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Branford Marsalis Quotes

If you listen to a lot of the songs that are popular now, there's very little melody in there. People love the beat. But to musicians, it's melody, because we understand how elusive it is and how hard it is to hold.

Branford Marsalis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: August 26, 1960

Topics

Love People Musicians You Understand

Our language - the way that we deal with most actors is we don't like to get very complicated because we don't want them to think too much because we find it takes them out of the moment.

Joe Russo

Moment Think Language Find Too Much

Dr. Cox mentors the rookie doctors with a spoonful of dirt and then a cup of sugar. I see him as an archetypal descendent of two of my favorite curmudgeonly characters: Lou Grant and Louie De Palma.

John C. McGinley

Sugar Mentors Him Dirt See I See

When you're 23, 24 years old and somebody's given you a credit card and jets and limos and you don't have to pay the bill when it comes in - that's a pretty nice deal.

Jerry Doyle

Credit You Nice Credit Card Old Pay

In the wake of the September 11 attacks, it became clear that the FBI's number one priority must be the prevention of another terrorist attack.

Robert Mueller

Prevention FBI Clear September Must

I know what I do and what it means to me and where its sources lie, and that's mine. It still is mine.

Meryl Streep

Lie Me Know Where Mine Means

When you have a CEO who is an ex-CMO, that is going to put the marketing tool kit front and center.

John Quelch

You Marketing Tool Center Going CEO

From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.

Socrates

Hate Deepest Come Desires Often

The NBC News people won't get caught dead on MSNBC.

Roger Ailes

People News Dead Get Caught MSNBC

I love music, and I once thought about doing a choral scholarship, but the people put me off.

Rory Kinnear

Love Music People Me Thought Doing

One of the most important days of my life was when I learned to ride a bicycle.

Michael Palin

Life Ride Bicycle My Life Important

If people are going to spend a night out at the theatre, they don't just want 'good' - we can watch box sets for that - they want it to be totally remarkable.

Mike Bartlett

Good People Theatre Night Want Box

I love it when I start a book that is so good that all I want to do is get back to my own writing, in a competitive way.

Julia Glass

Love Good Writing Start Book Back