John Zorn Quotes

I put together the influences of my life in as clear a way as I possibly can, in the same way that Beethoven or Schoenberg or Bach put their influences together.

John Zorn

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I think that vampires are sexy. The idea of them being untouchable has been really exciting for people.

Jenn Proske

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I've always been known for speeding up the tempo. To me, that's just the way you play the game - aggressive. There's no time to rest. You rest on the sidelines.

Andrew Whitworth

TimeMeGameRestYouPlay

It's important that when kids are listening to my music they don't think of it as their parent's music.

Mayer Hawthorne

MusicListeningThinkParentKids

It's a mistake to dwell too much on the consequences of a piece of work that you're making.

Max Irons

WorkMistakeYouConsequencesDwell

If you force yourself to write away from the piano, you come up with more inventive things. If you're too good a piano player, as some composers are, the music may become flavorless and glib. And if you're not a very good pianist, you're limited to the same patterns.

Stephen Sondheim

GoodMusicYourselfYouBecomeMore

I carry Marc Jacobs Magic Marc'er eyeliner and Christian Dior red lipstick to amp up my look in a flash.

Stana Katic

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I wanted to modernize music, but more than that, to completely modernize people's attitudes towards life in general.

Roy Harper

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I love performing in New York. Just something about the energy that the crowd gives you, you give it back, a lot of interaction.

Romeo Santos

LoveNew YorkEnergyYouBackNew

I kind of lost interest in the classical dance. I was very much interested in the modern choreography.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

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I know what I've done for music, but don't call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis.

Miles Davis

MusicMeLegendKnowDoneMiles

When I was a kid, we went to St. Augustine, Fla., and I was lying on the couch one night with a Q-tip, cleaning my ear out after I'd taken a shower. I hit my arm on something, jabbed the Q-tip through my ear drum, busted my ear drum and couldn't get back in the water the rest of the time we were there.

Jason Aldean

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Plot-wise, there's nothing particularly groundbreaking about 'Scalped.' It starts off as something we've seen plenty of times before: the story of an undercover FBI agent infiltrating a criminal organization and the story of the guy at the head of that organization. The twist was always the setting: a modern-day Native American reservation.

Jason Aaron

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