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There were so many specific things from high school jazz band that I remembered: the conductor searching out people who were out of tune, or stopping and starting me for hours in front of the band as they watched.


Damien Chazelle

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DAMIEN HIRST We're not enforcing our laws as strictly as we could. When you have a high percentage that is caused...
DAMIEN NEWTON America's veterans have earned more than this President and the Republican Congress have provided. W...
DAMIEN LAVERA The current EU statement is the latest in a very long list of warnings sent to the Government and Mi...
DAMIEN MULLEY Carney? Gentlemen, start your Honeymooners references.
DAMIEN COX But I'm more interested in why people are frightened by Jaws and why Jaws was such a hit than saying...
DAMIEN HIRST These women are sophisticated and educated about fashion. People have a misconception that this is a...
DAMIEN VERNET Just because you're down doesn't mean you can't rise to be a cream-of-the-crop team. You just can't ...
DAMIEN WOODY Ever since I was in the hospital, I don't take anything for granted. I cherish every second that I h...
DAMIEN HESS So smoking is the perfect way to commit suicide without actually dying. I smoke because it's bad, it...
DAMIEN HIRST I did a butterfly show in Berlin, and we had a guy who's an expert on butterflies; who bred them all...
DAMIEN HIRST It's a gross misrepresentation to say gays were omitted from the grassroots report. African American...
DAMIEN LAVERA Tomas has the excellent combination of a strong physical presence, agility and technical ability.
DAMIEN COMOLLI It's a great budget. What we saw before was DOT trying to build its way out of congestion.
DAMIEN NEWTON Those with less curiosity or ambition just mumble that God works in mysterious ways. I intend to cat...
DAMIEN ECHOLS In an artwork you're always looking for artistic decisions, so an ashtray is perfect. An ashtray has...
DAMIEN HIRST We've heard that they're appealing, and that's good, but they've lost a couple of cases. By all mean...
DAMIEN NEWTON My eyes were closed, they're open now
DAMIEN RICE Americans want change, not more of the same permanent commitment to a failed strategy in Iraq.
DAMIEN LAVERA Everyone's nervous, once you hand over your weapons you're exposed.
DAMIEN KINGSBURY I sometimes feel that I have nothing to say and I want to communicate this.
DAMIEN HIRST But whenever I look at the question of how to live, the answer's always staring me in the face. I'm ...
DAMIEN HIRST I think it's just, I really enjoy art, and I just hope that when people come and see the exhibition,...
DAMIEN HIRST I always ignore money.
DAMIEN HIRST In fact, the first piece of art I ever sold, I paid someone else to make the next one, so I could ac...
DAMIEN HIRST Whereas if you suddenly go, OK, I choose to die now, you take the matter into your own hands.
DAMIEN HIRST But I could never make a judgement that something was obscene.
DAMIEN HIRST One thing leads to another with my work.
DAMIEN HIRST And I think, you know, I like it, so I can't understand it, I think if you're gonna have this stuff ...
DAMIEN HIRST I think if you've made it, why not name it?
DAMIEN HIRST It'd be nice to make lots of money but it's quite difficult, because every time I make lots of money...
DAMIEN HIRST I always feel like the art's there and I just see it, so it's not really a lot of work.
DAMIEN HIRST There's always something you missed or something you didn't notice or somehow you got wrong... I don...
DAMIEN HIRST I've seen things that are 200 years old, in formaldehyde.
DAMIEN HIRST I don't really have a career plan.
DAMIEN HIRST I have a Californian girlfriend and she's into a lot of Californian bands so I listen to that.
DAMIEN HIRST Most people live in the city and go to the country at the weekend, and that's posh and aristocratic,...
DAMIEN HIRST She wasn't much to look at, but she was great to dance with.
DAMIEN HIRST It's good to have a title that's not just one word. If you're gonna title it, you might as well try ...
DAMIEN HIRST I don't think I'd want my pet in formaldehyde, but I guess in America they would.
DAMIEN HIRST There's a lot of things that people don't like, I think it'd be difficult for anyone to go in and sa...
DAMIEN HIRST The shorter story;
No love, no glory;
No hero in her skies.
DAMIEN RICE