Eliot Sumner Quotes

I was very young when I did 'I Blame Coco,' and I never really recognized that sound as me.

Eliot Sumner

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'Hound Dog' took like twelve minutes. That's not a complicated piece of work. But the rhyme scheme was difficult. Also the metric structure of the music was not easy. 'Kansas City' was maybe eight minutes, if that. Writing the early blues was spontaneous. You can hear the energy in the work.

Jerry Leiber

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We live in downtown Manhattan and we have pretty big windows that looked right at the World Trade Center. I was home along with Kai and we watched it all happen. I was holding him in my arms and we were looking out the window when the second plane hit.

Jennifer Connelly

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I sort of spend every moment that I'm not working doing things with my son. You do the best you can, and you make the most of the time you have.

Jennifer Jason Leigh

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What you aspire to on a sitcom is the feeling of live comedy.

John Lithgow

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When you give the government an inch, they take a mile.

Matt Salmon

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I admire Roger Federer, not only for his tennis but also for his personality.

Ana Ivanovic

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I feel like I want to crawl out of my skin, especially when people start questioning me.

Skeet Ulrich

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When Coach Belichick comes up to you during a game and says something to you, that's great.

Rob Gronkowski

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Conductors are performers.

Michael Tilson Thomas

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So, immediately after that, I got a commission to write a piece for chamber orchestra, and in working on the material I discovered it was possible to incorporate the Buddhist teachings into the music, so that's what I started to do.

Joseph Jarman

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We have done a poor job educating people about education. Only when we have clarified that can we talk about how best to achieve it.

Donna Brazile

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For much of my career, I've studied health and how it's intrinsically tied to lifestyle.

Dean Ornish

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