Richard Thompson
Richard Thompson
Guitarist, songwriter, and performer who played with the British folk-rock group Fairport Convention.
NationalityBritish
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth3 April 1949
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It was a good day for the school board, ... Miller admitted it was a religious or philosophical statement and that book is still being sold in the United States and he is receiving royalties from it.
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Art was my favorite subject at school, and to me the Who were like an art project.
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At this point, we probably have 70 percent of our regulatory signs back up, and probably 30 percent left to do. Our street markers are way down - we've only done about 50 percent.
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The metaphoric implications are irresistible. If you look at the symbols, this hits you right in the face.
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They can't understand what you're doing and why you're saying what you're saying, and that might be the problem with the Discovery Institute.
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This is a global problem. Eight million tons of litter enter the oceans every day -- most is plastic.
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The great thing about this stuff is you don't have to worry about maintaining it. All we have to do is replace it every 10 years or so, and even then our expenses won't be nearly as high as the first time around. We're just having to pay a lot more this time because of our drainage problems. To us, this is just a smart move.
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Everyone agrees what has happened is totally wrong. But the solution is way too broad for what has been discussed here.
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Sitting around home I mostly play acoustic. I've got seven or eight guitars of various sorts, including a baritone. Sometimes at home, because a guitar is just lying around, that's the guitar I pick up rather than actually choosing something. I try to plan ahead for my laziness by leaving interesting things scattered about. If I leave a baritone guitar lying around, that's the one I'll pick up, and I'll start writing baritoney things.
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I just like to entertain myself by sitting down and writing songs.
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The best thing you've got going for you is individuality.
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I want people to come to my music without prejudice. I want them to get the music first. And who I am isn't that important. If they like the songs to me that's a good thing.
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There are only three white blues singers -- Geoff Muldaur is at least two of them.
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Well, first of all it's entertainment. That stops us becoming too pretentious or thinking we're great artists.