Adam Schlesinger Quotes

What should a song be about? It's a trick question for songwriters because lots of amazing songs aren't 'about' anything. Or, at least, they're not about anything that's obvious or logical.

Adam Schlesinger

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I've been listening to jazzmen, especially saxophonists, since the time of the early Count Basie records, which featured Lester Young. Pres was my first real influence, but the first horn I got was an alto, not a tenor.

John Coltrane

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Whoever heard of an electric violin, electric cello or, for that matter, an electric singer?

Andres Segovia

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I could build and roof a house, though electricity is not my thing.

Matt LeBlanc

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Government shouldn't tell you whom to marry.

Michael Bloomberg

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We promote Asian storytelling - not just Asian stories but Asian people in stories with the full spectrum of the human experience. When you say, 'Oh, it's not enough attention on Asians. It's more black and white,' that game becomes like you're playing the discrimination Olympics.

Ronny Chieng

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Cooking and baking is both physical and mental therapy.

Mary Berry

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These days, checks are direct-deposited, money comes out of a machine in the wall, and we swipe a plastic card to make a purchase. In other words, your kids can grow up thinking money comes in an endless supply if you don't show them otherwise.

Jean Chatzky

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You could lose hundreds or thousands one day on paper and gain it all back the next, and it has literally no effect on your immediate future, provided the money you have in the market is money you're investing for the long haul (meaning at least three to five years).

Jean Chatzky

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I'm very proud of my business career.

Brad Schneider

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'Each One Lost' I wrote the day after I got home. My week in Afghanistan was a very short trip, but it was a powerful experience.

Bruce Cockburn

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People are used to cash, and getting them out of that is going to be a long and tough exercise.

Arundhati Bhattacharya

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I wouldn't consider myself a traditional sitcom actor or someone you'd even think would be in a sitcom.

Wyatt Cenac

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