Evelyn Glennie Quotes

A large part of my work has been collaborating with composers; I think we've commissioned about 140 pieces now, a lot of them percussion concertos.

Evelyn Glennie

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WorkThinkNowPiecesBeenLarge

I was a frustrated musician, frustrated designer, frustrated art director, frustrated novelist, right. I'd fail at all these different professions.

Jeffrey Zeldman

ArtRightDirectorFailDifferent

We need somebody to give us a chance.

Tony Dungy

ChanceNeedUsGiveSomebody

I think I know now, each team is different, each player is different. I don't believe everybody has got to be the same.

Josh McDaniels

TeamBelieveThinkKnowNowSame

I expect the audience to come up to my level. I am not interested in compromising my music to make it palatable to an assumed sub-standard mass.

Don Ellis

MusicI AmAudienceUpExpectLevel

I learned to do a few tricks that other people hadn't done before. I developed that trebly bass thing a little further.

Chris Squire

PeopleDoneLittleBassFurtherFew

I also follow chess on the Internet, where Kasparov's site is very interesting.

Boris Spassky

InternetInterestingChessFollow

I was hoping I could become a success to give my mother and my father a better way of living.

Bobby Womack

SuccessFatherMotherBetterLiving

I want to fight the top guys in the world. Guys who have names. Guys who I don't mind trying to make a mark off of me by them trying to win, which, they're gonna become losers.

Tito Ortiz

FightMindMeWinWorldTrying

If I was offered the choice of an award for best actor or best supporting actor, I would go for supporting actor.

Liam Cunningham

BestAwardChoiceGoActorWould

Growing up in east Tennessee gave me my country roots, my twang, and a lot of my stories.

Kelsea Ballerini

MeRootsGrowing UpCountryGrowing

A lot of people of color in the music industry are still more interested in embracing things that are considered white canon, and looking radical. Like when people point to punk in the indie world: If you point to the history of punk as what you see as your legacy, that's more prized and praised.

Kelela

MusicHistoryPeopleWorldLegacy

I'd rather live on my own than live with a face that looks at me with the wrong eyes.

Jane Birkin

LiveEyesMeFaceWrongLooks

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