyes
Quotes to Explore
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
Aaron Neville -
If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
Isaac Bashevis Singer -
You know sometimes when you're in a really bad mood and you're not sure why? That's how I get sometimes.
Maisie Williams -
If you're a writer, write. You just keep writing. And if you're a filmmaker, you keep doing what you can to keep telling your stories; you don't stay on the one. Keep moving forward and doing what you can to tell whatever story you can tell, be it via writing, be it via filming it.
Dana Brunetti -
I grew up with 'Friends' from day one and, like, 'Seinfeld' and 'Frazier,' those sorts of shows, but for sure, 'Friends' was it for our family. Like, we would watch every Thursday night at eight o'clock; I couldn't wait.
Kaley Cuoco -
My operas usually come from musical ideas rather than ideas about subject matter.
Harrison Birtwistle
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I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose it.
Yoko Ono -
Even more than dying itself, I'm scared of the horror-movie changes that happen to the human body as it ages. I think of it as a sort of haunted-house effect, living inside a crumbling, creaking structure that is full of ghosts and will, some day, fall down.
Kate Christensen -
A manager should stay as far away as possible from his players. I don't know if I said ten words to Frank Robinson while he played for me.
Earl Weaver -
The truth is I'm not actually an expert programmer! I really don't consider myself to be an expert at anything. For me, it's more about having a well-rounded and broad horizon. I think that's where a lot of the more interesting things come from - mashing up completely disparate aspects of life to create something new and original.
Aaron Koblin -
I would never jeopardize classified information. I served my country well and loyally, and I had to sue the C.I.A. on First Amendment grounds.
Valerie Plame -
For me it always comes down to what is a good song and I'm very old fashioned in the way that I like to make songs that have something classic about them whether you can play them with an orchestra or an electro synthesizer or an acoustic guitar.
Marc Almond Soft Cell
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I don't believe in changing the unchangeable.
Daniel Barenboim -
I love playing Chekhov. That's the hardest; that's why I love it most.
Uta Hagen -
The hardest part of writing 'William Shakespeare's Star Wars' was probably the sheer amount of iambic pentameter and tiptoeing around certain scenes I knew would be hot-button issues for 'Star Wars' fans.
Ian Doescher -
I think that you get something for your acting from almost anything you do.
Dabney Coleman -
I don't think there's anything wrong with being paternalistic as a company.
Leonard Lauder -
Starting in my teens, I was always standing on the corner near our apartment singing harmony with friends. We'd also go to the park and sing under the bridge near the lake for the echo. When it was cold out, we'd stand in the little heated lobby in the project's administration building, where my mom paid the rent each month.
Frankie Valli Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
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I have always been driven. I have always believed in what I believe very deeply.
Alastair Campbell -
What we hear now is great-sounding records with great-sounding grooves and loops. And the sound of these records is irresistible, but the craft of songwriting is just about over. That's why, whenever I get an opportunity to do an album full of standards, I jump at it because I miss it.
Barry Manilow -
The best experiences and the biggest ideas don't fit into a category. They change it.
Seth Godin -
A kid that picks up a record, he doesn't need to know anything other than the music and have it in his or her headphones. They're getting ideas directly, it's like someone whispering in their ear. That's such a personal way to receive information.
Conor Oberst Bright Eyes