Stephen Hough Quotes

If you arrive at a concert ready to play your piece, that's not nearly good enough. You must have your music ready to the point where you can play it on a short rehearsal, after a long plane flight, on a strange piano, having had an unpleasant lunch, in an unfriendly atmosphere. You have to be so over-prepared that you can cope with anything.

Stephen Hough

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: composer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: November 22, 1961

Topics

GoodMusicLunchShortEnoughYou

Politically at that time, with Thatcher in Britain and Reagan in the White House, it wasn't looking too great for the Left. And we were always on the left.

Joe Strummer

GreatTimeLookingHouseWhiteLeft

I went to Princeton, I minored in women's studies.

Jennifer Weiner

WomenPrincetonStudies

The fountain of youth with the youthful young musician is one meaning, and the fountain of youth with the youthful energy of the leader is another meaning.

Roy Haynes

LeaderYouthEnergyMeaningYoung

A man who correctly guesses a woman's age may be smart, but he's not very bright.

Lucille Ball

AgeWomanManSmartBrightMay

I love being part of a company, and telling a story.

Judi Dench

LoveStoryCompanyBeingTelling

Every country is like a particular type of person. America is like a belligerent, adolescent boy; Canada is like an intelligent, 35-year-old woman. Australia is like Jack Nicholson. It comes right up to you and laughs very hard in your face in a highly threatening and engaging manner.

Douglas Adams

WomanFaceAmericaYouCanadaBoy

My coaches taught me a lot is about taking the first touch positive, and I think that's what I've tried to base my game off of. A big part of it is being aggressive.

Christian Pulisic

PositiveMeGameThinkTouchFirst

There's no time, place, or purpose of a government shutdown or default.

Cory Gardner

TimePurposeGovernmentPlace

Here's what I had: I had the arrogance of saying I'd like to be in a 'good' movie, so in fact, when I was hot, I turned down a lot of stuff because I didn't think I wanted to watch it.

Ali MacGraw

GoodSayingThinkArroganceDown

Fall Out Boy never pretended that we were anything but pop-rock.

Pete Wentz

FallBoyNeverOutAnythingWere

One of the things I get amused by is when my opponent talks about the middle class.

Scott Walker

ClassOpponentThingsGetMiddle

I always wrote little things when I was younger. My first opus was a book of poems put down in a spiral notebook at five or six, handsomely accompanied by crayon illustrations.

Nicole Krauss

Little ThingsBookDownFirstAlways

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