"Most of the time I sit down with my guitar or at the piano, and I play for awhile until I get a new riff or groove that I like a lot. Then I'll concentrate on building around that line of thought by adding words and textures. At first I'm only trying to please myself, and hopefully what I like will appeal to others."

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Source : "Swingin' Chicks of the '60s: A Tribute to 101 of the Decade's Defining Women". Book by Chris Strodder, 2000.

Jackie DeShannon

#Guitar Quotes #Play Quotes #Piano Quotes

“That was in Crescent City, California, up near the Oregon border. I left soon after. But today I was thinking of that place, of Crescent City, and of how I was trying out a new life there with my wife, and how, in the barber's chair that morning, I had made up my mind to go. I was thinking today about the calm I felt when I closed my eyes and let the barber's fingers move through my hair, the sweetness of those fingers, the hair already starting to grow.”
“Right now I'm the most famous silent movie actress in the world and I want to keep that for me. So I hope there's not going to be any other silent movies.”

Source : "Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo THE ARTIST Interview". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. November 23, 2011.
“It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work - the night watchman.”
“Ah, good conversation - there's nothing like it, is there? The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.”
“God sends experience to paint men's portraits.”
“If that many people recognize how hard I go every night and what I put into my game, to make myself and my team better, it means a lot to mean. I'm fortunate; I'm blessed to be in the situation that I'm in right now.”
“I don't think any of us thought Donald Trump could get this far.”
“The U.S. Military is us. There is no truer representation of a country than the people that it sends into the field to fight for it. The people who wear our uniform and carry our rifles into combat are our kids, and our job is to support them, because they're protecting us.”

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