Jon Landau Quotes

The Beatles did their best cover work on Little Richard's 'Long Tall Sally' and music influenced by Richard, such as Larry Williams's 'Dizzy Miss Lizzie.'

Jon Landau

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WorkMusicBestLongTallLittle

From the age of 8, I was running media campaigns on global issues back home in Australia. I was ever so slightly precocious. I would meet with senior Australian government officials, including the prime minister and foreign minister, proposing various solutions to third-world debt and malnutrition.

Jeremy Heimans

HomeAgeGovernmentMediaBackMeet

I was given a new coat as a high school graduation gift.

Maya Hawke

SchoolGraduationGiftHigh School

I don't believe that an animation studio should be an executive-driven studio.

John Lasseter

BelieveAnimationStudioShould

I wanted to play football all my life, and when I got accepted to Florida State, it was academically - it wasn't for any kind of scholarship. I kind of sat down and said, 'I'm not going to make it to the NFL. I'm not the size nor the skill.'

Matt Cohen

LifeFootballMy LifeDownPlay

I am not interested in genres. I am interested in doing the best work I can in whatever medium.

Jeanette Winterson

WorkBestI AmDoingI CanWhatever

No matter what kinds of problems we might be going through, or what kinds of problems the world might be going through, music is the place where we can all get along. We can all jam.

Trombone Shorty

MusicWorldProblemsPlaceMatter

We are apt to forget that children watch examples better than they listen to preaching.

Roy L. Smith

ChildrenParentingBetterForgetApt

I promise you, I promise you that Donald Trump knows, Donald Trump knows that the primary role of the president is to keep us safe.

Michael T. Flynn

YouDonald TrumpPresidentSafeRole

It's not proper for a professor to go before a class and promote one party or another. That's not academic scholarship.

Juan Cole

PartyGoScholarshipClassAcademic

I never wanted to be a Tom Cruise-type of megastar.

Jon Hamm

NeverWantedTom

Early on, I started with classical voice and had that wonderful foundation. For where I wanted to go at that time, there were no teachers to teach it, so I came up with all kinds of different ways to develop the sound of my voice.

Dianne Reeves

TimeVoiceFoundationEarlyGoUp

I'm hungry in the ways that every artist is, but I also have this extra layer. I've done a lot of things that were consciously not for money, but because I'm so convinced I'm going to die in my mid-30s, I'm like, 'That's not what's important. Doing cool stuff and having that legacy is what's important.'

Chris Gethard

MoneyCoolLegacyDieDoingArtist

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