Marvin Hamlisch Quotes

Many, many years ago, I was one of the few conductors who talked to the audience and now a lot of classical conductors have figured it out... otherwise, you just get the back of someone's head playing music you could hear on a CD. It's not enough anymore.

Marvin Hamlisch

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: composer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 2, 1944 - August 7, 2012

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MusicSomeoneEnoughYouBackNow

Since a month, two months ago, you know, I've started hitting the ball well. I'm playing some really good tennis. That really helps. I sort of have to motivate myself to get pumped up. It really helps my game a lot.

Stefan Edberg

GoodMyselfGameYouKnowTennis

I think all artists have a different story to tell, and no story is the same.

Solange Knowles

StoryThinkSameTellArtists

I grew up in Colombo but was lucky enough to spend a lot of time in the countryside as well. Although there was considerable turbulence, even in the 1950s, it did not throw a shadow on my consciousness.

Romesh Gunesekera

TimeShadowEnoughLuckyUp1950s

When I wrote 'The Giver,' it contained no so-called 'bad words.' It was set, after all, in a mythical, futuristic, and Utopian society. Not only was there no poverty, divorce, racism, sexism, pollution, or violence in the world of 'The Giver'; there was also careful attention paid to language: to its fluency, precision, and power.

Lois Lowry

PowerWordsRacismWorldSociety

Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

BestGeniusFirstAlwaysPrudence

It wasn't all frustration. I've had a lot of good times with Ferrari as well.

Jean Alesi

GoodGood TimesFrustrationFerrari

I liken Sleater-Kinney to a freight train. It felt like this incredible, forward-moving, powerful energy.

Janet Weiss

EnergyPowerfulTrainIncredible

Chemotherapy isn't good for you.

Christopher Hitchens

GoodYouChemotherapy

I think there is a possible future where maybe we do just take a hard turn away from the Internet and we do start valuing our privacy again.

Brian K. Vaughan

FutureStartThinkInternetPrivacy

I'm a really bad liar. My mom finds out every time, especially now that she's got Facebook.

Pixie Lott

TimeLiarMomBadNowShe

I'm a big fan of gospel music, and you cannot be a fan of rock and roll, you cannot be a fan of country western music, and you can't really be a fan of jazz without listening to a lot of music that's religious.

Penn Jillette

MusicListeningRock And RollYou

I always write three or four projects at the same time. They're stories that I want to tell, and usually I dump them unfinished for the next one in order not to get too cornered and depressed about it.

Pawel Pawlikowski

TimeThreeWantWriteAlwaysTell

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