Carlisle Floyd If I felt that one of my operas did not come off I would certainly say so. – Carlisle Floyd Operas Quotes It seems to me opera is just as relevant as an expressive art as anything else. I was encouraged by my mother and, to a lesser extent, by my father.
Nadine Coyle I don’t mind being asked anything! Not at all. I tell you what is annoying, is when you say something and somebody writes something that’s completely different to what you said, and you’re like, ‘well that’s not nice, because that’s not what happened.’ – Nadine Coyle
Guy Sebastian So often in this industry people tell us we’ve had our day or we’ve had our time. – Guy Sebastian
Bonobo I got to Brighton in the late 90s and discovered samplers. Suddenly, I could be my own band with a guitar and sampler, getting my drums in charity shop records. It was better than bashing around in someone’s basement, trying to compromise ideas. – Bonobo
Serge Schmemann Newspaper reporting is really storytelling. We call our articles ‘stories,’ and we try to tell them in a way that even people who don’t know all the background can understand them. – Serge Schmemann
Rohini Nilekani We must incorporate climate modelling in future plans and investments. Whether it is policies on crop procurement, skilling and job creation, urbanisation or even beach tourism, climate adaptation pathways will have to be imagined. – Rohini Nilekani
Patrick Ness Forget market or publishers or whatever. Just write with fire and joy, and in my own experience, those are the stories of mine people have wanted to read. – Patrick Ness
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