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Dave Van Ronk Quotes

Most of what I listen to now is mainstream jazz from 1935 right up to and including early bebop and cool jazz.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: June 30, 1936 - February 10, 2002

Topics

Cool Early Now Jazz Listen Right

I wasn't sure what it would take to make it in the theater, but despite the struggle, that was all I ever really wanted.

Struggle Take Sure Would Theater

Film, as far as I'm concerned, is my area of artistic endeavor, so I never think of a movie that gets released as being all done-it's just when they took it away from you.

Think You Never Endeavor Film Just

The Golden Eagle, which has universally been considered as a bird of most extraordinary powers of flight, is in my estimation little more than a sluggard, though its wings are long and ample.

John James Audubon

Bird Eagle Long Wings Flight Golden

Since my teen years I was interested in martial arts.

Teen Years Arts Martial Arts Since

Leaving Def Jam was kind of a blessing in disguise because we can make whatever record we want.

Blessing Want Kind Leaving Whatever

Could I have worked under a system where there were Draconian controls on my creativity, meaning budget, time, script choices, etc.? Definitely not. I would have fared poorly under the old studio system that guys like Howard Hawks did so well in. I cannot.

Time Creativity Choices Meaning Old

My father's family was mostly obliterated in the Holocaust, and I grew up very much with the sense that the central moral and political question is how do we prevent these things from happening again.

Joshua Oppenheimer

Family Father Political Holocaust Up

Car chases usually don't involve major criminals - they're usually guys afraid of getting another traffic ticket.

Car Traffic Afraid Ticket Criminals

I was hired as a sous-chef at a restaurant on the Upper East Side. The chef liked to drink - some mornings we would find him sleeping. Two weeks after its opening, I became the chef. I was 20 years old, and way over my head. I had to hire the cooks and do the menus.

Chef Restaurant Find Sleeping Way

My lifetime role model and hero is Freddie Mercury of Queen.

Hero Queen Role Model Lifetime Role

It's the pursuit of love and happiness that is the driving force of the romantic novel.

Susanna Kearsley

Love Happiness Romantic Driving

George W. Bush is not preoccupied with his legacy - nor with his popularity. He never has been. He has always led based on core conviction and strong principles and has believed that time and distance would allow for context.

Time Legacy Strong Distance Never

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