Neil Peart Quotes

What I've learned over the years is that the craft of songwriting is trying to take the personal and make it universal - or in the case of telling a story, taking the universal and making it personal.

Neil Peart

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Hold those things that tell your history and protect them. During slavery, who was able to read or write or keep anything? The ability to have somebody to tell your story to is so important. It says: 'I was here. I may be sold tomorrow. But you know I was here.'

Maya Angelou

HistoryTomorrowSlaveryStoryYou

I tend to wear my emotions on my sleeve. I've had my share of mood swings, believe me. But it's a powerful thing when you realize that you have dominion over your behavior and your passions.

Matt Dillon

MeBelieveBehaviorYouPowerful

I think a lot of times we can get distracted and not be in the moment with people and be missing all the life happening in the moment.

Angela Kinsey

LifeMomentPeopleThinkMissing

Basically, at some point, one day maybe you can expect to hear some of my music. I haven't really done that yet because my younger brother is a musician and really talented and I want him to come out with his music first.

Stephen Dorff

MusicDayBrotherYouDoneWant

Shared joy is increased, shared pain is lessened.

Spider Robinson

PainJoySharedIncreased

I use to watch like maybe three or four movies, five days out of the week. I was a movie buff, but I really didn't know what it was like behind the scenes, or the whole political process of it.

Michelle Rodriguez

ProcessPoliticalWeekKnowThree

Because of the world we live in, we lock the doors in our house when we go to sleep. If you live in an apartment, if you can, you get a building that has a doorman or security.

Judy Sheindlin

LiveSleepWorldBuildingDoorsYou

You know I am done lying. Obscuring the truth is no longer something I have any interest in doing. I want it all to come out. The good, the bad, the ugly.

Jayson Blair

GoodTruthI AmUglyTruth IsDoing

I always used to get in trouble for talking too much. When it was time for parent-teacher conferences, I remember that I was always embarrassed about what my parents would hear about me!

Derek Jeter

TimeParentsMeTalkingRemember

It's funny: I rarely reference anything, and I'm one of those people that doesn't really spend much time in other people's worlds. I just try and create my own and make it as distinctive as I can.

David Slade

FunnyTimePeopleI CanCreateTry

I will do water - beautiful, blue water.

Claude Monet

BeautifulWaterBlueWill

But, number one, I think traditional noir doesn't work in contemporary storytelling because we don't live in that world anymore.

Brian De Palma

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