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Jeff Buckley Quotes

The music business is the most childish business in the world. Nobody knows what they're selling or why, but they sell it if it works.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: November 17, 1966 - May 29, 1997

Topics

Business Music World Selling Nobody

Being understood is not the most essential thing in life.

Life Being Understood Most Essential

I think in any situation, so much of effective leadership is when it comes from your own personality. And I feel very fortunate to be comfortable in the Colts locker room, where people can be who they are, and they don't have to change it when they show up to work that day.

Work Leadership Change Day People

Humor is always important. There are people who help us deal with difficulty or hardship; from the concentration camps to the court jester, there was a need for humor. As long as these kinds of things exist, with repressive regimes, you need it to deal with the weight of daily life.

Life Daily Humor Daily Life People

I don't think that you can invent on behalf of customers unless you're willing to think long-term, because a lot of invention doesn't work. If you're going to invent, it means you're going to experiment, and if you're going to experiment, you're going to fail, and if you're going to fail, you have to think long term.

Work Think Long You Invention Fail

The thing that I just discovered, which fascinates me really - my name, McCann, the translation isn't 'Son of Ann'... It comes from 'Canis' - as in 'canine' - as in 'dog!' My name - Rory McCann - means Rory Hound, Rory Wolfhound.

Dog Son Me Name Translation Just

Sister Virginia used to say, 'You'll be known by the company you keep.'

Michael Scheuer

Sister You Say Company Used Keep

The don't-ask-don't-tell approach to plot and character that 'The Hurt Locker' relies on to set itself in motion doesn't offend me politically. It offends me as a storyteller.

Character Me Hurt Motion Set Plot

I have to say, post-fame was difficult because it wasn't just fame: it was super-fame of a kind that few have. It was attached to a generation's dreams, and my own personal dreams were mixed up in it, too.

Dreams Generation Say Kind Personal

In Italy, everybody buys silver for every special occasion. Baptisms, weddings, you get silver.

You Silver Special Get Italy Every

If I don't believe I'm the guy that's going to help defeat Cuomo, then I won't go forward.

Believe Forward Help Defeat Go Guy

My favorite scary movie was always 'Halloween.' I love that there's hidden emotion underneath Michael Myers' psychotic behavior. Plus, he has the best mask, hands-down.

Love Best Behavior Mask Emotion

I'm always trying to think of things we haven't done.

Think Trying Done Always Things

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