"I think that you get the mood of a song stronger if you get it right that way. On the other hand, you put some songs out live and they don't catch flight. They just flop. It is hard to tell until they are out there."

-- Peter Gabriel

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“Those who appreciate the ways of simple tribes, where every activity is direct and immediately understandable, are able to live among them.”
“In the immense cathedral which is the universe of God, each person, whether scholar or manual laborer, is called to act as the priest of his whole life--to take all that is human, and to turn it into an offering and a hymn of glory.”
“I liked to work in a shop down in the basement and invent things and build gadgets.”
“My philosophy? Practice, practice, practice and win.”
“Hope does not always require probability.”
“Close reading of tough-minded writing is still the best, cheapest, and quickest method known for learning to think for yourself... Reading, and rigorous discussion of that reading in a way that obliges you to formulate a position and support it against objections, is an operational definition of education... reading, analysis, and discussion is the way we develop reliable judgment, the principle way we come to penetrate covert movements behind the facade of public appearances.”
“Whenever the weather licks the pilot instead of him lickin' the weather, he's finished. The first time makes the second time easier. And the first thing he knows, he's in trouble when the weather is perfect.”
“When I was a teenager, my dad used to put a lot of pressure on me to be successful, and I'd really beat myself up about things like losing martial arts competitions.”

Source : "Portrait of the artist: Nick Park, film-maker". Interview with Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. November 2, 2009.

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