Dan Hill At 10, I heard Neil Diamond’s ‘Solitary Man’ and it moved me so deeply I stood, frozen in place during school recess, feeling such empathy for the narrator in Diamond’s masterpiece that my heart was smashed. – Dan Hill Deeply Quotes Diamonds Quotes Empathy Quotes Feeling Quotes Frozen Quotes Heard Quotes Heart Quotes Masterpiece Quotes Moved Quotes Narrator Quotes Neil Quotes Recess Quotes School Quotes Smashed Quotes Solitary Quotes Stood Quotes When we bemoan the lost golden age of music, it’s worth remembering that mainstream radio listeners of the ’60s and ’70s, particularly in Canada, missed out on an outpouring of brilliant R&B music. When I was 3 or 4, I seemed to be bursting with music. They played Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra in the house, so I learned my vocabulary from song lyrics – I was literally singing before I was talking.
James Acaster Everyone was wearing jeans, so I started wearing slacks. I’d walk on, and people would laugh before I got to the mic because I looked stupid. – James Acaster
John Sandford Most people who are trying to write kind of sit in their basements and pull it out of their imaginations. – John Sandford
Logic When I was, like, 18, that’s when I started to really take my own craft seriously and just noticed people were enjoying it. And when I put out my first mixtape, that’s when I realized I could make this a career. – Logic
AngerDana Perino I’ve been in government and politics my entire career, and while I try to keep a level head and a reasonable tone in my commentary, even I can lose my head sometimes and let anger bubble over and burst out. It feels gross, looks ugly, and leaves a lasting mark. – Dana Perino
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