Leon Bridges Quotes

For me, making music just starts with a simple melody, and lyrics will come sometime after that.

Leon Bridges

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MusicSimpleMeWillJustSometime

There's a trend toward anti-heroes now, and I think it goes back to guys like Bogart and Cagney. They seemed to have no compassion, and they were always alone.

Jim Brown

AloneCompassionThinkBackNow

I don't take acting classes - I'm quite an autodidact. I prefer to learn from other actors by watching various movies. Evaluate my acting, spot the flaws and fix them.

Joe Taslim

LearnActingFlawsMoviesWatching

I found many treasures in the woods over the years: shotgun shells, empty Colt 45 bottles, old railroad spikes, orange and black beetles eating a dead mouse, pebbles that looked just like teeth, old stone walls and cellar holes, a rusted out frying pan, the skull of a cat.

Jennifer McMahon

WallsEatingWoodsBlackStoneDead

He is the greatest artist who has embodied, in the sum of his works, the greatest number of the greatest ideas.

John Ruskin

IdeasArtistGreatestWhoHeSum

Freddie Gray was a story I followed closer than others, for whatever reason, in this larger narrative of police brutality.

Stephen Malkmus

PoliceStoryOthersGrayReason

I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done.

Steven Wright

FunnyWritingBookNumbersDoneGot

The writer cannot abandon himself simply to inspiration, and feign innocence vis a vis language, because language is never innocent.

Juan Goytisolo

LanguageInnocenceInnocentNever

I've never met a budget that I couldn't coax a few extra dollars from - and I'll bet that you can do the same. For instance, you're probably buying more minutes and more cable channels than you use. Oh, and how many black skinny jeans do I count in your closet? You have enough money, just the wrong priorities.

Jean Chatzky

MoneyBlackPrioritiesEnoughYou

When you can listen to others' perspectives, we can learn about the other people that make up this great country.

Donovan Bailey

GreatPeopleLearnYouCountryUp

Seem to be telling this, but really telling that. Three-dimensional writing, like three-dimensional chess. Nabokov was the other master of that. You could learn something from Nabokov on every page he ever wrote.

Donald E. Westlake

WritingLearnYouPageChessMaster

To be in opposition is not to be a nihilist.

Christopher Hitchens

Opposition

Being a showrunner is doing a bit of everything. It's not just writing. It's also management: managing actors, managing producers, managing a crew, being kind to people, being a good boss, observing deadlines.

Courtney A. Kemp

GoodBossPeopleWritingManagement

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