John Roy Anderson Quotes
I know when I started I would have been happy to sound like the Beatles or Joe Tex or whoever. You want to sound like most bands, you want to sound like their records and that's how you learn your chops.
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I look like this for a reason. I was born this way. It was God-given.
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Being Bob Marley's son has done many things for me, in terms of having a career in music. I'm very proud of my music, and I'm very proud of where I'm from. People hear that I'm Bob Marley's son, and they turn on my music to listen just out of curiosity.
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I usually decide what to wear in the morning, but sometimes, I'll have a favorite coat or sweater or shoes, and I'll wear them everyday for a week!
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I've written 29 damn plays. Isn't that enough?
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You never think about what life's going to be like five years down the road or 10 - you just go though the day and try to make good decisions. Sometimes you do, sometimes you don't. You just hope this day will be a good day.
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You gotta ask 'why' questions. 'Why did you do this?' A 'why' question you can't answer with one word.
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If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
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Generally I can sleep any time, anywhere, any place, unless I'm anxious about work. I can get performance anxiety, so when I'm on tour it can be hard to sleep.
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I'll be singing with The Blind Boys of Alabama, which is a great joy to me. I've done some work with them before, and they truly are amazing.
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I don't study; I create.
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I love women more than anything.
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I love an underdog. No, I don't necessarily mean the cartoon. I mean like David, as in Goliath, or the Bears, as in The Bad News Bears.
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I've done thousands of interviews in my life, and it's a format that I quite enjoy, because I think of questions in interviews as an opportunity to sort of gauge my growth in a way. It gives me an idea of how I'm navigating this world that I'm in.
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One Tweet can be heard 'round the world if the right people retweet it and the right people notice it on their feeds.
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Speaking is physically difficult for me.
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I hate the domestic life.
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I was really influenced by Joan Didion and Pauline Kael; they were both at the height of their influence when I was coming into my own as a reader.
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I was lucky to be with Johnny... he taught me a lot about fame.
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I actually have an ice-skating background. I skated until I was 15, for about eight years. It was hardcore skating for about eight hours a day.
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Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
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There are all sorts of ways of murdering a person or at least his soul, and that's something no police in the world can spot.
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Character I want to be: "Blunt Talk's".
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Many people in this world are still so identified with every thought that arises in their head. There is not the slightest space of awareness there.
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I know when I started I would have been happy to sound like the Beatles or Joe Tex or whoever. You want to sound like most bands, you want to sound like their records and that's how you learn your chops.
