Jeff Buckley Quotes

I once took a ride to the beach in L.A., and all along the shore there were all these so-called jazz places. And I saw these college guys and session players playing this fusion Muzak stuff. It was just a lot of notes, and the more notes they played, the more it kept them from expressing anything. So I came back home and got out my Zeppelin albums.

Jeff Buckley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Almost any American can connect on some level to a family background of having come across some ocean. They say, 'My great-grandparents came from wherever... this is why we have this last name, why we do this thing at Christmas.' All the details get watered down but don't quite disappear.

Jhumpa Lahiri

FamilyOceanNameDetailsAmerican

I really cherish the memories I have of my trips. For some reason, when you travel, it's like your mind picks up on the fact that this is something uncharacteristic, so it tunes in more acutely and remembers better.

Jennette McCurdy

MemoriesTravelMindBetterYouUp

I don't think we should run government based on economists' predictions.

John Fleming

GovernmentThinkRunEconomists

Theoretically, I could do a movie, but the window is so small, it's very difficult to get timings right and find the right project you love, and they love you back.

Matt Czuchry

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In the early 1990s, when a lot of the developing world opened up to international capital flows... they ended up in very good long-term projects, but projects that weren't going to pay off for five or 10 or 20 years.

Jeffrey Sachs

GoodWorldEarlyYearsPayUp

To be No. 1 on the 'New York Times' best-seller list, well, that's alarming. Having been a stand-up comedian, I think it's surprising to a lot of people that I had the insight I had.

Steve Harvey

New YorkPeopleThinkNewInsight

Movies and I just equally avoided each other at certain times in my life, you know?

Summer Phoenix

LifeMy LifeYouKnowMoviesJust

I'm not one to fall back into the corner and put my fate in someone else's hands. I tend to believe anyone in my position would do the same thing.

Tomi Lahren

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We're going to have to become very aggressive in addressing justice issues that have to do with fairness and doing that which is equitable and honoring to God.

Tony Evans

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In some ways, I've been left with this great 'idolic' image of my father, but there's a sense of absence, too. You miss his advice and, also, his getting to know the person I have become.

Rory Kinnear

FatherGreatAdviceYouPersonKnow

I have been photographing people dancing for 20 or 30 years now, and I think I will eventually do a book of dancing photos.

Martin Parr

PeopleBookThinkNowWillDancing

Humanity is smart. Sometime in the technology world we think we are smarter, but we are not smarter than you.

Mitchell Baker

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