Robert Fripp Quotes

I recommend my students not to be professional unless they really have to be. I tell them, 'If you love music, sell Hoovers or be a plumber. Do something useful with your life.'

Robert Fripp

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LifeLoveMusicYouProfessional

There may be the kinds of things that you may find interesting, but then there's also the practical reality of needing to make a living and this is what you have to choose from.

Jeffrey Jones

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The older you get, and the more you're in this business, the more you kind of feel like, 'Why don't we just do it my way?'

Jeff Daniels

BusinessFeelYouKindWhyWay

The most exciting thing in the twentieth century is science.

John Polanyi

ScienceCenturyExcitingMostThing

Wiseman's films are some of the most pure cinema, and to take a journey in a Wiseman film is like no other. He's been doing it so long, with a body of over 40 films!

Roger Ross Williams

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I feel like when I do some dance moves during the week or at the house, I'm quicker on my feet. I can react quicker just from dancing.

Rob Gronkowski

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I can't think of any musician or producer who has influenced me more than Brian Eno. From when he was in Roxy Music, producing Devo, the Talking Heads and My Life in the Bush of Ghosts.

Moby

LifeMusicMeThinkMy LifeTalking

I'm always showing pictures off. I have to be careful who I show them to because of who I am, obviously, but I'm a proud father.

Josh Turner

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Pride and vanity, the opposites of humility, can destroy our spiritual health as surely as a debilitating disease can destroy our physical health.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

HealthSpiritualHumilityPride

I need to have a quick wardrobe. Two or three blazers with dark gray pants, two pairs of jeans, two light blue shirts, a casual shirt, two pairs of shoes, one formal one not. Small accessories like Tod's Greca belt and our woven bracelets for a wild touch.

Diego Della Valle

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In all honesty, my favorite place to write is an anonymous, cheap hotel in a city or town where nobody knows me, the wireless service is spotty, and the adjoining gas station has coffee, beer and junk food.

Dean Bakopoulos

HonestyCoffeeFoodServiceBeerMe

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.

Plato

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If you think about it, Aretha did basically the same things that I do.

Peabo Bryson

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