Famous Quotes & Sayings

Stuart Murdoch

He delivered, but at first I had my doubts. He was quite brutal about taking a machete to songs if he thought they had too many verses; one song he completely halved. And he didn't like my acoustic guitar playing. Did you notice that, Chris? He would accidentally lean on the mute button. But I'm surprised and delighted with the way the record has turned out.

Keith Richard

He's always been a good, smooth acoustic player, but the electric seemed like an untamed beast for him until this year.

Jeff Ament

I think at that point we were aspiring to be a Led Zeppelin kind of a band where you could pick up your acoustic instruments or you could go out and rock or you could play a country song. I love all those bands we got mentioned with, but it never felt like we fit into that group very well. So the fact that they're still saying, 'The band that survived grunge' is kind of funny.

Neal Schon

Beyond the Thunder is the closest I've recorded to an acoustic thing.

Jonathan Davis

It should be interesting. I can't wait to hear these songs acoustic, but a couple of them I wrote on acoustic guitar, so I know it'll translate. ... Hopefully fans will appreciate it. Some will hate it, but whatever. Who cares? We're gonna go for it. We haven't practiced, we're just showing up a couple of hours early and going for it.

Jeff Hanna

That song was on the Dirt Band's Acoustic record, ... and in the time that passed between when we wrote it and when the Flatts cut it, what an amazing life that song had People would come up to all of us writers long before it was this monster hit -- I even had someone in the grocery store -- asking for copies of the lyric because they wanted to get married to it. And that's a wonderful feeling

Eric Johnson

It's an amalgamation of the different types of shows I've done. There will be some songs where I'm playing solo on the more acoustic tunes and others will be full-blown, plugged-in rock-out numbers. So the show will be done in many stages.

Chris Shiflett

It took a while once we started recording ('In Your Honor') for us to really know if we were actually going to go through with it and actually make a double record with the acoustic stuff. It was a risk, sure, but when we were done recording, we felt pretty strongly that we'd made a great record.

Don Frye

It's the only place in town to catch acoustic solo sets.

Jason James

Knowing that my wish list was pretty lofty and already busy working on other projects, I wrote Johnny Repeat in distinct chapters so high-caliber artists could contribute without having to make a 100-page commitment. I'm calling it 'cosmic noir.' I can't wait for everyone to see it!

Eric Kandel

I would not necessarily say that scientists and artists need to collaborate with one another, but it would be helpful for them to talk to one another to, perhaps, give rise to specific ideas that may or may not be carried out together.

John McConnell

He knows the music. He knows the songs. He knows the people. He knows the life. But especially, he knows the stories ? and the artists and fans just seem to take him places they wouldn't most other people." ()

Graham Elliot

I'm inspired by artists who use a limited palette, like painter Piet Mondrian, and the White Stripes, two musicians who create an incredible sound. Our food is starting to go back to a 'less is more' style.

Gore Verbinski

My respect for artists is very high. I think to get the most out of them, you have to liberate them. I think part of liberating them is saying, 'Come up with something brilliant, new, and fresh. Stop thinking based on what has been beat into you by executives or publishers in terms of what's going to work and what's not. Don't react, just act.'

Q-Tip

The song, 'Life is Better,' is about hip-hop. It's about my love for hip-hop. And, you know, I go through all the artists from the beginning to the end, you know. And, well, not to the end, but since the beginning to now, you know.

James Cromwell

I think the obligation of an artist is to make a difference in the world. That is what matters most to me. I think that artists are the leaders of the world because they do not have a connection to the industrial complex, the day-to-day short-term survival that most people are involved with.

David Nathan

I think the fact that they didn't attain the level of success of solo artists probably has something to do with it as well. They may have had some impact, but none are around today. They weren't able to sustain it.

Kate Jordan

There is a strong core of artists who have been working to preserve Frankford for a long time. It's been very inspiring and motivating for me to start to build relationships with them.

Kathleen Troia McFarland

While President Putin is busy redrawing the map of Europe, President Obama is busy filling out his brackets.

Dick Porter

Have a sense of what space you want to fill and what plants you want to put there.

Al Avila

He's got room to fill out. He's a strong kid, he's just lean.

Mike Harding

I think it's going to go higher and we'll soon be paying more than $4 a gallon. I used to fill up for 20 bucks. Now it's doubled.

Jon Copper

It comes down to guys have to fill spots. The less guys you have to fill spots, the more opportunity there's going to be.

Cliff Moses

It holds 2,000 gallons of water. A 2-inch rain will fill it.

Roy Halladay

I think you always want to have more pitching. There's a lot of things to fill and you have to kind of prioritize and I think pitching always wins.

Kevin Allison

I think the four seniors will be some of the top runners in the league. It's just a matter of whether our underclassmen can fill in those 5, 6 and 7 spots.

Dale Kennedy

I think we're a little tapped out. I think it's a little more realistic that we can fill some spots in the top-12 system.

Tori Amos

When interviews are good, the conversation can be amazing. Sometimes I've had conversations with journalists that I've never had with anybody else.

Zachary Quinto

I just find that there's something about looking back on interviews, whether for purposes of remembering what I said about something or if it's for posterity when I'm 75.

Kodi Smit-McPhee

Interviews are fun, but I get nervous at red carpets.

Emma Stone

In general, I get nervous when I do print interviews because I know that whatever I say is going to be shown through the lens of whomever I'm talking to.

Joe Pesci

Ah, I don't do interviews, really.

Neil Strauss

I always wanted to interview Michael Jackson, because I just wanted to humanize him.

Muriel Spark

Interviews can be stimulating. It depends on the intelligence of the interviewer.

Eli Wallach

Well, I've maybe gotten 200 requests for interviews about Marilyn, and I just decided I'm gonna do my own.

George Lopez

I've spent days in cinemas answering questions from the audience, in interviews, travelling abroad, and all they do is thank me nicely.

Tom Izzo

I thought we sucked it up pretty good.

Mike McDermott

It's immoral to let a sucker keep his money,

Emily Lyons

I was in the right place, just at the wrong time that day.

Dwyane Wade

I was in the right place at the right time to get the bucket.

Denny Green

J.J. is the starter. I said that a long time ago.

Ronny Jenkins

I take my vacation this time of year every year.

Leslie Cohen

I think it'll be time at the end of this year for them to go off and try something new, ... It'll be torture. It'll be torture.

Mary Lambert

I think I streaked one time when I was 16, which was scary.

Cynthia Johnson

He didn't get the time that we may feel he deserved, and he may not get it in this lifetime. But before it's all over with, he will get it.

Graham Elliot

Any time you can involve fake mustaches, things are just better.

Mona Singh

It is about time that TV actors were paid as well as film stars.