John Niven Quotes

I wound up becoming an A&R man at London Records in the 1990s, during the boom of Britpop, the last great gold rush of the music industry. I saw incredible greed and terrible behaviour. I was greedy and terribly behaved.

John Niven

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I'm alive. I have my music; I have my children. I am the luckiest man.

Andrew Lloyd Webber

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Genius is not a possession of the limited few, but exists in some degree in everyone. Where there is natural growth, a full and free play of faculties, genius will manifest itself.

Robert Henri

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Creative without strategy is called 'art.' Creative with strategy is called 'advertising.'

Jef I. Richards

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I didn't want to sit around and wait for someone to discover me, so I created my own self through the Internet.

Jeffree Star

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Retiring gives the impression that you're relieved that your job is over.

Michael Douglas

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The first record I got, I think I stole. I was with my mother; she turned her back, and I slipped it in my coat. And I think it was 'Cry Baby' by The Bonnie Sisters. That or 'Lucille' by Little Richard.

John Waters

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I understand people who say, 'There is no Queen without Freddie. Just leave it be.' Because that's what we felt, following his death. All three of us said, 'Right, that's the end of the band.' But the band just didn't seem to die.

Roger Taylor

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You can't go east and west at the same time.

Jean Charest

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I used to attract a lot of feeders. I'd be quite happy to be locked in someone's flat and fed liquidised burgers.

Johnny Vegas

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As much as we'd like to think life is sacred, there's not a lot of evidence for that. The universe is maddeningly casual, giving and taking it.

Chris Crutcher

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There can be a wrong time - it's happened to countless bands where they release their first record on a major label and never learned what they maybe should have learned on an indie.

Brian Fallon

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The Grateful Dead played for three hours on a given night, plus sound check.

Bob Weir

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