David Byrne Quotes

I'm not suggesting people abandon musical instruments and start playing their cars and apartments, but I do think the reign of music as a commodity made only by professionals might be winding down.

David Byrne

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MusicPeopleStartThinkDownMade

If you hang out with a bunch of sad sacks who think the world sucks and there's no possibility, you'll start to believe that. But if you hang out with people who think everything is possible and actually do the impossible on a regular basis, you will believe that, and you will be able to achieve that.

Jen Sincero

SadPeopleWorldStartImpossible

Rock was my thing. It influences me and moves me, and it's music that gives me ideas or wings to fly and to make films.

Jean-Marc Vallee

MusicMeIdeasFlyWingsRock

I love retouching images on Photoshop.

Troye Sivan

LoveImagesPhotoshopI Love

The thing that I find interesting about teens now is that no matter how desperate we seem to be taxonomically 'othering' them, for one reason or another - because the Internet, because whatever - I feel like a lot of the benchmarks and the experiences are, you know, same for teens through time immemorial.

Mary H.K. Choi

TimeInternetFeelInterestingYou

There's a sadness to the human condition that I think music is good for. It gives a counterpoint to the visual beauty, and adds depth to pictures that they wouldn't have if the music wasn't there.

Mike Figgis

GoodBeautyMusicSadnessThink

I'm this dude that can play a farmhand and a handyman and sometimes a Greek god.

Luke Evans

GodPlaySometimesDudeGreek

In Scotland, beautiful as it is, it was always raining. Even when it wasn't raining, it was about to rain, or had just rained. It's a very angry sky.

Colin Hay

BeautifulRainSkyAngryAlways

I think it's really important to get in early and for women to do mammograms, to do screenings, to do all these things that aren't always necessarily covered by Medicare, by insurances, and to really start working to get those more available for people.

Cobie Smulders

WomenPeopleStartThinkEarlyMore

People ask me about my interests outside football, but I haven't really got any.

Brian McDermott

FootballPeopleMeAskOutsideGot

The whole point of the game is not to stick with one thing, because when that one thing ends, then what are you going to do? For me, I have movies, '106 & Park,' music, and other things to fall back on.

Bow Wow

MusicMeGameYouFallBack

I don't care what anybody says. Stick to the spirit of the play and you're doing it right. It's about embracing the spirit of the text instead of noodling some idea about things.

Suzan-Lori Parks

CareDoingYouPlaySpiritRight

Justice is lame as well as blind, amongst us.

Thomas Otway

JusticeBlindUsWellAmongstLame

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