"With writing music, as a general rule I'm looking for something that surprises me, that doesn't fall within what's easy for me."

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Source : Interview with Jenn Pelly, pitchfork.com. August 10, 2012.

John Maus

#Fall Quotes #Writing Quotes #Surprise Quotes

“I feel like I got my first real taste of Caribbean and Cuban culture while I was there. I have quite a sizeable Cuban vinyl collection from Miami thrift stores.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Whoever considers the number of absurd and ridiculous oaths necessary to be taken at present in most countries, on being admitted into any society or profession whatever, will be less surprised to find prevarication still prevailing, where perjury has led the way.”

Source : Guillaume Thomas François RAYNAL, John Obadiah JUSTAMOND (1783). “A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies. Translated ... by J. Justamond, M. A. The third edition: revised and corrected. With maps adapted to the work and a copious index”, p.349
“Of everyone else who was running, and there were some very talented people, none of them had anywhere near the experience I had in hiring people, holding them accountable, creating systems for accountability.”
“Wine is a peep-hole on a man.”
“The sharing of food is the basis of social life, and to many people it is the only kind of social life worth participating in.”
“Banality is sometimes striking.”

Source : Marguerite Duras (2015). “Hiroshima Mon Amour”, p.93, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“The Republican Party is not inclusive.”
“Nobody wants another computer hacker movie, unless it's something amazingly different.”

Source : Source: collider.com

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