"I write pop songs. But I think it is sprinkled with a lot of counter-culture references. It ranged from rap to hip hop to trip hop, house, drum and bass, and experimental and improv and jazz."

-- Nelly Furtado

#Song Quotes #Rap Quotes #Writing Quotes

“I think almost always that what gets me going with a story is the atmosphere, the visual imagery, and then I people it with characters, not the other way around.”
“We're living in a time where movies are very unimportant. They're not leaving a footprint on your heart. We're going to the movies now and we're going, "Oh, man, that was cool! That was thrilling! That was a ride!" But, we're not walking away anymore thinking, "I just experienced something that could change the way I live."”

Source : "Daniel Gillies Talks THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, The Spin-Off THE ORIGINALS, His Directorial Debut BROKEN KINGDOM, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. May 16, 2013.
“Rome is ... an impossible compounding of time, in which no century has respect for any other and all hit you in a jumble at every turn ...”

Source : Eleanor Clark (1952). “Rome and a Villa”
“On a selfish basis, I really enjoy sports and activity.”
“Wanting to be understood by an audience that didn't know Russian, I tried to paint musical pictures by emphasizing the phrasing, using voice color more boldly, and varying the shade and nuance.”

Source : "Galina Vishnevskaya obituary" by Tully Potter, www.theguardian.com. December 11, 2012.
“The longer I write, the more important I believe it is to write the first draft as fast as possible. In drafting, I push myself so I am at the edge of discomfort...Later, it will be time for consideration and reconsideration, slow, careful revision and editing. But on the first draft I have to achieve velocity, just as you do if you want the bike to balance.”
“If I knew how to say it directly, I would not need to write poetry. I would just talk to people and be happy.”
“I've had a baby. I've had an abortion.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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