"In the 70s, GEORGE CLINTON and PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC and EARTH WIND & FIRE, we were very serious about our music and who we were trying to touch. I think that's why the music of the 70s has not died - because it has a rejuvenating quality to it."

-- Maurice White

#Music Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Fire Quotes

“It's difficult to make movies. For me it was easier, as a refugee in Switzerland, to make documentary films, because I didn't need a lot of money for it. The way I tell my story or my opinion would be very similar in both fiction and documentary forms. But I found I could speak more effectively to convey this brutal reality through documentary than I could through fiction.”
“Do it or don't. It's amazing how many things in life are that easy.”
“Make your top managers rich and they will make you rich.”
“Isn't it a remarkable coincidence almost everyone has the same religion as their parents ? And it always just happens to be the right religion. Religions run in families. If we'd been brought up in ancient Greece we would all be worshiping Zeus and Apollo. If we had been born Vikings we would be worshiping Wotan and Thor. How does this come about ? Through childhood indoctrination.”
“I don't think anyone in the media thinks strategically about society.”
“Always plan for the worst, child, that way all your surprises are pleasant ones.”
“The dimensions of my feelings are too violent”
“There's not an instruction manual on how to deal with success, so you just have to rely on having great friends and a good team.”

Source : "Bryan Adams on learning to deal with fame". Interview with Shirley Halperin, uk.reuters.com. March 22, 2011.

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