Frank Black
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There was always something kind of lu... CRAIG ROBINSON We can't control what the ratings will be. It's like, if you're going to go skiing, do y... DAVID HYDE PIERCE My favorite part of a roller-coaster ride is when you're going up and you're slightly scared... GINA GERSHON I don't think you should try to be anything you're not. If you're not smiling all the ti... ELLE FANNING You can't wait for someone to give you a show. That can't be the first time you're writi... REBECCA SUGAR HALSEY JEFF BEZOS If you want something that's going to provide you with a lot of challenges and a variety of diff... MICHAEL P. ANDERSON RACHEL DRATCH SHONDA RHIMES COLIN KAEPERNICK MATT CAMERON It's the big question of every TV show, right, where you have these two people who it's clea... PATRICK J. ADAMS AMY SEDARIS J. K. SIMMONS There's just something about youth and comedy that go together. Maybe it's that foolishness,... JOE FLAHERTY PAIGE VANZANT ARVIND GUPTA I think to this day, 'Superman/Wonder Woman' is probably one of the trickiest things I'v... CHARLES SOULE I think if you're good and you can persuade people you're going to be able to do that role a... ALEXANDER SIDDIG CATE BLANCHETT BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD JOHNNIE COCHRAN Either you're this, or you're that: either you're - if you're a Pakistani, you'r... MIRA NAIR ROSS PEROT JANE SMILEY When I came out, I found I hadn't been born with the right genes. It's quite brutal. If you&... JOHN GRANT NATE BERKUS MARCUS LUTTRELL If you come out of the gate with a finger pointed, then you really aren't opening the door to an... OCTAVIA SPENCER And it is very sexy as well: somebody says I'm taking you on a surprise date, you don't know... EMILY WATSON You can't delete racism. It's like a cigarette. You can't stop smoking if you don't ... MARIO BALOTELLI STEVE JOBS I think that one of the things that we have to recognize is that the longer somebody doesn't hav... KEVIN HASSETT I love to cook. I'd hoped by now I'd have a big loft. I have this fantasy that between 12 an... CARA BUONO UTA HAGEN It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON I love how, when you're a teenager, you're really opinionated, you're really right, you ... MAGGIE CAREY CORY MONTEITH KEVIN HART I'll tell a young kid in a minute, 'If you don't know how to read, then what good is try... RAEKWON CLINT EASTWOOD GARRY SHANDLING CALVIN JOHNSON People think that if you've written a book and somebody's given you a pat on the back then, ... BARRY LOPEZ I can't convince you to put the drink down if you're an alcoholic, you have to want to do th... DON YOUNG I have friends who say, 'You just can't understand what it's like to be a mother until y... NATASHA LEGGERO ICE T The struggle isn't just about being straight or gay or transgender - it's a human struggle. ... BOY GEORGE In piano, if you try to force hitting this key and that key, it's very broken. It's not pret... MIRANDA LEEK I've pretty much accepted the fact that you're going to meet ignorant people, and that's... HASAN M. ELAHI ED MCMAHON As a standup comedian, you have to develop a sense of fearlessness. It's really important for yo... JOHN DIMAGGIO I really can't blame anyone but myself, because I didn't have to deliver the album. But when... PRAS MICHEL NATASHA LYONNE BETTY WILLIAMS TOMMY CHONG LEONARD LAUDER If there's no inner peace, people can't give it to you. The husband can't give it to you... LINDA EVANS JAMES CORDEN GRACE JONES Like you and your woman ain't gettin' along and you're in love. You can't sleep at n... JOHN LEE HOOKER KITTY KELLEY But this is Miami, you can't come to Miami and not show any skin. You gotta show something. If y... LIL' KIM I think it's very insulting to say, 'White people don't understand.' What are you ta... KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE MAGNUS SCHEVING
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I drive a lot. Just for pleasure. Sometimes I'll get in the Cadillac and drive around the city o... FRANK BLACK I'm an untrained musician. Untrained musicians don't really have any music theory, they don&... FRANK BLACK I'm not saying that people have to listen to rock music. It's a great, cool thing and it can... FRANK BLACK I have had UFO experiences, and yet, at the same time, I can easily be convinced that none of it is ... FRANK BLACK People go back to the stuff that doesn't cost a lot of money and the stuff that you don't ha... FRANK BLACK For some artists the live performance is the chicken before the egg of writing or recording of reper... FRANK BLACK It's sour grapes, I admit, I want to be more famous so people are examining my work couplet by c... FRANK BLACK Some have called we rock and roll performers who never retire 'troubadours.' I enjoy this mi... FRANK BLACK I have always been a singer, a writer, and a musician, not as a prodigy or as in a trade handed to m... FRANK BLACK I'm always looking to rock out. But it isn't really about rocking out versus