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James Murphy Quotes

After being in a 'professional rock ensemble,' there's a great joy in making music with friends, without any release plan.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: February 4, 1970

Topics

Music Great Joy Friends Plan Rock

When I was 13, I read 'Et la paix dans le monde, Docteur?' a physician's account of working with Medecins Sans Fontieres during the Soviet presence in Afghanistan. It was this book that inspired me to work for MSF.

Work Me Book Physician Afghanistan

Get practiced at taking deep breaths before you speak. This will give you the space to stop, notice what was about to come out of your mouth, and course correct if needed.

Space Speak Deep You Mouth Stop

When you're with your family you're with them and when you're working you're doing that. I definitely try to separate the time when I'm working and when I have my personal time.

Family Time Doing You Personal Try

I was in enough to get along with people. I was never socially inarticulate. Not a loner. And that saved my life, saved my sanity. That and the writing. But to this day I distrust anybody who thought school was a good time. Anybody.

Life Good Time Day School People

I'm a lot less precious than I used to be about putting things out, for better or for worse. The result of a public that has a very high consumption rate and turnover rate is people listen to more music but spend less time with individual bits of music.

Music Time People Better Result Out

Comedians who are 22 years old can certainly be funny and clever, and be capable of telling jokes - but are they talking about their favorite TV shows, or a particular brand of shampoo?

Funny Brand Talking Clever Jokes

To sail successfully, you need to observe with great care. You need to identify what the wind and the water are telling you and then find a way to execute, to reach whatever goal you've set, be that simply making it home or winning a race.

Home Great Water Sail Wind Winning

When it comes to films, people often don't differentiate between the message of a bad central character and the message of the film itself. They are two separate things.

Character People Bad Two Film Often

The simple rule I will follow to sustain in the industry would be to adapt to these ongoing changes and be a versatile artiste.

Simple Adapt Will Changes Follow

I would love to occasionally do English-speaking films, but the script is as important for me as the director.

Love Me Important Director Would

I mean, sometimes I hate interviews because I always feel like I sound stupid.

Hate Stupid Feel Sometimes Mean

In my experience a painting is not made with colors and paint at all. I don't know what a painting is; who knows what sets off even the desire to paint?

Experience Painting Colors Know Off

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