"When I say I had a cosmic confidence that we were capable of writing good music, I'm speaking about that time when we met Sam [Fogarino]. Greg [ex-drummer] is actually a really great drummer and a great guy. I never want to sound like I am belittling his contributions in the early days, but when Sam joined, there was an immediacy of, like, "Here we go.""

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Source : "Cap the Old Times: The Story of Interpol's Turn on the Bright Lights". pitchfork.com. November 29, 2012.

Paul Banks

#Writing Quotes #Guy Quotes #Want Quotes

“I am old enough to know that time passing is just a trick, a convenience. Everything is always there, still unfolding, still happening. The past, the present, and the future, in the noggin eternally, like brushes, combs and ribbons in a handbag.”

Source : Sebastian Barry (2008). “The Secret Scripture”, p.165, Faber & Faber
“I'm trying to change the way people approach knowledge and information in general. I think that to try to own knowledge, to try to control whether people are allowed to use it, or to try to stop other people from sharing it, is sabotage.”
“Success to me is self-determined, the life I live today, to come from a kid strung out on angel dust, homeless, at some points sleeping in the street. No money, not knowing where the next meal was coming from. No sex, no relationships, people that didn't love me, didn't care about me, to where I am today... that's successful. When I signed my record deal I always wanted to be respected by my peers for my ability and my skill level.”

Source : Source: www.parlemag.com
“I was always interested in myths growing up. So, first I got into some Roman myths, then I was interested in Norse, then Celtic, then I started spreading to all the other mythologies.”
“Writing is thinking on paper.”

Source : "On Writing Well" by William Zinsser, Introduction, (p. vii), 1976.
“I always knew writing a novel was a great thing.”
“Release early and often.”
“It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.”

Source : "That's Life : Wild Wit & Wisdom". Book by Bonnie Louise Kuchler, 2003.

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