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Janis Ian Quotes

I played for anybody and everybody from the time I started playing guitar, when I was 10 or 11.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: April 7, 1951

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Time Guitar Playing Started Anybody

My parents divorced when I was six but stayed close.

Parents Close Six Divorced Stayed

It's always interesting researching characters and as I get older and the more that I work in this business, I do more and more of it because I realize how important it is.

Work Business Interesting Important

It is only in the light of the inescapable fact of death that a person can adequately engage and enter upon the mysterious fact of life.

Life Light Death Person Mysterious

There are times over different projects when I've asked the writers why people are swearing for no good reason. I tell them that it would be funnier if there weren't these swear words.

John Ratzenberger

Good Words People Why Reason Over

I like doing slightly masculine, Savile Row tailoring. A nice jacket. Wearable - it's almost a dirty word in fashion, wearable, but that's what I do.

Stella McCartney

Fashion Doing Dirty Nice Jacket Row

I want to be remembered for Swiss Family Robinson and Old Yeller. I think Swiss is probably my favorite film.

Family Think Want Old Remembered

Independent films have a certain freedom about them - there isn't so much at stake in terms of money. I think they're more interesting because they're not watered down to appeal to the masses. They tend to have a unique voice.

Freedom Money Voice Think Unique

If music sounds dated, it means it wasn't very good in the first place.

Good Music Place First Means Sounds

The British are so funny. It's like they can't believe I lived in Hackney. 'You could live in Bondi Beach. Why would you want to live in 'Ackney?' But Hackney's fantastic. I'm serious. There are so many artists there. I loved the markets, the parks, the pubs, the diversity. It was a cultural melting-pot.

Funny Live Beach Diversity Believe

Nirvana was like that- Nirvana was like the only band to come out of that- it was like the same thing, Seattle was like this whole scene and it was like this big scene that was thrust upon America.

America Band Seattle Out Nirvana

I didn't smoke. I didn't smoke then, and I don't smoke now. We worked every day - that keeps you in pretty good shape. We could go for a long time in one take. You had to be in good shape with Gene Kelly.

Donald O'Connor

Good Time Day Long You Every Day

After I was discharged from the military, it was difficult trying to become a civilian.

Trying Become Military Difficult

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