Stephen Hough Quotes

Before the 20th century, to be a successful musician was merely to be one who was employed. A few, such as Liszt, Paderewski and several singers, had phenomenally lucrative careers, but they were rare - and Liszt gave all of his money away, travelling by choice in a third-class rail carriage.

Stephen Hough

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Author Biography

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

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Then, in 2000, John Reid, Elton John's former manager, asked me to audition for the stage version of The Graduate he was producing. So I worked on it, got the part, and after three weeks' rehearsal I was on stage!

Jerry Hall

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I'm really getting to appreciate traditional jazz now - the New Orleans stuff - a lot more than I did before.

John Goodman

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I don't want to become a superstar and not see my family anymore.

Jean Dujardin

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Most lyric poetry is about love, whether yearned after, fulfilled, or wistfully regretted; what isn't tends to consist of laments and cris du coeur over this, that, and the other.

Michael Dirda

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'True Blood' is amazing. I have to give a shout out to 'Melrose Place' because I do watch. I love 'Entourage.' One of my favorite shows back in the day was 'Friday Night Lights.'

Tristan Wilds

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A lot of people offered me to go public, but I have always rejected it.

Roustam Tariko

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People call me energy in a bottle.

JoJo Siwa

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Substantial services growth is core to Boeing's strategy.

Dennis Muilenburg

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It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.

Denis Diderot

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In Tbilisi in 1990, I recall watching zealous Georgians smash statues of Lenin and Stalin. A few days earlier, though, in Moscow I had been invited to address the Red Army, as one of the first Brits to benefit from Glasnost. The subject they chose: The Cuban Missile Crisis.

Alistair Horne

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A lot of people get elected to Congress, and sometimes a part of their pledge is a term-limit pledge. There's no accountability.

Phil Gingrey

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I'm a musical theater guy. That's where I came from. That's where I go whenever I have the chance. It's my first love.

Scott Bakula

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