David AmramPoetry That is what I did with Jack, and that’s why he liked to do the readings with me because he knew I was there for him, and for our ability to blend the poetry and the music. – David Amram Ability Quotes Blend Quotes Jack Quotes Music Quotes Poetry Quotes Readings Quotes While I’ve had a great distaste for what’s usually called song in modern poetry or for what’s usually called music, I really don’t think of speech as so far from song. There’s poetry in being the band that can sell out Wembley but also makes a record in a garage. I don’t like doing what people expect me to do.
Jarvis Cocker It’s weird: The leader of the Conservative Party in England is two years younger than me, and I still don’t really feel like a responsible adult. – Jarvis Cocker
Duncan Sheik The difficult thing about a pop record is that you’re given guidelines: it has to have 3 choruses, and then it must be between 3 minutes fifteen seconds and three minutes forty-five seconds. – Duncan Sheik
Gustav Mahler You must renounce all superficiality, all convention, all vanity and delusion. – Gustav Mahler
Robert Fisk Tanks come in two forms: the dangerous, deadly kind and the ‘liberating’ kind. – Robert Fisk
H D Kumaraswamy Unlike the Congress and BJP, which seek vote on communal lines, I seek votes on issues. – H D Kumaraswamy
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