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Jon Batiste Quotes

I was raised in the Catholic Church, and for me, the thought in the Bible and Christianity, and the spirit within that, is one of the guiding principles in my life.

Jon Batiste

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: November 11, 1986

Topics

Life Me Bible Thought Church Spirit

As far as actual playing, Clapton - by far - is my biggest influence, and you can tuck Jeff Beck underneath that.

Joe Bonamassa

Influence You Playing Underneath Far

Children don't run around outside as much as they did. They sit in front of computer games.

Toyo Ito

Children Run Games Outside Sit Much

I would absolutely be down to do something in Spanish.

Moises Arias

Down Something Would Absolutely

I grew up with all my cousins. The men worked, and the older women raised us - my mother, my aunt, my grandmother. My great-grandmother was the matriarch, and sometimes there were 30 of us.

Louis Gossett, Jr.

Mother Women Men Sometimes Cousins

As a writer of fiction, I spend my days inventing real lives for make-believe people; what I create can only seem real.

Julia Glass

People Create Real Fiction Days

One of my biggest fears when I see really bad people on T.V. is that I don't know how they got there.

Josh Thomas

People Bad People Bad Know See Got

No day is alike - I do many other things, and I'm very active in the environmental movement.

Jostein Gaarder

Day Environmental Active Movement

Ironically, the more deliberate we are in our work - cranking through our inboxes, clearing our to-do lists - the more myopic we become.

Dinesh Paliwal

Work Become More Through Lists Our

Between speeches and awards, you can find something to do every other week. It's hard to write. Your focus gets splintered. Once you put one thing in your calendar, that month is gone.

August Wilson

Focus Week You Find Calendar Awards

There are people who are unhappy with everything.

Prince

People Unhappy Everything Who

The clothes that fire up my emotions are colorful and 'different' pieces. My eye still picks out gilded-cloque glamour from among Burberry's streamlined trench coats or a hand-printed coat from Dries Van Noten.

Suzy Menkes

Fire Eye Clothes Emotions Colorful

There are doctors who help people who have done bad things; there are lawyers who defend bad people. I don't think it's unique to my profession.

Sean Spicer

People Think Help Bad People Bad