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Patti Smith Quotes

I would rather write or record something great and have it overlooked than do mediocre work and have it be popular.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: December 30, 1946

Topics

Work Great Write Something Would

My personal opinion is that you can't be racist towards white people. You can be prejudiced about them, but being prejudiced isn't an illegal act, whereas being racist can be.

People Opinion You White Personal

Whenever somebody tells me they want me to stop singing, I'm gone.

Me Singing Stop Want Gone Somebody

Know when to tune out, if you listen to too much advice you may wind up making other peoples mistakes.

Mistakes Wind Advice You Too Much

I love the name 'Stella McCartney.' It's a beautiful name the way it rolls off the tongue. A couple of years ago, I wrote a cello concerto and used that as the basis for the rhythmic and melodic structure of the main motif of the cello part.

Love Beautiful Name Tongue Way Used

I'm a simple man with a simple mind. I hold a simple set of beliefs that I live by. Number one, I believe in America. I believe it exists. My gut tells me I live there. I feel that it extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and I strongly believe it has 50 states.

Stephen Colbert

Live Simple Man Mind Me Believe

It's very important that I'm approaching a character that I've either not played before, or I can give it a different take.

Character I Can Important Take Give

I'm not a sheep.

Christopher Hitchens

Osama bin Laden's own words stated he has a war against the United States. He declared that American civilians should be considered as combatants.

Words War American Own Against He

On Sept. 12, 2016, there was a momentary realignment in the constellation of global business. For the first time, the five largest public corporations in the world by market capitalization were all technology companies: Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon.com, and Facebook.

Business Technology Time World Apple

I don't want to be an artist; I don't really want to sing - though I do sing on a few songs. But I want to be the guy that presents new music from both new artists and established artists at the same time.

Music Time Artist New Want Same

For the Oscars, I had a speech in my hand, and I just knew if I opened the piece of paper, I was going to be unable to read it. So I just thought, 'I'm going to say, as coherently as I can, whatever I can.'

Thought Speech I Can Say Hand Going

The one I have the most angst towards would be YouTube. We had an opportunity to invest, and I just got nervous about the media industry's response to the unlicensed content on the site.

Opportunity Media Nervous YouTube

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