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James Mercer Quotes

I tend to write a pretty half and half split of, like, slow, morose things and then sort of more upbeat stuff.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: December 26, 1970

Topics

Slow More Write Pretty Things Half

I'm not a method actor per se, but if I'm playing a character that, at its core of its persona, has experiences I don't have, I try to search out and get firsthand experiences of similar sorts so I have something to fantasize about.

I don't focus on the critics. Everyone who is making any difference in any field has critics. As long as I feel like I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing, then I don't worry about it.

Focus Feel Worry Doing Long Critics

If we have any hope for survival of the music that we all love, compassion must replace name-calling, fairness must replace greed, and we need to come together as a musical community and try to understand each other's problems.

John Mellencamp

Love Music Hope Community Together

I just don't feel much interested in the lifestyles of the rich and famous.

Michael Cunningham

Rich Famous Feel Just Interested

My older sister was into grime, so she got me into it. When I was ten, I begged her to take me to my first house party, where there were decks and a mic. I ended up falling asleep standing up in the corner.

Me Sister House Party She First

I was fortunate enough to coach the U.S. Olympic team in Australia.

Team Enough Australia Coach Olympic

Unlike the actual, the fictional explains itself.

Itself Fictional Unlike Actual

Political institutions are fair game in political debates in a democracy. Nothing is more fair game, in fact, than political matters of public concern.

Democracy Game Political Nothing

Kids are a great excuse for you to stop acting like one.

Great You Acting Stop Like Kids

DNA, like a tape recording, carries a message in which there are specific instructions for a job to be done.

Arthur Kornberg

Job Done DNA Recording Like Message

When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe.

Thomas Jefferson

Become Europe Corrupt Get Large

I want the people of New Jersey to jump off a cliff like Kurt Vonnegut so I can show them how to fly. This way, nobody needs to grow any wings, which would be impossible anyway because we're humans and not some kind of bird.

Bird People Fly Impossible Grow New

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