"The whole point of the punk-rock thing was that "We're not special. We just have a voice.""

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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Michael Stipe

#Voice Quotes #Rocks Quotes #Special Quotes

“Backup dancers are completely respectable. They're the studio musicians of dance.”
“Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.”
“I thought the objects we value least because they were ubiquitous were actually the most extraordinary.”

Source : "Michael Craig-Martin: Up close and impersonal". Interview With Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. May 4, 2011.
“I was on vacation with my family when I got the scripts for 'Wanderlust' and I was trying to work on the audition while I was on vacation. I remember a big gust of wind blew the entire script into the pool, so I had to dry it with a hairdryer.”
“One who contends with immortals lives a very short life.”
“I learned at a very young age that music teaches you about life. When you're in the midst of improvisation, there is no yesterday and no tomorrow â€” there is just the moment that you are in. In that beautiful moment, you experience your true insignificance to the rest of the universe. It is then, and only then, that you can experience your true significance.”
“All of a sudden, weâ€™ve lost a lot of control,â€™ he said. â€˜We canâ€™t turn off our internet; we canâ€™t turn off our smartphones; we canâ€™t turn off our computers. You used to ask a smart person a question. Now, who do you ask? It starts with g-o, and itâ€™s not Godâ€¦”
“Waffles are just awesome bread.”

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