being mellow, i... FRANK BLACK I can remember back as far as age 8, performing with the Boston Folk Song Society. It was a Woody Gu... FRANK BLACK I like visual images and there are certainly other bands that have strong visual images going all th... FRANK BLACK It more or less has the shape of a love song, but 'Crescent Moon' reflects more my longing f... FRANK BLACK She's gorgeous. She's got lips like Angelina Jolie. FRANK BLACK They're so good. There are times when they're playing when it's just: 'Oh my gosh, these guys are li... FRANK BLACK It's just, you gotta pay your dues if you want to sing the blues. Not that I've never paid dues in m... FRANK BLACK I can't tap into the naive, spastic playing that you do when you're young, although we occasionally ... FRANK BLACK Bob Dylan is quite a songwriter, and a great singer and musician. I won't bother with comparing myse... FRANK BLACK There's more to life than listening to rock music. FRANK BLACK I don't make records that way, where I'm trying to please the marketplace or anything. Not b... FRANK BLACK As soon as I got into music, I tried to be a working, real artist who gets paid for what he does, wh... FRANK BLACK I've made my records and I've done all the interviews. I've done lots of long tours. I&#... FRANK BLACK I certainly have gotten caught up in the music business at various times in my life, mostly because ... FRANK BLACK I will be meeting with Bruce and Frank Warren to discuss the future, FRANK BLACK I'm just trying to record as much as I can, ... It's like a lifelong obsession with rock music that ... FRANK BLACK We don't want to overstay our welcome. If we were gonna go on tour next summer, for example, we feel... FRANK BLACK I did start down that path some time ago, FRANK BLACK I couldn't have asked for a better setup, even if it is my former shadow looming once again over me.... FRANK BLACK But the truth is that critics are by definition critical. That's their job. FRANK BLACK My most cryptic, strange songs might be my most personal, but that isn't how people are going to... FRANK BLACK Basically I wake up in the morning and I think everything's going to be great. I'm really ki... LEWIS BLACK KAREN BLACK KAREN BLACK KAREN BLACK KAREN BLACK KAREN BLACK KAREN BLACK KAREN BLACK KAREN BLACK KAREN BLACK KAREN BLACK JACK BLACK JACK BLACK JACK BLACK JACK BLACK JACK BLACK JACK BLACK JACK BLACK JACK BLACK JACK BLACK JACK BLACK JACK BLACK JACK BLACK JACK BLACK JACK BLACK JACK BLACK JACK BLACK JACK BLACK JACK BLACK JACK BLACK JACK BLACK JACK BLACK JACK BLACK CILLA BLACK CONRAD BLACK HOLLY BLACK My father, a mining engineer and colliery manager, gave his brood many advantages, not least of whic... JAMES BLACK What you don't do, if you're an adult, is decide that you're going to budget things thro... LEWIS BLACK Whenever I tour my district and I ask small businesspeople 'what can I do to help?,' they te... DIANE BLACK In addition to being a nurse, I'm also a small business owner and I taught at a local community ... DIANE BLACK We're here tonight to remember one of the heroes of the Scottish culture, ... Cmdr. Montgomery Scott... ALAN BLACK We rebounded really well and rebounding is the key if you are going to run, ALAN BLACK He made me the man I am today: proud of being Scottish, proud to be the fixer, proud to save the cap... ALAN BLACK Just because Scotty never got the girl, it did not mean he couldn't get a girlfriend, ... He was jus... ALAN BLACK This is definitely a reality check for us, we've just got to learn from this and move on. ALAN BLACK He is up there with the greatest the competition has seen. He is all over people with great foot spe... ALAN BLACK He was a little down afterwards, ALAN BLACK It was a very tough region, very tough competition and a very good golf course. ALAN BLACK This is great, this is a step in the right direction, but as we all know in every other sport, distr... ALAN BLACK It feels real good to see the kids do what they've done this season. They went undefeated (11-0 in t... ALAN BLACK Being a playwright is like the equivalent of doing a jigsaw puzzle that has 1,500 pieces, and it'... LEWIS BLACK REBECCA BLACK HOLLY BLACK The real enemy" is the totality of physical and mental constraints by which capital, or class societ... BOB BLACK You are what you do. If you do boring, stupid monotonous work, chances are you'll end up boring, stu... BOB BLACK BLACK ELK BLACK ELK I read French much better than I speak. CARA BLACK One of my assets is my fitness. My fitness around the net and my movement: that's my defense to ... CARA BLACK Sport's always a good thing - it's healthy, and it takes your mind off other things. CARA BLACK What makes it difficult for people trying to follow a dream is that the whole time you feel like you... LEWIS BLACK HOLLY BLACK HOLLY BLACK HOLLY BLACK HOLLY BLACK HOLLY BLACK Each of us is full of shit in our own special way. We are all shitty little snowflakes dancing in th... LEWIS BLACK HOLLY BLACK HOLLY BLACK HOLLY BLACK HUGO BLACK DIANA BLACK A republican stands up in congress