"My father wasn't absolutely delighted. He wanted me to become a lawyer. I studied law, but I thought the shoe business was more exciting."

-- Diego Della Valle

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“In the early 60s, folk music seemed to be very popular. In the early 70s, people like James Taylor, John Denver, Jim Croce and Cat Stevens brought back the interest in acoustic music. Today, we don't hear anything.”
“I called the great French violinist Jean-Luc Ponty and I said 'So, who's the new cat? Who's got the stuff? And he said Zach Brock.”
“I don't like the slasher stuff, myself, but I do like the psychological horror of Roman Polanski and that world. But, it's curious to me why people do like to be afraid.”
“I do not draw any of the pictures for my movies as an animator. The reason for that is that I am terribly lucky to have many staff members who I look up to, and who are overflowing with talent, that work with me on each project.”
“I don't think it's meant for man to know everything at once.”

Source : "B.B. King: What I've Learned". Interview with Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. 2005.
“The people of Jesus' day thought holy men were unapproachable. But Jesus' work was in the marketplace. He made people feel welcome, and that they had a place. His life was a constant demonstration that there were only two things that really mattered in this life-God and people. They were the only things that lasted forever.”
“Know that to begin is often better than to think.”
“Girl you are a beauty. Well, I am a beast. They must have been trippin to let me off the leash.”

Source : Song: Down On Me, Album: All About You, 2010

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