Cecile McLorin Salvant I was brought up in a house with a lot of appreciation for music, all kinds of music, including jazz. But I never knew that it could really be a career. I didn’t know any jazz singers. I never saw live jazz. I only heard these records. – Cecile McLorin Salvant Appreciation Quotes Brought Quotes Career Quotes Heard Quotes House Quotes Including Quotes Jazz Quotes Kinds Quotes Live Quotes Lot Quotes Music Quotes Records Quotes Singers Quotes My compositions are, I would say, like pages ripped from a diary that I don’t really want to share, but that I almost feel the need to share. It’s a way for me to get things out that I can’t get out in life, you know, in real regular conversation with people. I had a hole in my voice. I still do. We call it a hole, but it’s an area in the voice where it’s air. And my classical teachers were just so frustrated with me because I would have these deep, low notes that were really strong, and the higher register was strong, but right in the middle area, it was really hard.
Shahid Afridi I have always done my bit to improve Indo-Pak ties, but sometimes you say something, and it is interpreted the other way. – Shahid Afridi
Arca When I work with other people, I have to try to make their vision happen. With my own, I don’t think about it. The music has its own kind of agency. – Arca
Norman McLaren I like black and white films. I don’t exactly know why – probably because there is a stylization which is removed from actual life, unlike a color film. – Norman McLaren
Richard Kern The first time I heard of suicidegirls was when a model from there contacted me to see if I wanted to do a shoot. I can’t remember what happened with that but we didn’t end up doing it. – Richard Kern
Marc Gasol I didn’t care about the draft. I didn’t want to do the workouts – they put you in two-on-two full-court drills with guards. That’s not going to help me. – Marc Gasol
Paolo Bacigalupi I have friends who are science journalists, and I’m seeing stories of theirs or talking with them about ideas that they’re pitching. Certain kinds of science are around me all the time, like climate change and biology. – Paolo Bacigalupi
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