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Jeffrey Tate Quotes

What appeals to me about an American music directorship is the involvement of the conductor with the orchestra and the community. I think that's a fantastic thing. In Europe, being principal conductor means merely that you're the person who does most of the concerts. For me, that simply isn't enough.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: english
Birth: April 28, 1943

Topics

Music Community Me Think American

There is more than enough room in the world for Germany and Britain.

World Enough More Room Germany Than

When I get ready to go out, it's half hour and we're out of the door. I don't want to waste time getting ready: I want to go and have fun.

Time Fun Door Have Fun Ready Want

It feels otherworldly to wear heels and makeup. Why fit in when you can stand out?

Makeup Stand You Why Heels Out

The French-Cajun culture is similar to mine - they're Catholic, they play accordions, and they eat hot chiles.

Luis Alberto Urrea

Culture Play Hot Eat Mine Catholic

A lot of TV is put together by teams, by writing staffs and several different directors. It's a great, very smart way to make television. It's worked for however long TV's been around.

Great Together Smart Writing Long

A film is a petrified fountain of thought.

Thought Movies Fountain Film

RoboCop the first movie was fantastic. But even if there was no movie, the concept of RoboCop is brilliant, first because it lends itself to a lot of social criticism, but also because it poses a question, 'When do you lose your humanity?'

Criticism Humanity You Lose First

I think the word for me is survival, not ambition. I'm really a lucky man. I've always accepted whatever I was in, whether it was driving a taxi or entertaining. The jet set might not enjoy what I do, but I deal with the average person.

Man Me Ambition Think Driving Enjoy

While I'm interested in philosophy, I find all the different theories out there somewhat difficult to get a firm grip on. Movies and novels, on the other hand, are easy to understand. So what I like to do is use pop cultural ephemera of all kinds as tools to help me try to understand philosophy.

Me Tools Help Philosophy Easy Find

Drama school is a pretty intense experience, and I think it changes who you are.

Experience School Think You Drama

Government acquisition of food supplies in time of war is no less important than conscription. Equity is the fundamental principle applicable to both these essential phases of war administration.

Chiang Kai-shek

Time Food Government War Important

If I hadn't been an actress, I was thinking seriously about going into psychology. It's just really what I'm interested in: the human psyche and how we process information.

Thinking Process Information Human

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