"I was very nervous at the beginning of Hotel du Nord."

-- Marcel Carne

#Nervous Quotes #Hotel Quotes

“Catastrophe Theory is-quite likely-the first coherent attempt (since Aristotelian logic) to give a theory on analogy. When narrow-minded scientists object to Catastrophe Theory that it gives no more than analogies, or metaphors, they do not realise that they are stating the proper aim of Catastrophe Theory, which is to classify all possible types of analogous situations.”
“I thought I was going to be a lot more freaked out by being naked onstage. I think on film I would have been more freaked out, because film is less forgiving. But onstage it's lit so beautifully. It would make my mother look good.”
“Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.”

Source : "The Vita Activa". The New Yorker, October 18, 1958.
“But the way I see it, dying without knowing love would be a tragedy.”
“Every time I get up in the morning, melodies occur to me and I start trying to shape lyrics to melodies.”

Source : "A Conversation with Andrew Bird: Crafting Music and Chicago Memories". Interview with Sarah Brooks, thirdcoastreview.com. Setember 2, 2016.
“One must be willing to stand alone - in the unknown, with no reference to authority or the past or any of one's conditioning. One must stand where no one has stood before in complete nakedness, innocence, and humility.”
“Every parent's deepest wish is that their children are self sufficient, happy, and able to live a full life.”
“I believe honesty comes across in music because for [most] people music isn't just something to dance to.”

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