Nick Van Eede Quotes
We had no real musical goals as such but we did set ourselves a deadline. That was... give it two years and if nothing else happens at least let's have a great time... and we sure did!!!
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Those who have heard me speak from time to time know that quite often I cite the observation of that great American author, Mark Twain, who said, history does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.
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Don't feel sorry for me. I've had a great life, great friends.
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My goal was always to be involved in music that would outlive me. And maybe that's actually happening.
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I would lie in bed, and I was nine years old, and say to myself: 'I want to be the richest man in the world.' I've come a long way from there.
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You could argue that 'Sweeney Todd' was romantic, if you looked closely at it, but it didn't impart that to its audiences. But it's large, and it's melodramatic, and it's a style I like to work in periodically.
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It used to be that when an actress reached thirty, she was considered almost washed up.
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I'd say when it comes to being who you are, just don't be afraid to try things.
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The fantasy that appeals most to people is the kind that's rooted thoroughly in somebody looking around a corner and thinking, 'What if I wandered into this writer's people here?' If you've done your job and made your people and your settings well enough, that adds an extra dimension that you can't buy.
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I write about my feelings, things that happen in my life and experiences.
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Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected.
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If you're really a rapper, you can't stop rapping.
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Everybody has problems.
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When I wake up in the morning, I feel just like any other insecure 24-year-old girl.
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Be the chief but never the lord.
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People think I'm eccentric, cranky. If I'm eccentric because I've never been into mainstream things, then I am eccentric.
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He was not merely a chip of the old Block, but the old Block itself.
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My position now, especially in this town, adds an element of skepticism with people you meet - especially girls. I mean, it becomes a lot more difficult.
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It's very important for females to feel empowered. It took me a long time to find that inside me.
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A religion without rules or God isn't sustainable.
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When my little son, Prince, had health issues as a baby, we were told that he had a 20 percent chance of survival.
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I like to do everything you can possibly do before you go into rehearsal, because once we are in rehearsal or on the stage there will be a problem I didn't anticipate. It's really good to think we got it all nailed - of course you've never got it all nailed.
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We had no real musical goals as such but we did set ourselves a deadline. That was... give it two years and if nothing else happens at least let's have a great time... and we sure did!!!
