"If you go and watch a Coldplay show, Chris Martin used to be a little timid onstage, but now the success that the band has had really gives him a lot of confidence to really own it. Also, I really admire the way that Ben Gibbard sings live, he just stays on pitch. That is something that I try to do. I don't have the greatest voice in the world, so I just try to think real hard while I'm singing and just do a good job."

-- Matt Thiessen

#Real Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Giving Quotes

“If I'm going to go out to be a solo artist, it's because I want to do something different without having to wait on someone else's schedule or hobbies or be limited by other people's prejudices. I'd be kind of stupid not to exercise that.”
“We gave up some of our country to the white men, thinking that then we could have peace. We were mistaken. The white man would not let us alone.”
“When I found music I thought, that's what I want to do, but the idea of it being a job never crossed my mind. I just wanted to be good enough to pick up a guitar at a party, or if I saw a girl I liked, to work up the courage to play a song.”
“New technology is changing the way we can film. It's enabling us to get fresh new images and tell brand new stories.”
“I give NFL quarterbacks a lot of leeway for a couple of years,”
“Tax cuts create more jobs and this is something we as Republicans have to do a better job of marketing.”
“In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and to keep them coming back. The longer they play, the more they lose, and in the end, we get it all...”
“It's interesting to feel the pressure of having to be outgoing, because I think in general, as a human being, I'm pessimistic and introverted. But, it's cool, because it's a whole different side of me, and I impress myself. Even at times when I think that there's no possible way that I can be engaging, I'll suddenly pull it out and impress myself.”

Source : "Fun.'s Nate Ruess". Interview with Drew Fortune, www.avclub.com. April 13, 2012.

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