"I think certain people would be moved to be nostalgic about America's glory days, when the music set the tone for the cultural conversation and popular musicians had this absurd level of authority."

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Source : "Dirty Projectors". Interview with Brandon Stosuy, pitchfork.com. July 2, 2012.

David Longstreth

#Thinking Quotes #America Quotes #People Quotes

“I'm, like, everybody's friend. I'm one of those dudes. I can be friends with anybody. Any race of person, any personality, I can kind of deal with them. I accept different types of people.”

Source : Interview with Joel Keller, www.avclub.com. September 1, 2011.
“Trust is essential for our social wellbeing. Without trusting the good will of others we retreat into bureaucracy, rules and demands for more law and order. Trust is based on positive experiences with other people an it grows with use. We need to trust that others are going be basically reasonable beings.”
“I'm not one of those people who think you should go grey and that there is some virtue in looking wrinkly if you don't feel like it. If you do, great. If you don't, just my only caution is watch out. There are a huge number of wrinkle creams that do nothing for you.”
“My first job out of college was as an editorial assistant in a New York publishing house. Being an editorial assistant is the purgatory would-be editors must endure before they can ascend the ladder and begin acquiring books on their own. I spent a year filing paperwork, writing copy, and typing rejection letters.”
“I think people are more likely to think it's better to find something new. That mentality has affected all of our thinking.”
“The new critique you're gonna start hearing about James Franco, is 'He's spreading himself too thin.'”
“There is also, in any history, the buried, the wasted, and the lost.”
“We shouldn't dwell on what is 'perfect.' We should celebrate our uniqueness.”

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