Phil Spector quote: "I felt obligated to change music to art, the same way that Galileo proved the Earth was round to the world and that the Sun did not stand still."

I'm dealing in rock'n'roll. I'm, like, I'm not a bona fide human being.
PHIL SPECTOR

The gun went off accidentally.
PHIL SPECTOR

I didn't mean to shoot her.
PHIL SPECTOR

little symphonies for the kids.
PHIL SPECTOR

I gotta do what I think is right, and if enough people like it, I'm a winner. And if they don...
WARREN SPECTOR

Ray Harryhausen's 'Sinbad' picture was the first film I remember seeing. I was two years...
WARREN SPECTOR

I wrote my master's thesis on cartoons!
WARREN SPECTOR

People perceive games as being for kids, and I think that perception is going to change. Time is goi...
WARREN SPECTOR

I've got friends who are literally working alone on indie games that have no prospect of profit ...
WARREN SPECTOR

My wife, Caroline Spector, and I pitched some comic ideas to various publishers back in the '80s...
WARREN SPECTOR

I want content that is relevant to my life, that is relevant to me, that is set in the real world.
WARREN SPECTOR

The reality, for me at least, is that the finest recreation of a paper game, played on computer, pal...
WARREN SPECTOR

Gamers both demand and deserve novelty. They need something new. As a game developer, one of my rule...
WARREN SPECTOR

As far as the timing, well, I'd write that off to luck as much as anything - I happened to be ou...
WARREN SPECTOR

When you're dealing with a new platform, the real trick is just getting the game running.
WARREN SPECTOR

The concept of emergent gameplay is really exciting. That's when players are really crafting the...
WARREN SPECTOR

If anything, game development is even more of a team effort than making a movie, so for individuals ...
WARREN SPECTOR

I would love to take 'Ultimata Underworld' and literally update the graphics.
WARREN SPECTOR

Finney is about the best writer of time travel stories ever, and I adore time travel stories - have ...
WARREN SPECTOR

I make M-rated games for adults, you know, with guys wearing sunglasses at night and trench coats.
WARREN SPECTOR

Whether it's as the hero of an adventure story, as teacher and friend, as icon on watch, shirt o...
WARREN SPECTOR

I want my little corner of the world where I get to make games where you're not trying to win or...
WARREN SPECTOR

Dude, I turn into a six-year-old when I come to Disneyland. It's amazing. My eyes glass over and...
WARREN SPECTOR

I think there's always room for more innovation and new things.
WARREN SPECTOR

In cartoons, in movies, time passes differently. There are flashbacks and flashfowards.
WARREN SPECTOR

We set up a situation and let you interact with it and see the consequences of your choice. That'...
WARREN SPECTOR

Kids, adults, men, women, everybody has a relationship with Mickey Mouse.
WARREN SPECTOR

For me, the cool thing is doing things that could only be done in gaming.
WARREN SPECTOR

Gamers are everywhere, coming in all ages and genders, and developers have grown up, too.
WARREN SPECTOR

It is a regrettable fact of life, but it is a fact of life that everything is done in the Congress a...
ARLEN SPECTOR

But one way or another, judges perform a very vital function in our society. They have a risky job a...
ARLEN SPECTOR

Would you say that your views are the same as those expressed by John Kennedy when he was a candidat...
ARLEN SPECTOR

I have not taken a position on that nuclear option. My view is I'm not going to do anything until I ...
ARLEN SPECTOR

Strong advocacy for education, health care and worker safety will be indispensable if they are to ge...
ARLEN SPECTOR

Let me tell you, writing comics is as hard as anything I've ever done - for me, at least. I'...
WARREN SPECTOR

I was amazed at how the life of a freelancer differed from running a remote studio for another compa...
WARREN SPECTOR

The Disney archives, it's 84 years of history. The one way in which I feel I'm a kindred spi...
WARREN SPECTOR

The only thing I insist that everybody do is there has to be a basketball court in every game I do, ...
WARREN SPECTOR

My first encounter with video games was pretty conventional. I was travelling with my parents - we u...
WARREN SPECTOR

