Kathy Acker
Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES ELMORE LEONARD There really are two different ways of approaching music. There's the real pop way where it's like h... BRUCE HORNSBY DIMEBAG DARRELL KRISTAN HIGGINS JOAN LINGARD JACK WHITE We even show how jazz, rock and country are all intertwined and related to each other. The students ... ANGELA CRING STEVIE WONDER RON WHITE LOUIS C.K. PETER SHAFFER VENUS WILLIAMS It is the giving wolf, who is also the killing wolf.... MASTER CHIEF 117 SIMONE BILES You go up there every time. Just like you guys have families, if you're at the game and you turn aro... MAURICE TAYLOR BETH HENLEY To stand on theASK AND IT IS GIVEN ROB BELL SUZE ORMAN CHRIS BROWN KEANU REEVES Think about what you like and then think about why - was it the shape? The hem length? And then repe... EVA CHEN WINSTON CHURCHILL RICHELLE MEAD RICHELLE MEAD ROBERT TOWNSEND I'm an African bringing my culture to the Western world. But I use technology and rhythm and blues a... ANGELIQUE KIDJO SAM SHEPARD NORMANI KORDEI Writing music on your own makes you think a lot about your life. Who are you? Would you change anyth... ENYA SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL WINSTON S. CHURCHILL RICHELLE MEAD If your handwriting is barely legible, it makes them think that you are not really an organized pers... ADAM LEVINSON Over the next four days, I want you to write about your deepest emotions and thoughts about the most... JAMES PENNEBAKER The hook is the sweet spot, the easily remembered melody or rhythm figure. Beatles songs are packed ... JOE LEVY When I write a song, it's all about the riff - the riff first, then the words come later. EVAN DANDO KAMAND KOJOURI JACK LEMMON STEVEN TYLER I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals... ERNEST J. GAINES You have to have a good start -- don't slip. On the turn, you just get your feet over, and then fini... GRADY CARTER GILLIAN FLYNN I was thinking about doing another film at the same time, which was the sequel to Basic Instinct and... BRUCE GREENWOOD If you have time to whine and complain about something then you have the time to do something about ... ANTHONY J. D'ANGELO PAULA POUNDSTONE But I have fun with the fright, work with it. You have to - that's your timing, that beat of excitem... EDDIE BRACKEN When you walk out of your apartment, you think about performing; you do not think about how your opp... CASTER SEMENYA JACKIE COLLINS DJ JAZZY JEFF JAMES ALTUCHER I like books that are exciting and that make you think about things as well. SAOIRSE RONAN LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Stuff like that happens in baseball. We have been playing well and when you are giving it all you ha... BOBBY SMITH RICKY JAY You get annoyed about things in real life, and then the tragic thing is that while you are moaning o... STEWART LEE DAVID SANBORN I feel like when you're in your late teens and early 20s, you just don't think about certain... ST. LUCIA MELINA MARCHETTA I don't think any of us are careful enough about emails. When you are writing an email, you shou... TOBY EMMERICH Personally, I've learned about perseverance: when you hear the word 'No,' and when you h... ANGELA ROBINSON I cannot say what I think is right about music. I only know the rightness of it. Jazz is there and g... KEITH JARRETT SOURCE UNKNOWN ZOE FOSTER BLAKE HUNTER S. THOMPSON I was thinking about doing another film at the same time, which was the sequel to Basic Instinct and... BRUCE GREENWOOD FRANK OCEAN Writing songs is great because it gets you off your ass and you have to do it. HUGH DILLON Realize that if you have time to whine and complain about something then you have the time to do som... ANTHONY J. D'ANGELO Realize that if you have time to whine and complain about something then you have the time to do som... ANTHONY D'ANGELO We have games where I think they're finally getting it and it's clicking. Just about the time you th... PETE HOFFMAN But I have fun with the fright, work with it. You have to - that's your timing, that beat of exc... EDDIE BRACKEN Don't you think...doesn't it seem sometimes like life is like a plane?...And we're all piloos, you k... GAYLE FRIESEN TOBA BETA I think the best riffs and the best songs come when you're jamming and having a good time. SCOTT IAN KABIR You want everything to be like it was, and it just isn't there right away. It might be eventually, d... DALE LINDSEY HARUKI MURAKAMI DAVE BARRY JOE JONAS I was joking with Hines about that. I was like, 'Man, this is kind of like a consolation prize. With... CASEY HAMPTON My timing and strength is just going to keep getting better. It's early, ... You lose that timing wi... DIRK JOHNSON SUE MONK KIDD AVI COREY TAYLOR SCOTT YOUNG ROXANE GAY The essays are very solipsistic and self-absorbed, I'm totally conscious of that. To me, book wr... CHUCK KLOSTERMAN ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH BHAGWAN SHREE RAJNEESH Jazz sometimes can be really complicated and inaccessible to people because they don't know what... CECILE MCLORIN SALVANT I really think of the studio as being like craftsmanship time, and then playing is about releasing e... GUY PICCIOTTO VIRGINIA WOOLF C.S. LEWIS LITTLE RICHARD Writing is really just a matter of writing a lot, writing consistently and having faith that you'll ... LAURA KASISCHKE They said it's perfectly curable and I should be fine in six months. It's tough timing for the playo... TOMAS VOKOUN I think that's the only way to approach it. You can't get too excited, you can't get too depressed. ... CARL MORETTI BOB NEWHART
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I'm very much aware in the writing of dialogue, or even in the narrative too, of a rhythm. There has... 
To me and my band, guitar riffs are what it's all about. We know that every time we jam on a gre... 
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Shut up…let me tell you, LET ME. Every time I look at your face or even remember it, it wrecks me.... 
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Hey Mason, wipe the drool off your face. If you're going to think about me naked, do it on your own ... 
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