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Jim James Quotes

The songs always tell you something, but always for different reasons.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: April 27, 1978

Topics

You Always Tell Something Different

I have a huge underground following on the web.

Web Underground Following Huge

The Mac defined 'personal technology', and the iPhone defines 'intimate technology' as a convergence of communications, content and location.

Technology Personal iPhone Content

It's tricky to ask a filmmaker to explain his own work; usually we're the least qualified to make sense of what we've done, unfortunately, because of the tunnel vision required to create anything over four years.

Work Vision Create Done Anything

My problem is that what I like changes from week to week. Even the stuff in my suitcase right now I don't like any more.

Suki Waterhouse

Problem Week Now More Changes Right

People should decide what success means for them, and not be distracted by accepting others' definitions of success.

Success People Others Decide Means

I appreciate art in any form. So it applies to clothes as well. On stage, I think people prefer me in Indian outfits... in fact, it goes with the kind of songs I sing as well. Indianness in the form of a sari, or a chaniya choli or jeans with something interesting, matches my style of singing.

Style Art People Me Singing Think

I often find myself quoting from Victor Hugo after one of my theatrical ventures. 'Now that my play is a failure,' he once said, 'I find I love it all the more.' I first quoted that after 'Square Rounds' at the Olivier in 1992.

Love Failure Myself Find Play Said

Bilingualism is a great asset for any individual, but it has perilous consequences for a nation.

Great Consequences Nation Individual

I plan to live to be 98, so I'll be the guy at Dundas and Yonge flogging a box of mouldy novels.

Live Plan Box Guy Novels

At 12 or 13, I picked up a guitar because my mother made me learn how to play.

Mother Me Guitar Learn Play Up

The great American tradition is one of pluralism, not exclusive secularism. The strength of our country is reflected in the contributions that we all make to the common good.

Strength Good Great American Country

I try to keep each different book different from the last. So 'Sag Harbor' is very different from 'Apex Hides the Hurt;' 'The Intuitionist,' which is kind of a detective novel, is very different from 'John Henry Days.' I'm just trying to keep things rich for me creatively and for the readers who follow me.

Colson Whitehead

Me Book Rich Hurt Trying Kind

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