Seriously, I don't know if people would really tell you this. But in my dream world, the people ...
WARREN SPECTOR

I started playing video games, and in 1978 I discovered Dungeons & Dragons and started game-mast...
WARREN SPECTOR

On the small scale, 'Ico,' I think, actually delivered a small new thing: holding a characte...
WARREN SPECTOR

The Junction Point journey is over. To all those who've asked, or want to ask, I'm sad but e...
WARREN SPECTOR

Everyone at Junction Point has been inspired by the creative folks at Pixar and Disney Feature Anima...
WARREN SPECTOR

I was an independent developer and started Junction Point in January of 2005.
WARREN SPECTOR

I mean, Janet Jackson? She's like Michael Jackson with hair.
RONNIE SPECTOR

Oswald is an interesting character. Disney lost the rights to him in 1928 to Universal, who was dist...
WARREN SPECTOR

Used games allow more people, specifically younger people, to become game fans because of the lower ...
WARREN SPECTOR

I said to myself as Junction Point embarked on the Epic Mickey journey that, worst case, we'd be...
WARREN SPECTOR

I think Behind the Music is good for people like Leif Garrett and Motley Crue.
RONNIE SPECTOR

It was all a little surreal.
IAN SPECTOR

Whoever crosses the line is the overall winner. Whether its kayak or canoe, that's the overall winne...
PATTY SPECTOR

The last few days have been very hectic, but things are coming together. The entries are coming in s...
PATTY SPECTOR

It's a very scenic route. It's very pretty.
PATTY SPECTOR

It's fun, it's exciting, people come from all over the country. It's just a real fun thing to be a p...
PATTY SPECTOR

Things for this year seem to be, knock on wood, running smoothly. It's the weather I wish I can cont...
PATTY SPECTOR

I've loved cartoons all along. Most people outgrow that when they hit 10 or 12, I guess, but I n...
WARREN SPECTOR

But, you know, the Stones were my opening act in the Sixties. I loved those British guys, the way th...
RONNIE SPECTOR

The fact is most computer roleplaying games that offer a zillion highly specialized skills end up wi...
WARREN SPECTOR

We're not going to do a Facebook game aimed at 35-year old women about farming.
WARREN SPECTOR

Whatever adults don't understand, because they didn't grow up with it, is the thing they'...
WARREN SPECTOR

Well, first of all, they're all about the music and all I care about in my professional career i...
RONNIE SPECTOR

From that first meeting, I totally loved working with Joey, it was a real collaboration.
RONNIE SPECTOR

If we're going to reach a broader audience, we have to stop thinking about that audience strictl...
WARREN SPECTOR

I think plenty of games - from 'Thief' to 'Zelda' - have shown that sneaking around ...
WARREN SPECTOR

I met him, and he's a really nice guy.
IAN SPECTOR

After a month or so, the novelty began to wear off. So I, like, put up a poll to see who the next on...
IAN SPECTOR

It was very informal. He asked me about my plans, and he hinted at some promotion of merchandise.
IAN SPECTOR

It exploded. Since last summer, we've had 50 million hits. We generally get between 500,000 and 800,...
IAN SPECTOR

I told maybe 10 people about the site.
IAN SPECTOR

If I were sitting in North Korea, I wouldn't be too worried. We know the United States is tied down ...
LEONARD SPECTOR

It's a very difficult situation where you don't know which side is going to blink first.
LEONARD SPECTOR

In other words, I want closer relations too, but I am uncomfortable with this particular change,
LEONARD SPECTOR

There will be opposition and it's difficult to predict which side will prevail, particularly because...
LEONARD SPECTOR

Different kinds of bikers would prefer different routes. Certainly, bikers that are climbers would w...
PATTY SPECTOR

I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about...
PHIL JACKSON

The object of golf is not just to win. It is to play like a gentleman, and win.
PHIL MICKELSON

At least in my life, I cannot hold onto grudges. It's a waste of energy, a waste of time.
PHIL ANSELMO

