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Jerry Leiber Quotes

Irving Berlin was the greatest songwriter of all time. I was in awe of him. But his music wasn't my music. My music was the blues.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: April 25, 1933 - August 22, 2011

Topics

Music Time Blues Him Awe Greatest

The thing that I enjoy about animation is the fact that it is unbridled, and there are no boundaries; when you are in the room, you don't have to focus on your clothing, make-up, hair, your choreography or your blocking; you really do have total freedom.

Freedom Focus Hair Enjoy You Room

There is no reason that the universe should be designed for our convenience.

Universe Reason Convenience No Reason

I want to put elements from movies into TV to raise the quality of TV.

Quality Want Movies Raise Elements

When you're a screenwriter working on a film, you're not really even welcome on set, even if you know... When I wrote 'Elizabeth' and Shekhar Kapur was a friend of mine, but I wasn't really welcome on set, because the director is God and it's a very difficult position for a screenwriter who's put so much passion into that, into the writing.

Friend Passion God Welcome Writing

We shouldn't have got married, really. Shouldn't have got married. Too young. Not ready for it.

Ready Young Got Married Too Really

Too many companies are just being big for the sheer sake of it. Too many CEOs thinking bigger is better.

Thinking Better Bigger Big Just

Our volunteer fire departments know their needs better than Washington, D.C. They need more flexibility on spending grant money from FEMA and Homeland Security.

Money Fire Better Security Know

You can have all the gun control laws in the country, but if you don't enforce them, people are going to find a way to protect themselves. We need to recognize that bad people are doing bad things with these weapons. It's not the law-abiding citizens, it's not the person who uses it as a hobby.

People Control Gun Bad People Hobby

I have a Volvo S60R and it's a pretty fast car, the R says it all.

Car Fast Pretty Says

The plain truth is that the period I study is the 16th century, and they were absolutely obsessed with witches and spiritual beings.

Deborah Harkness

Truth Spiritual Truth Is Study Plain

I daydream about Backstreet Boys accepting a Grammy one day.

Day One Day Daydream Accepting About

The act of writing is a way of tricking yourself into revealing something that you would never consciously put into the world. Sometimes I'm shocked by the deeply personal things I've put into books without realizing it.

Chuck Palahniuk

Yourself Writing World You Sometimes

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