Cliff Martinez Quotes
Composers are in some ways the last frontier of musician that gets a paycheck for their musical services.
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I want audiences to see me in different avatars.
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A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.
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We'll always be fascinated by people who live above the law.
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No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.
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Some players are more physical than others, some play with more finesse. Some are just really great all-around players. So you have to change your game.
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I've got a 12-year-old grandson who, when he was 3 years old, before he could say many other words, could name the different kinds of dinosaurs.
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Would I describe myself as new Labour? I'm Labour, organised Labour. I think labels have a limited use and that's where you really get into boy stuff sometimes, just sticking on labels.
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I hate interviews - but you have to do them.
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We all need to slow down and go to acupuncture.
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My parents took me to a movie, and I remember wanting to sit apart from them for some reason. I wanted to be a big boy or whatever. I remember looking up on that screen. It was a movie about medieval knights. All I remember is saying, 'I want to do that. I want to make movies.'
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But there's a huge blessing that comes from being a part of a show like 'The Cosby Show' that sets such a high standard of quality - it touched so many people on so many different levels.
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I guess I am sometimes over the top on stage, but then, that is my personality. I'm over the top in real life, too.
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If I'm not in shape, it feels like something is wrong. If I haven't been able to get to class for a while or I've been sick, I don't feel complete. It doesn't feel like the electricity is making its connections.
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Ultimately, education in its real sense is the pursuit of truth. It is an endless journey through knowledge and enlightenment.
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If it seems like you are playing around and not practicing, that's when you know you really love it.
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I'm sure that people who elected me, some of them thought I was gay, some of them thought I wasn't gay, and most of them didn't care.
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I feel if I'm healthy and happy, I look good. With a good mixture of fitness and healthy food I always feel great!
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I like routine.
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Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.
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When you get into a car, and there's trash, or it's dirty, or one of the hubcaps is off, you're like, 'Come on, dude.' Every woman likes the confidence and self-respect that says, 'I get oil changes. I look after my vehicle.' That's what I recommend: Act like you don't care, but take care of your body.
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There are two things panic patients hate to do. They hate to take medication - and they hate to go to doctors. They hate to come to grips.
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I think some people just have an innate musical ability, and I'm lucky enough to be one of those people.
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The tragic reality is that very few sustainable systems are designed or applied by those who hold power, and the reason for this is obvious and simple: to let people arrange their own food, energy and shelter is to lose economic and political control over them. We should cease to look to power structures, hierarchical systems, or governments to help us, and devise ways to help ourselves.
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Composers are in some ways the last frontier of musician that gets a paycheck for their musical services.
