Tommy Mottola Quotes

You need to know what makes artists tick. Having been through the process myself as a musician, since I was an early teen, gave me an advantage - understanding them from their point of view, because it's about them, it's not about you - it's their vision and what they're capable of achieving, and you're the conduit.

Tommy Mottola

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I grew up in what my mom will always dispute as 'the hood.' She just doesn't like the name. But it had its similarities to any neighborhood like that. The all-black neighbors and the all-black problems and the all-black happiness. And I really loved it.

Jerrod Carmichael

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When you make a solo record, it's you. It's your name. It has to be the right songs for how you feel.

Jenny Lewis

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One of the ideas I've clung to most of my life is that if I just try hard enough it will work out.

Meghan O'Rourke

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I have the obsessiveness of someone who's a sober, recovering addict displacing his addiction. Except I never had the addiction.

John Mayer

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Yeah, I was a child of American popular culture.

Robert Crumb

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The key issue is not who is in charge but what. Russia's problem is constitutional. There is no division of powers. The judges, the police, and the legislature all work for the same people, and there is essentially no trial by jury. As a result, anyone can be arrested and accused of anything, and conviction is almost guaranteed.

Robert Zubrin

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I didn't appreciate Brooklyn until I left it.

Rosie Perez

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Ninety-nine percent of television shows, I've never seen.

Christopher Guest

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It is very clear in my mind that the French people elected Emmanuel, and they haven't elected me, although they knew, of course, that we were a couple.

Brigitte Macron

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I vividly remember the stories my grandfather told me about the carnage of the First World War, which people tend to forget was one of the worst massacres in human history.

Antonio Tabucchi

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In order to have good fried chicken, you should wash and season the bird the morning you're preparing it for dinner. Don't wait and do it right before you start cooking. Throw it in the refrigerator, seasoned, that morning, and give it a chance to soak up all the salt and pepper and goodness.

Paula Deen

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I went to a small school, so I had to be a jack of all trades and master a few.

Scottie Pippen

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