Bob Spitz Quotes

The Beatles changed music forever. They took rock n' roll from a medium that was about cars and girls and gave it context, interesting chord changes and true musicianship.

Bob Spitz

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MusicInterestingTrueRockChanges

My dad grew up really poor in Mississippi. I paid attention to that because I thought that's a healthier thing to pay attention to than, like, some statue of a great-great-great grandfather who has no connection to my life.

Anderson Cooper

LifeThoughtMy LifeAttentionPoor

I didn't work for any newspapers in college, never worked for any newspaper before 'The Washington Post'.

Michael Dirda

WorkCollegeWashingtonNewspaper

You know, I think it's so ironic that we're calling hard work, striving for excellence, don't blame others, you know, don't give up, that we're calling these, quote, 'Chinese values,' 'cause I always thought of them as American values.

Amy Chua

WorkHard WorkExcellenceBlameYou

The American people are tired of being told. They're tired of being told that this is as good as it gets. They're tired of hearing politicians in both parties tell us that we'll get to that tomorrow while we pile a mountain range of debt on our children and our grandchildren.

Mike Pence

GoodChildrenMountainTiredPeople

We want to connect all these musical worlds together. We just improvise; we know straight away if its going to work or not. They're not covers - I hate the word cover. We do a transcription: mix it up, put our own spin on it. I think people will be surprised how powerful our show is.

Luka Sulic

WorkHateTogetherPeopleThinkOwn

They don't actually see the real world, where 95% of the people with HIV are not treated and are dying. And even though we have some blue sky now in our country, the sky could become cloudy again very soon.

Luc Montagnier

SkyBluePeopleWorldCountryNow

As a southern woman, we often define ourselves by who we are with. But I wanted my life to be built differently.

Lizz Wright

LifeWomanMy LifeDefineSouthern

Truman Capote was a magical, beautiful writer.

Lisa Unger

BeautifulMagicalWriterTruman

It's very stressful being the No. 1 player in the world. You're in the limelight a lot. You've got more things to do when you get to tournaments, more things to do off weeks. But I wouldn't change it in any way because this is exactly where I want to be. I want to try and stay here as long as I can while I can because nothing beats this feeling.

Jason Day

ChangeWorldLongYouFeelingI Can

As much pains were taken to make me idle as were ever taken to make me studious.

William Wilberforce

MeIdlePainsMakeMuchTaken

I think if you go to 'Strength of the World,' a song like that, the chorus isn't that great, but you go into the bridge and other things and the catchier parts and the better melodies we were really focused on.

Synyster Gates

StrengthGreatBridgeWorldSongGo

I'm going to do my best to do both and die of an ulcer at age 30.

Shane West

AgeBestDieGoingUlcerBoth

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