Jo Stafford Quotes

I'll probably never put out another album because I'm a tough critic of my work, and I don't think I could come up to those standards any more.

Jo Stafford

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 12, 1917 - July 16, 2008

Topics

WorkToughThinkMoreNeverOut

I'd actually say that every musician is a human being, and that not everybody likes being social. But with music, there are all these ingredients to the business that have nothing to do with writing songs or playing an instrument.

Amanda Palmer

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In the late '80s and early '90s, there was a slightly retro drum sound that was popular in hip-hop music called the 808 bass drum sound. It was the bass drum sound on the 808 drum machine, and it's very deep and very resonant, and was used as the backbone as a lot of classic hip-hop tracks.

Steve Albini

MusicDeepEarlyLateHip-HopSound

My mother says that my father truly enjoyed having a son. My two-years-younger twin sisters felt that he didn't quite know how to enjoy them. But I wasn't aware of those things then. So many of my childhood memories involve him. All the excursions into science were shaped by his knowledge and enthusiasm.

Robert F. Engle

FatherMotherSonKnowledgeMemories

It is not about finding a work-life balance, but, rather, it's about work-life integration. I've learned to integrate my work and life so that the two exist as harmoniously as possible and priorities can be set.

Denise Morrison

LifeWorkBalancePrioritiesFinding

Talking, it seemed to me, was the point of adult existence.

Christopher Hitchens

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Science is our last and greatest frontier.

Antony Garrett Lisi

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I am so very honored to be the recipient of MIPCOM's 2011 Personality of the Year. However, the accomplishments that have led to this honor are not mine alone. They are the result of the tireless efforts of so very many talented colleagues.

Anne Sweeney

AlonePersonalityI AmColleagues

It's very important, when everyone else seems to be pigeon-holing you, to try and pigeon-hole yourself.

Winston Marshall

YourselfYouImportantTryEveryone

I gave up lots of things I love doing: writing, and business, and playing the piano and so on.

William Hague

LoveBusinessWritingDoingPiano

These are some of the things for which we believe the American people owe no little gratitude to the Dutch; and these are the things for which today, speaking in the name of the American people, we venture to express their heartfelt thanks.

Seth Low

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I think one of the blessings that I've had in watching, you know, films be made now from four of my books is to realize that it's a separate thing. It's a separate work.

Scott Turow

WorkThinkBlessingsYouKnowNow

I spent more money on one robe than guys spend in five years.

Ric Flair

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