and says 'I GOT A REALLY BAD IDEA!!' and the democrat stands up a... LEWIS BLACK HOLLY BLACK HOLLY BLACK Let me be serious: divorce is a sacred institution between a man and a woman who hate each other. Go... LEWIS BLACK I once rode a motorcycle across Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco! CARA BLACK CILLA BLACK HOLLY BLACK In my lifetime, we've gone from Eisenhower to George W. Bush. We've gone from John F. Kenned... LEWIS BLACK I've got stuff about airline mergers, which just shows that my stand-up is getting more insane b... LEWIS BLACK SHANE BLACK SHANE BLACK CILLA BLACK CONRAD BLACK HUGO BLACK BLACK ELK BLACK ELK When people come to my act any time after Thanksgiving, I usually say, You shouldn't be here. Yo... LEWIS BLACK CILLA BLACK HUGO BLACK I like indoor Christmas trees. And I like people who decorate their homes with lights and all that c... LEWIS BLACK KAREN BLACK REBECCA BLACK BLACK ELK JACK BLACK JACK BLACK HOLLY BLACK If we're not going to tax the rich anymore, we're going to create class warfare. LEWIS BLACK Misogynist is a word used by women about men who are able to describe women directly and accurately ... ROBERT BLACK HOLLY BLACK I once thought that I was the only man that persevered to be the friend of the white man, but since ... BLACK KETTLE When a country wants television more than they want clean water, they've lost their grip. LEWIS BLACK HOLLY BLACK We sent Lifeline of Ohio a photograph of Bill a few years ago. But we had never been able to see the... BILL BLACK The final package is not yet decided. Neither of these institutions is out of cash. As we get to the... BILL BLACK The biggest stumbling block is that the owner's identity is tied to the company. A lot of our work i... BILL BLACK We're replacing two vans about 10 years old and (with) a ton of mileage, and one or the other has be... BILL BLACK If you had a one person, one vote situation and if a Metro candidate was to win, there's a real risk... BILL BLACK From a pure economic standpoint, I understand that this is a worldwide economic matter, but that sho... BILL BLACK From a pure economic standpoint, I understand that this is a worldwide economic matter, but that sho... BILL BLACK A special session may be premature, ... Do we have enough votes to do some of this? Is the governor ... BILL BLACK They need to perform at a higher level than their competitors. They need to solidify and diversify t... BILL BLACK Five years ago, he would have sold in a minute. Now selling is just one option. BILL BLACK CILLA BLACK It's likely these new-to-wireless people might be lower income, and pre-paid might actually be perfe... ANDREW BLACK There's an awful lot of people that still haven't gotten into the category and we ask ourselves the ... ANDREW BLACK There was a lot of really useful stuff here. I'm planning on coming back next year. ANDREW BLACK It appears that due to the sound and the noise, (the co-pilot) was unable to understand what the pas... ANDREW BLACK We've ruled out foul play on behalf of any of the passengers. We're looking at it strictly as a poss... ANDREW BLACK It's been slightly busier, and it was busy yesterday but nothing exceptional. ANDREW BLACK I don't know if you've noticed, but our two-party system is a bowl of shit looking at itself in the ... LEWIS BLACK HOLLY BLACK HOLLY BLACK All food is comfort food. Maybe I just like to chew. LEWIS BLACK If you really think there's a Santa, why don't you sit on the front steps all night in the freezing ... LEWIS BLACK HOLLY BLACK Curiosity could be almost as powerful as desire. SHAYLA BLACK I want you to give all these chiefs of the soldiers here to understand that we are for peace, and th... BLACK KETTLE HOLLY BLACK If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your muscles grow, your ego has reached ... LEWIS BLACK BLACK ELK HOLLY BLACK No matter what we're trying to accomplish in life, or what career path we're trying to take,... LUCAS BLACK Because they could not determine when they were going to be clear to land, it made no sense to conti... ANTHONY BLACK I would attribute it back to a lack of strong demand. ANTHONY BLACK From a Salt Lake standpoint right now, you guys have gotten a number of new flights over the past ca... ANTHONY BLACK Delta has identified Orlando International Airport as an airport where we lease more space than is n... ANTHONY BLACK Acts of God. That doesn't mean they won't, but they're not required to. ANTHONY BLACK There will be no non-stop service to Cincinnati from Montgomery. ANTHONY BLACK We should be back to normal operations from a Katrina standpoint sometime Thursday. ANTHONY BLACK While Delta remains open to reaching consensual agreements to achieve its necessary pilot cost reduc... ANTHONY BLACK It's part of our overall efforts to restructure our costs and to get them in line with our operation... ANTHONY BLACK The worst thing about Halloween is, of course, candy corn. It's unbelievable to me. Candy corn i... LEWIS BLACK It's still too early to be able to say when he's going to be back