"If an artist wants to work with me because they feel I've made some credible albums and there've been things that are long-lasting, it's because those artists took the time and we built an idea."

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Source : Billboard Interview, www.billboard.com. December 17, 2003.

Phil Ramone

#Artist Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Long Quotes

“IÂ wish you a tolerable Thursday. That's all any of us can hope for.”
“Kindness is the power that moves us to support and heal someone who offers nothing in return.”

Source : Lewis B. Smedes (1978). “Love Within Limits: Realizing Selfless Love in a Selfish World”, p.12, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
“I believe that almost all important, useful ideas are simple. Peter Whittle has recently put it nicely in an autobiographical essay. "If a piece of work is heavy and complicated then it is wrong." . . . Some writers feel that to express their ideas in simple terms is degrading. Some use complexity to disguise the paucity of their material. In fact, simplicity is a virtue and when, as here, it is both original and useful, it can represent a real advance in knowledge.”
“Don't write about Man; write about a man.”
“The strongest initiative that government can take to ensure Australia is prepared for population ageing, is to maintain a strong economy, and a secure nation.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Individuals have little opportunity to get elected to Parliament under the label of the government party... unless they are in good standing with the Prime Minister and pledged to be cooperative.”
“Mathematicians seem to have no difficulty in creating new concepts faster than the old ones become well understood.”

Source : "A scientist by choice". Speech by acceptance of the Kyoto Prize, 1991.
“Although I performed in high school, my first real experience with theater was performing with a student-run organization at Vanderbilt University called The Original Cast where I learned that I loved performing and especially loved theater people.”

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