When I was a kid doing television, they'd stick a leather jacket on me, and I would be the thug.
PHIL DANIELS

If your neighbor has a completely different view on abortion, gay marriage, stem cell research, all ...
PHIL MCGRAW

My message is to get human beings to love God, love their neighbor and for the life of me I just don...
PHIL ROBERTSON

Eighty percent of all choices are based on fear. Most people don't choose what they want; they c...
PHIL MCGRAW

I prefer black music in general.
PHIL COLLINS

Successful people breed success.
PHIL CROSBY

The NBA has made a real issue about really making these superstars the premium that everybody wants ...
PHIL JACKSON

If you simply put your faith in Jesus coming down in flesh, through a human being, God becoming fles...
PHIL ROBERTSON

There are a lot of things you can say about the Bush tax cuts, but you can't say they didn't...
PHIL GRAMM

At the end of the day, every member of the conservative movement, from our political commentators an...
PHIL GINGREY

Everything is blurred on what's right and what's wrong. Sin becomes fine. Start with homosex...
PHIL ROBERTSON

Now, my body fat runs around 18 percent, which is normal and, you know, kind of in the middle of nor...
PHIL MCGRAW

I was proud of the waves I had made, but wondered how many boats I was supposed to rock.
PHIL DONAHUE

Quite frankly, I think nothing could do more to immediately bolster national security then enabling ...
PHIL GRAMM

La Paz, Bolivia, is the most extraordinary city.
PHIL KEOGHAN

We try to stay as open-minded about casting as possible. When you're getting things down on pape...
PHIL LORD

The border patrol gave us a list of the diseases that they're concerned about, and Ebola was one...
PHIL GINGREY

The path of least resistance is the path of the loser.
PHIL WELTMAN

I've been embarrassing myself since about birth.
PHIL LESTER

If you're insulting people on the internet, you must be ugly on the inside.
PHIL LESTER

The system loves resistance. Resistance is often creative and it feeds on creativity until the subve...
PHIL HINE

I find it unusual that it is more socially acceptable to complain about what you have than it is to ...
PHIL LOUT

The genius of the American system is that we have created extraordinary results from plain old ordin...
PHIL GRAMM

An accent mark, perhaps, instead of a whole western accent -- a point of punctuation rather than a u...
PHIL PATTON

The world is in your hands, now use it.
PHIL COLLINS

If luck weren't involved, I'd win every tournament!
PHIL HELLMUTH

Whenever I see an ambulance, I like to think there is a baby being born, rather than a death.
PHIL LESTER

Winning is important to me, but what brings me real joy is the experience of being fully engaged in ...
PHIL JACKSON

Play by the rules, but be ferocious.
PHIL KNIGHT

In 2012, a hamburger cost Amtrak $16.15, with riders paying $9.50. This means that we, the taxpayers...
PHIL GINGREY

Praising the Lord and passing the ammunition are mutually exclusive ideas.
PHIL DONAHUE

My kids and I sometimes will just sit in my office and talk about what the world was like 68 million...
PHIL MICKELSON

You need pencil miles to be a great artist, animator, or filmmaker, and the sooner you start making ...
PHIL LORD

We're trying to infuse a little good into the American culture. Love God, love your neighbor, hu...
PHIL ROBERTSON

You're not supposed to risk your life just for the physical safety of American citizens - you...
PHIL KLAY

Airlines are interesting. They not only favor celebrities, they court them.
PHIL DONAHUE

When I go on Japanese Airlines, I really love it because I like Japanese food.
PHIL COLLINS

Responsibility and accountability is a big part of being in the military.
PHIL KLAY

We wanted Nike to be the world's best sports and fitness company. Once you say that, you have a ...
PHIL KNIGHT

Sports is like rock 'n' roll. Both are dominant cultural forces, both speak an international...
PHIL KNIGHT

I would never treat anyone with disrespect just because they are different from me. We are all creat...
PHIL ROBERTSON

When I worked in a medical practice, our practice provided the insurance. When I retired the next da...
PHIL ROE

