Robert Hilburn Quotes

Thanks to the arrival of such spirited and purposeful groups as X, the Blasters, R.E.M., and the Replacements, American rock has made a spectacular comeback.

Robert Hilburn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 25, 1939

Topics

ComebackAmericanRockThanksMade

Guys that are young in the league. Guys that you get to teach them your way. It's not a bad thing. It's actually a good thing. It's working for them. Teach them that way, and I guarantee they aren't as stubborn and hard-headed as I was, which sometimes is good, sometimes is bad. But like I always say, I'm not going to change who I am.

Jimmy Butler

ChangeGoodI AmStubbornYouBad

Ranking among the greatest Christmas movie classics, 'It's a Wonderful Life' tells a beautiful story about the priceless value of relationships.

John C. Maxwell

LifeBeautifulValueStoryChristmas

When I have to compete with John Coltrane and Miles Davis and Louie Armstrong on iTunes, which I'm doing now, that's a problem. That means that jazz is not being heard by younger audiences.

Robert Glasper

ProblemDoingNowJazzCompete

To sing along with Stevie Wonder, you had to make your voice do things it was not accustomed to doing.

Michael Bolton

VoiceDoingYouWonderThingsSing

Nobody likes being around poor people, especially poor people.

Steve Wynn

PeopleNobodyPoorPoor PeopleBeing

The music always takes us to different places. We'll just continue to play and see what doors open from there.

Trombone Shorty

MusicDoorsPlayPlacesOpenSee

The problem in this country is people gravitate toward one genre, and that's what they embrace. I don't understand that. If you hit me with Bell Biv Devoe meets country, well, I like the sound of that concept.

Mat Kearney

PeopleMeProblemYouCountrySound

In the Eisenhower era, when earnings over $400,000 were subject to 91 percent taxes and the world was a smaller place, you could count the truly wealthy on one hand: Getty, Dupont, Mellon, Rockefeller, though even those fortunes were being dispersed to children as the old robber barons died off.

Michael Shnayerson

ChildrenWorldYouPlaceHandTaxes

I understand the visual media very well, as I used to write comic books for Walt Disney, and I've written a graphic novel.

Diana Gabaldon

MediaUnderstandWriteUsedWell

I had arranged a birthday party for him and my children, who are all Aquarians. Instead, we got married. I ran out of excuses. It was just us and my children.

Diane von Furstenberg

BirthdayChildrenExcusesPartyOut

I have the right temperament. I have the right leadership. I've built an incredible company. I went to a great school. I came out - I built an incredible company. I wrote the number one selling business book of all time: 'Trump: The Art of the Deal.'

Donald Trump

LeadershipBusinessGreatTimeArt

Well, Tommy Lee Jones is a little bit more intimidating. He's definitely a cowboy. He's from Texas.

Christina Milian

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