Ken Hensley Quotes

I always write lyrics first and the rhythm and the melody come from the lyrics. It always comes from the lyrics: words have rhythm and words have melody.

Ken Hensley

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WordsWriteFirstRhythmAlways

People have always tut-tutted about actors stepping out of line politically. And I can sort of see it because what you've got your fame for is not being someone who can influence things, so it's cheating.

Joanna Lumley

PeopleInfluenceSomeoneCheating

There is but one game and that game is baseball.

John McGraw

BaseballGame

I've always preferred writing in longhand. I've always written first drafts in longhand.

John Irving

WritingFirstAlwaysDraftsWritten

My father worked on assembly lines in Detroit while I was growing up. Every day, I watched him do what he needed to do to support the family. But he told me, 'Life is short. Do what you want to do.'

Anita Baker

LifeFamilyFatherDaySupportMe

I think I can pretty much do it all for a team. And I'm looking forward to whatever team I go to, making a huge impact.

Trae Young

TeamLooking ForwardLookingForward

When I was 18, I broke my leg, and my shin came right through - like I had two knees.

Tony McCoy

RightTwoThroughLegKneesBroke

The networks are business-oriented cowards.

Mike Farrell

CowardsNetworks

I take apart restaurant menus everywhere I go. I kind of tick off a lot of chefs in restaurants because I'll say, 'You can keep all of the sauce, keep all of that garbage - just give me that piece of fish. Forget the salad dressing, I don't need all of that extra stuff. Just give it to me straight up, and I'll eat it.'

Montel Williams

MeRestaurantFishYouForgetKind

It's easy to assume that just because you make something in small volumes, not using many tools, that there is integrity and care - that is a false assumption.

Jonathan Ive

IntegritySmallCareToolsEasyYou

America has this understanding of Africans that plays like National Geographic: a bunch of Negroes with loincloths running around the plain fields of Africa chasing gazelles.

Djimon Hounsou

UnderstandingAmericaAfricaFields

Muse. Mu-se. It's a great thing, for someone to feel that they can draw inspiration from you. And I don't think it's necessarily a man 'taking' from a woman. It can go both ways, both can stimulate, excite.

Chloe Sevigny

GreatWomanManThinkSomeoneYou

I'd only do Big Brother again if you paid me three times as much money.

Coolio

MoneyBrotherMeYouThreeBig

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