playing. ALEX BLACK We've had quite a few discover the wonderful reality to why shaving helps so much. It not just for t... ALEX BLACK He is not letting the situation get him down and he is already determined to get back on the pitch a... ALEX BLACK I think Alan just wants to say that the treatment from Liverpool and all the Manchester United staff... ALEX BLACK Alan said when you look down and see your foot in that sort of condition your priorities suddenly go... ALEX BLACK BLACK ELK It's a big thing now: A lot of people want to be assistants to celebrities. If you're pursui... LEWIS BLACK CILLA BLACK I like coffee because it gives me the illusion that I might be awake. LEWIS BLACK CONRAD BLACK REBECCA BLACK Anybody who likes writing a book is an idiot. Because it's impossible; it's like having a ho... LEWIS BLACK CILLA BLACK CILLA BLACK CILLA BLACK You can never put too much pork in your mouth as far as I'm concerned. LEWIS BLACK HOLLY BLACK HUGO BLACK I think that many things that go on in an art school have a tendency to undermine confidence, and th... LEWIS BLACK Republicans have nothing but bad ideas and Democrats have no ideas. LEWIS BLACK People would be a lot better off if they'd enjoy being single. LEWIS BLACK One thing I know about the rich, being rich, is that you can take money from me and tomorrow, I'... LEWIS BLACK JACK BLACK Men are dark animals. Women are the same. But if the females wish to survive, they need to mate with... ROBERT BLACK I'm fairly certain that YOLO is just Carpe Diem for stupid people. JACK BLACK Big don't mean ugly, and thin sho don't mean pretty. If a person wants to be pretty, they gotta walk... DANIEL BLACK
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You can't predict a show, that is the damndest thing, you can't predict if a show is going t... 
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There's this inherent screenplay structure that everyone seems to be stuck on, this three-act th... 
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But I've really learned you don't have to fit in. No matter where you go, you're always ... 
When you're writing non-fiction, you go as far as you can go, and then ethically you have to sto... 
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I don't think that you can invent on behalf of customers unless you're willing to think long... 
When you're starting up a show, you don't really know what direction it's going to go. 
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If you work hard and perform well, it doesn't matter whether you're 20 or 40. People are goi... 
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I think it's still kind of weird to memorize a line, because you're supposed to 'be'... 
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A lot of people said this was impossible. 'You can't build biotech for $50,000. You can'... 
There's many things that you can do with your life. It doesn't necessarily - I think if you&... 
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I'm from the South, where if you walk down the street and there's somebody behind you talkin... 
If you can't stand a little sacrifice and you can't stand a trip across the desert with limi... 
With any novel that you begin, you can't foresee how difficult or easy it's going to be, and... 
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War's not black and white; it's gray. If you don't fight in the gray area, you're go... 
It's hard to tell with these Internet startups if they're really interested in building comp... 
Usually, someone who's in a show gets me a ticket. I feel cornered. I can't walk out if I do... 
I'm a big fan of 'Glee.' I think it's really smart. And I think it's well-timed.... 
If you want to appeal to everyone, you can't do a world tour and expect black people to show up ... 
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My first 'Tonight Show' was just one of those things - I mean this seriously - a cosmic, mea... 
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There is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. 
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My idea of baking is buying a ready-make cake mix and throwing in an egg. 
All emphasis in American prisons is on punishment, retribution, and disparagement, and almost none i... 
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To me I'm just a regular person going to the mall with friends, and now I'm in Forever 21 an... 
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They wore their strange beauty like war paint. 
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Big egos are big shields for lots of empty space. 
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An action film can have too much action; picture an equaliser on a stereo, with all the knobs pegged... 
I never ask for mercy and seek no one's sympathy. 
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Sometimes dreams are wiser than waking. 
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