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Abbey Lincoln Quotes

I loved Billie Holiday more than any other person other than myself on the stage. Yeah, I do.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: August 6, 1930 - August 14, 2010

Topics

Myself Loved Holiday Person More

Never be haughty to the humble or humble to the haughty.

Jefferson Davis

Humble Never Haughty

I appear to be drawn to iconic characters and what they reflect back to our cultures.

Back Cultures Reflect Iconic Our

I'm in a position where I'm being continually knocked back for the kind of independent films I want to be in because people don't know who I am.

I Am People Back Know Want Kind

I first visited Kurdistan in 2003. I arrived in the town of Sulaimaniyah, courtesy of smugglers who drove me across the border from Iran. Sulaimaniyah was a small, charming provincial Kurdish town.

Me Small Border Courtesy First Who

To me, the process of art is very much a process of translation, of borrowing.

Art Me Process Borrowing Translation

Putting together a list of heroes for 'Original Sin' was a long process, just like figuring out the villains. Along the way, some were taken out, and a few more were added.

Together Process Long Sin Way More

It's hard for me when I'm not getting on base too much. I feel like I'm not contributing to the ball club. When I'm on base, I'm making stuff happen; that's more energy for the ball club.

Me Energy Feel Too Much More Hard

I would have liked to be on the streets of Manhattan during 9/11. My working theory is that people are much kinder to each other in times of trauma than we tend to portray in our stories.

People Trauma Streets Manhattan Than

Bond is a classic archetype character, a character that's embedded in our heads forever, one of a lone warrior setting out to avenge a nation - and you find that character across cultures.

Bruce Feirstein

Character Bond Warrior You Find Out

There are some artists that may actually be crazy, but there are some artists that just make different choices, and because they are different, we call them crazy.

Crazy Choices Call May Artists Just

I've always maintained that you can be sexy with your clothes on. Sexier maybe.

Sexy Clothes You Always Your Maybe

We spend a lot of time with MIDI keyboards and various processors, and we just figure it out. And all those things you hear in our songs work as submelodies and countermelodies, and everything has to fit.

Work Time You Everything Out Things

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