"Most of the time I wind up with a sleepily mumbled melodic line, sometimes with words, sometimes not. But then with my waking brain I have to decide whether it's worth...I mean, sometimes it's not worth it."

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Source : "Ted Leo and Ben Arthur Discuss Carly Simon, Joyce Carl Oates, and the Touring Grind". Interview with Ben Arthur, logger.believermag.com. June 26, 2016.

Ted Leo

#Mean Quotes #Wind Quotes #Brain Quotes

“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.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“The idea that the poor should have leisure has always been shocking to the rich.”
“You don't appreciate home until you leave it and, let me tell you, you can't appreciate life till you've almost left it! Some people hope and die with their song still in them. I used to think that happiness resulted when my earnings matched my yearnings! But not anymore!”

Source : "Patsy Cline". Book by Ellis Nassour, 1981.
“How do I stay humble? Because I'm the best at being humble.”

Source : Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. February 9, 2013.
“These magnificent species of Africa - elephants, rhino, lions, leopards, cheetah, the great apes (Africa has four of the world's five great apes) - this is a treasure for all humanity, and they are not for sale. They are not for trade. They need to be valued and preserved by humanity. We all need a global commitment to that.”
“Women observe subconsciously a thousand little details, without knowing they are doing so. Their subconscious mind adds these little things together - and they call the result intuition.”
“Baby steps are the royal road to skill.”
“I don't think anyone ever feels acknowledged enough.”

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