The Internet is just bringing all kinds of information into the home. There's just a lot of dist...
PHIL MCGRAW

A year from now, you're gonna weigh more or less than what you do right now.
PHIL MCGRAW

We all have a social mask, right? We put it on, we go out, put our best foot forward, our best image...
PHIL MCGRAW

Actually, the year anniversary of what you just heard, my son Grahame and I are going to be in a pla...
PHIL LESH

Selecting the right person for the right job is the largest part of coaching.
PHIL CROSBY

In video games and animation, you find that the toughest things to make different are the things tha...
PHIL LAMARR

Approach the game with no preset agendas and you'll probably come away surprised at your overall...
PHIL JACKSON

I think a college education is important no matter what you do in life.
PHIL MICKELSON

Basically, I don't ever move too far past the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus, because i...
PHIL ROBERTSON

You're always going to have detractors, and you're always going to have people who love you,...
PHIL ANSELMO

You don't need a pack of wild horses to learn how to make a sandwich.
PHIL MCGRAW

Resilience is, of course, necessary for a warrior. But a lack of empathy isn't.
PHIL KLAY

There is an immutable conflict at work in life and in business, a constant battle between peace and ...
PHIL KNIGHT

It's better to be healthy alone than sick with someone else.
PHIL MCGRAW

I benefit from the Mr. Potato Head syndrome. Put a wig and a nose and glasses on me, and I disappear...
PHIL HARTMAN

Be yourself. Don't worry about what other people are thinking of you, because they're probably feeli...
PHIL LESTER

You should never make fun of something that a person can't change about themselves.
PHIL LESTER

I’m breaking
down
and I’ve
got so
little time
to
do it
PHIL VOLATILE

I tried to take heavy metal... and balled it up and chopped it in half and really tried to create a ...
PHIL ANSELMO

When Pisces go to war, there’s never a shortage of broken hearts.
PHIL VOLATILE

Supposedly, going to war initiates you into this gnostic priesthood of people who've had a limin...
PHIL KLAY

The First Battle of Fallujah was called off in part because of the intensity of non-U.S. media cover...
PHIL KLAY

With an extraordinary amount of federal employees authorized to use 100% official time on behalf of ...
PHIL GINGREY

You can only exist as far as your mind will allow you to exist, and I think chronic pain will stop t...
PHIL ANSELMO

In a way, it's my way of dealing with, finding closure with Grateful Dead music, and giving than...
PHIL LESH

I enjoy almost all of the game we kill. I only like to eat game that I have cleaned. I guess duck an...
PHIL ROBERTSON

I went from being a kid-kid, listen to everything from The Beatles through Kiss, Peter Frampton, Jet...
PHIL ANSELMO

The difference between the American version of 'Live Aid' and the British one - in England, ...
PHIL COLLINS

I have two friends named Matt. They're both scouts in the cavalry. They both served in the same ...
PHIL KLAY

I find celebrity status difficult to bear when I am in the company of my mother.
PHIL DONAHUE

We could see that he was a charismatic guy who jumps over the moon and is very competitive, but nobo...
PHIL KNIGHT

Acting is my passion, and Chelsea FC is my hobby.
PHIL DANIELS

I am angry - mad - at the Chief Justice, John Roberts.
PHIL GINGREY

There's a lot of chatter in basketball and, rightfully, you want players to be talking to each o...
PHIL JACKSON

But now that I’m scrubbing
toilets on my hands & knees,
with four degrees,
I re...
PHIL VOLATILE

Quality is the result of a carefully constructed cultural environment. It has to be the fabric of th...
PHIL CROSBY

A lot of people do have tragic childhoods. But you know what? Get over it.
PHIL MCGRAW

I'd been in college studying English creative writing and history when I made the decision to jo...
PHIL KLAY

I think the idea of creating a television news source that is not beholden to corporate interests is...
PHIL DONAHUE

'Blasto' is a new game for Sony Playstation. It's an awesome three-dimensional game, and...
PHIL HARTMAN

In my old age, it's kind of funny - at night, what I like to do is watch TV when I go to sleep. ...
PHIL EVERLY

Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together.
PHIL JACKSON

There's a wide spectrum between a Navy SEAL hero-killer and a traumatized victim, but those are ...
PHIL KLAY

I think that just because you've been through an experience doesn't make you the ultimate ar...
PHIL KLAY

As an OB-GYN physician, I understand the importance of protecting Americans from sexually transmitte...
PHIL GINGREY

I have bitten down or swallowed a few pellets through the years. My uncle had his appendix removed a...
PHIL ROBERTSON

Basketball is a simple game. Your goal is penetration, get the ball close to the basket, and there a...
PHIL JACKSON

Riding a bicycle is about getting back to basics. It's good for the waistline and it's good ...
PHIL KEOGHAN

Miss Child is never bashful with butter.
PHIL DONAHUE

Up until the time I was 14 years old, I was sure that I was going to be a big-league baseball player...
PHIL KNIGHT

It was about 5 years after I was baptized before the pull of sin finally stopped.
PHIL ROBERTSON

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are as much every U.S. citizen's wars as they are the veterans&...
PHIL KLAY

In my game, you get brokenhearted a bit. You do a play, get a bad review in the papers... actors are...
PHIL DANIELS

We were so poor as kids. I didn't even see a bathtub, running water, hot water, commode - we did...
PHIL ROBERTSON

I could do John Wayne, Jack Benny, Jack Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and entertain my friends. But I neve...
PHIL HARTMAN

I could never understand how we could put 120,000 Japanese behind a fence in World War II. I remembe...
PHIL DONAHUE

We would all be better off if we loved God and loved each other.
PHIL ROBERTSON

For us tall people, the whole key is that your hips and your knees should form a right angle when yo...
PHIL JACKSON

There's a big difference between falling in love and being in love. There's a big difference...
PHIL MCGRAW

If I were in politics, and if you ever get me in the White House, trust me, there's a big change...
PHIL ROBERTSON

The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.
PHIL JACKSON

I write in coffee shops, libraries, parks, museums. I get antsy and then get on my bike and go somep...
PHIL KLAY

I'm not anti-war. I served in a war, and I served proudly. But just or not, necessary or not, wa...
PHIL KLAY

I like people like Robert De Niro and Anthony Hopkins. And Gianfranco Zola, who played for Chelsea a...
PHIL DANIELS

In the Marine Corps, you meet this really broad segment of the country; you're working with peop...
PHIL KLAY

As the son of a Cuban refugee and cousin and nephew to many Cubans on the island, I cringe when Amer...
PHIL LORD

My father was a man who didn't consider himself learned. He was a man who liked to be a farmer. ...
PHIL JACKSON

The winter's a little bit daunting in Montana.
PHIL JACKSON

In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.
PHIL COLLINS

I think Pantera is a type of band that has been documented very, very well over the years. With the ...
PHIL ANSELMO

I mean, if you degrade someone, you isolate them, you control them, you call them names, you demean ...
PHIL MCGRAW

The system of volunteerism is divisive. It pits one charity against the others for the charity dolla...
PHIL DONAHUE

I think music is a big, big wide world, and I am voyager on this particular ship in this sea of wild...
PHIL ANSELMO

I don't believe in any Greatest Generation. I believe in great events. They sweep ordinary peopl...
PHIL KLAY

There's a tendency to look at anybody who joined the military as if they underwrote everything t...
PHIL KLAY

I picked ducks in a tub in my dorm room. I'd hang deer in the doorway between the bedroom and th...
PHIL ROBERTSON

Take it from a guy: If you're in love with somebody, you will swim the stream, you will climb th...
PHIL MCGRAW

My philosophy is that you don't motivate players with speeches; you have motivated players that ...
PHIL JACKSON

I'm not a singer who plays a bit of drums. I'm a drummer that sings a bit.
PHIL COLLINS

I was proud to represent the 11th District of Georgia as a member of Congress for the past 12 years ...
PHIL GINGREY

I felt obligated to change music to art, the same way that Galileo proved the Earth was round to the world and that the Sun did not stand still.

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