Jonathan Richman Quotes

I don't do any songs that I'm sick of now - sometimes even songs that I request. If I'm sick of 'em I don't do 'em even for myself.

Jonathan Richman

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MyselfSickNowSometimesRequest

I think if you speak to any creative person, there's something so powerful - so intoxicating, if you will - about discovering another voice, another instrument, another way of looking at things, another way of perceiving things.

Jhumpa Lahiri

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I'm not really much of an actor, so when I started on 'The Daily Show', I was just trying to adopt the faux authority of a newsperson.

John Oliver

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I burn with no causes.

Tom Stoppard

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You've got to be who you are. You've got to be honest with people. If your views change on something, you've got to be willing to express it.

Rudy Giuliani

ChangePeopleYouHonestSomething

The initial notion for 'Check Your Head' was just all three of us getting back to playing instruments.

Mike D

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Optimism is the opium of the people.

Milan Kundera

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People have compared me to Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West, Eminem, and J. Cole. They bring substance and largely are all good storytellers, and those are two of my biggest strengths. It's dope to be compared to people who have longevity in the game because that's the most important thing for me: I want my name to live forever.

Jay IDK

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My work is very popular with performers, and there are theatre people who get what I'm doing and what tradition I'm working in. I'm very grateful to them - they're my people, who understand why I work the way I do.

Jason Robert Brown

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The terrible thing about sunlight is it shows the dirt.

Brigid Berlin

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I think it would be a far greater world if people were kinder and more respectful to each other.

Aretha Franklin

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When we simply write a place off as, like, 'Well, it's just Trump country,' for the people who are there, we do them a disservice on some level. It's their country, too.

Wyatt Cenac

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I like a lot to watch Real Madrid and Barcelona, which are my favourite teams in La Liga.

Philippe Coutinho

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