Home
Topics
Authors
:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Dianne Reeves Quotes

I listen to music all the time, and a lot of the things I cover are the standards of my time, and they work for me.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: October 23, 1956

Topics

Work Music Time Me Listen Standards

I'd been acting in Chicago since I came back after University, and I got a call from my agent saying, 'They're doing this revival of 'On a Clear Day,' and I actually auditioned when the team came through Chicago for the 'American Idiot' tour.

Day Team Saying American Doing Back

High culture isn't what it used to be.

Culture High Used

Financial crises are an unfortunate but necessary consequence of modern capitalism.

Capitalism Financial Modern Necessary

There is no consolation for anyone in the Scott Peterson story, and no final illumination.

Robert Gottlieb

Story Final Illumination Anyone

It's as though all the terms of a family were present at one time rather than his dad and his mum. Not just a present authority, but the resident memory of what qualifies what else is the case.

Family Time Memory Present Authority

Indeed, 'The Second Plane' is such a weak, risible, and often objectionable volume that the reader finishes it convinced that Mr. Amis should stick to writing fiction and literary criticism, as he's thoroughly discredited himself with these essays as any sort of political or social commentator.

Michiko Kakutani

Writing Criticism Political Weak He

When I was young, there was only one TV channel, sponsored by the government, and it only broadcast things like what the leader had for breakfast. There was no real media.

Leader Government Breakfast Media TV

When I was nine years old, I started playing guitar, and I took classical guitar lessons and studied music theory. And played jazz for a while. And then when I was around fourteen years old, I discovered punk rock. And so I then tried to unlearn everything I had learned in classical music and jazz so I could play in punk rock bands.

Music Guitar Play Jazz Rock Punk

I've written poetry since I was in the first grade, and it wasn't until I was a little bit older that I realized poetry could be put to music and become a song.

Music Poetry Song Become First

I'm a right-wing pundit and have been for many years.

Years Been Right-Wing Many

I think you ultimately have to love who you're playing. You have to have that kind of feeling. You have to have passion for the person.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Love Passion Think You Person Kind

If you're 30 years old, you have your whole life ahead of you.

Life You Ahead Old Years Whole

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Dianne Reeves