"I play popular songs. This is not some obscure, unusual music. This is popular music."

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Source : "Missed Opportunities". Pitchfork Interview, pitchfork.com.

Frank Fairfield

#Song Quotes #Play Quotes #Obscure Quotes

“I am a scholar of stupidity, so thanks for existing.”
“Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.”
“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.”

Source : Edith Sitwell (2011). “Taken Care Of: An Autobiography”, p.176, A&C Black
“The press, the machine, the railway, the telegraph are premises whose thousand-year conclusion no one has yet dared to draw.”
“I think it's really hard to say now what makes a show kind of sink or swim, and what creates longevity. For instance, I think that Survivor is a very well produced show. It's very simple, it's very elemental, and I think it gets into big issues. I think American Idol has been an amazing show for many, many seasons.”

Source : "Reality Check: Dan Cutforth On What Keeps ‘Top Chef’ Sharp, Cutting Through The Clutter & What’s Next". Interview with Dominic Patten, deadline.com. June 16, 2014.
“Nature always looks out for the preservation of the universe.”

Source : Robert Boyle, Edward B. Davis, Michael Hunter (1996). “Robert Boyle: A Free Enquiry Into the Vulgarly Received Notion of Nature”, p.31, Cambridge University Press
“I think it's all a coincidence. I've pitched some poor games here and got a no-decision. But just give me the ball. I don't care where I pitch.”
“No, I was not born with a monocle in my eye.”

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