Chick Corea Quotes

Now, when I play soul piano, for instance, and I play a rendition of 'Spain,' I do it deconstructively. That's the most fun, but I can only do that when I'm on my own.

Chick Corea

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SoulFunI CanPlayNowMy Own

I'd hate it if everyone in the world liked me, my music and what I wore. It'd make it boring, and I wouldn't have anything to work towards. It's not to everyone's taste, but I can only be me.

Jessie J

WorkMusicHateMeWorldI Can

I found out my baby was visiting Julie Chen a lot, from 'The Talk', and my nanny was just like, 'Oh yeah, that's Julie. We pop in on her all the time.'

Jessica St. Clair

TimeBabyTalkOutHerJust

I was very shy when I was younger. But I did have a terrible temperament. I would get angry very quickly, but the rest of the time I was this big goofball, playing the drums in a band and making out with girls.

Jeremy Renner

TimeAngryRestShyBandOut

Before I was known, I would go on stage and pretend I was other people. Once I pretended I was mentally handicapped. It was really wrong. One time I was a bad magician. And one time I pretended I was a Christian comic.

Andy Dick

TimePeopleChristianBadWrongGo

Pop stardom is not very compelling. I'm much more interested in a relationship between performer and audience that is of equals. I came up through folk music, and there's no pomp and circumstance to the performance. There's no, like, 'I'll be the rock star, you be the adulating fan.'

Ani DiFranco

MusicRelationshipPerformanceYou

I don't believe in regretting - one should try to move on. My mum was good at that. She was deeply in love with my father, and he died when I was nine. She remarried, and her second husband died, too. I saw the grieving process she went through. My mother had this way of moving on. It was a fine trait.

Robert Winston

LoveGoodFatherMotherMoving On

I always take photographs when I attend a funeral. Most people there know who I am and expect me to be there with my camera.

Martin Parr

I AmPeopleMeCameraKnowAlways

I think physical comedy is an amazing asset because it tells a story that's more universal than just language and dialogue. I grew up watching Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. They're very powerful figures in my life.

Josh Gad

LifeAmazingStoryThinkLanguage

It is our grave mistake that for many years we neglected pro-Western groups in order to avoid any friction with the existing rulers.

Jose Maria Aznar

MistakeYearsOrderAvoidNeglected

When I grow up I want to be a little boy.

Joseph Heller

GrowWantBoyGrow UpUpLittle

I'm in great shape, back-in-my-football-days shape. I've worked hard to get to this point.

Brian Jordan

GreatHardPointShapeGetWorked

One of the great lessons I've learned in athletics is that you've got to discipline your life. No matter how good you may be, you've got to be willing to cut out of your life those things that keep you from going to the top.

Bob Richards

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