Al Jarreau Quotes

It is a very serious consideration for a lyricist to step in there and suggest the meaning to a song. The music is speaking for itself.

Al Jarreau

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 12, 1940 - February 12, 2017

Topics

MusicStepSongMeaningSerious

We misuse language and talk about the 'ascent' of man. We understand the scientific basis for the interrelatedness of life, but our ego hasn't caught up yet.

Jill Tarter

LifeManEgoLanguageUnderstandUp

Honestly, I get character ideas from the most inane places. Sometimes a song will give me an idea. Sometimes I will just hear a snippet of conversation that ends up having nothing to do with the book that emerges.

Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

CharacterMeIdeasSongBookWill

On set, there's a lot of pressure. But it sort of heightens the moments.

Spike Jonze

PressureMomentsSetSortLot

Each single gesture of art must be daring. One must not be concerned with the side-effects.

Toni Servillo

ArtSingleGestureMustDaringEach

Ignorance is a matter of laziness, indifference, and apathy.

Tom Tancredo

IgnoranceLazinessMatterApathy

Dance music always goes through its changes; many styles come have their light and go back to the underground 'til it happens again.

Little Louie Vega

MusicLightDanceBackGoChanges

Some literary types subscribe to the notion that being a writer like Salinger entitles a person to remain free of the standards that might apply to mere mortals.

Joyce Maynard

FreePersonStandardsBeingApply

When I go back into education, I'm going to do business studies.

Jourdan Dunn

EducationBusinessBackGoGoing

It's not about being thin, it's about being healthy. And when you are a child you like to eat all these unhealthy things like chocolate and sweets. Oh my God. I love strawberries dipped in chocolate and Lion bars and Toffee Crisps - and as you grow up, you have to learn that those things are only good in moderation or you will become very fat.

Dionne Bromfield

LoveGoodGodLionChildFat

We didn't sell a lot of records, but somehow we left an impression.

Johnny Ramone

ImpressionLeftSellRecordsSomehow

In 20 or 30 years, you'll be able to hold in your hand as much computing knowledge as exists now in the whole city, or even the whole world.

Douglas Engelbart

KnowledgeCityWorldYouNowHand

I think of feedback as constructive, not positive or negative. You choose to do what you want with it.

Denise Morrison

PositiveNegativeThinkYouChoose

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