"You're not going out there to make a living out of it by selling records. You want acclaim and you want to know people are listening."

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Source : "'Songs I Can Sing Ya': An Interview with Andy Kim and Kevin Drew". Interview With Evan Sawdey, www.popmatters.com. February 24, 2015.

Kevin Drew

#People Quotes #Listening Quotes #Going Out Quotes

“It may have once been true that computer games encouraged us to interact more with machines than with each other. But if you still think of gamers as loners, then youâ€™re not playing games.”

Source : Jane McGonigal (2011). “Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World”, p.63, Penguin
“Me, I was still in the pygmy hippo in a skirt, singing lusty songs about Solomon's private life and a giant stone back and forth through the air as I climbed out of the quarry at the edge of the site.”
“After a while, a joke, if you say it too much, just becomes contrived, or fake-sounding.”
“My time will come, that is: after the finish of the recurring song cycles”
“The majority of guys that I've met, that I consider confident and sexy, are pretty well rooted in who they are. They know their values and their worth as a person. They know they are intelligent, caring men, and that generates confidence.”
“It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences.”
“Songwriting is like fishing in a stream; you put in your line and hope to catch something. And I don't think anyone downstream from Bob Dylan ever caught anything.”
“Humility is the essence of repentance. Humility is selfless, not selfish. ItÂ doesn'tÂ demand its own way or speak with moral superiority. Instead, humility answers softlyÂ and listens kindly for understanding, not vindication.Â Humility recognizes that no one can change someone else, but with faith, effort, and the help of God,Â weÂ can undergoÂ our ownÂ mighty change of heart.”

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