James Mercer Quotes

The real challenge of writing songs isn't just writing a bunch of parts - like a verse, chorus, verse - but making something that flows together, that brings you back.

James Mercer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Topics

ChallengeTogetherWritingYouBack

As a good wine must be kept in a good cask, so a wholesome body is the proper foundation for a well-appointed inner ground.

Johannes Tauler

GoodFoundationWineBodyGround

If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that's his problem. Love and peace are eternal.

John Lennon

LovePeaceSomeoneProblemSixties

The most I ever spent on technology is building a studio - I built one at home in Los Angeles. I can't tell you how much exactly, but the whole process is very expensive.

John Legend

HomeTechnologyBuildingProcessYou

There just aren't that many Jesus roles around.

Jeffrey Hunter

JustJesusManyAroundRoles

In places like Glasgow and Newcastle, audiences have a tradition of being amusingly combative. But they're not trying to ruin the act, they're trying to give you a challenge. It's like a cat playing with a mouse - the cat doesn't want the mouse to die, it wants to keep it alive for its own amusement and to be entertained by its struggle.

Stewart Lee

ChallengeStruggleDieTryingYou

I know the law... I am it's greatest transgressor.

Roy Bean

I AmLawKnowGreatestAm

It's not a deliberate thing. It's not like I was rejecting the UK, which is what the papers said. It's just that when you spend a lot of time in your formative years around an accent, you're going to pick it up. I had been living in LA for a bit and that's what happened.

Joss Stone

TimeYouSaidLivingYearsUp

My mom worked as an education director.

Josh Gondelman

EducationMomDirectorWorked

I love to collaborate! That's totally my preference. And I feel like everything I do ends up being that way.

Josh Pais

LoveFeelWayEverythingUpBeing

Politics are not the task of a Christian.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

PoliticsChristianTask

I think L.A. is impossible. There's just too much media focus. You can't live a normal life.

Brad Pitt

LifeLiveFocusImpossibleThink

If you have six corporate centres, six treasuries, six of everything, and then if you bring it down to one of everything, obviously there are some savings.

Arundhati Bhattacharya

YouDownSavingsEverythingBring

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by James Mercer