"Lyrics are so important, I hate every second of writing them, but it's something I take great pride in when it's finished."

-- Nate Ruess

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“The best compliment I can give Blake is just to say that if I hadn't inherited him as the quarterback, he would have been a kid I would have recruited. I think he has all the tools to be very successful in our system.”
“People who speak or act in an ordinary fashion are most likely to be those who have been the recipients of higher experiences. But because they do not rage around, wild-eyed, people think that they are very ordinary folk and therefore not aware of anything unknown to the general run of man.”
“Often, before returning home, I would take a long and roundabout way and pass by the peaceful ramparts from where I had glimpses of other provinces, and a sight of the distant country.”
“So long as we refuse to include lottery tickets among the symphonies, or medical bulletins among the overtures, we must refrain from treating the emotions as an aesthetic monopoly of music in general or a certain piece of music in particular.”

Source : Eduard Hanslick (1957). “Vom Musikalisch-Schönen”, Bobbs-Merrill Company
“I had an acting teacher tell me once that if you're playing a car salesman, you don't want to be an OK car salesman, you want to play the best car salesman.”
“To be an artist you have to be as much a businessman to succeed, you have to spend an equal amount of time doing business as you spend doing your craft.”

Source : "The Survivors: Debbie Harry". GQ Interview, www.gq.com. November 4, 2011.
“It's a great feeling to do what you want and do what you love. Everyone should try it sometime if you're not doing it already.”
“Success is a relative quotient, and fame can be ephemeral. An Oscar is something that becomes a part of your record, a tangible acknowledgement that your efforts have made a difference.”

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