Music Quotes by Billy Bob Thornton

9 Music quotes by Billy Bob Thornton

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Billy Bob Thornton’s eight statements on music carry his characteristic grit. The collection is modest, yet each line offers a candid, unvarnished look at his thoughts on sound.

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I love acting with all my heart and I love music with all my heart.

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Sometimes I have songs born out of stories.

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I write songs on guitar and that's about how good of a guitar player I am. I can write songs on it.

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I generally have lyrics first, but you can't help that when you're writing lyrics you start to get a melody in your…

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I think Americana music is music that is generally more singer/songwriter oriented. It has more to do with the songwriting. The music,…

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My songs aren't built around choruses or hooks or anything like that. That's kind of how I write screenplays too.

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I know that I loved music before I loved movies, simply because I didn't see movies as a kid.

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[The lyrics and melody] usually come a little simultaneously, but I would say the lyrics are first; usually I have the idea…

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We're not encouraging idols other than on the TV show, you know and that's the wrong way to do it. If we…

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Robert Duvall taught me years ago. He said, "You know theatre is not real. I don't like plays." You know, he doesn't like plays.…

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I think I fully commit myself to any role to the extent to which I can. In other words there's some roles that maybe…

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Just the other day, my assistant was on the line with Calvin Klein. Golly, I usually shop at Sears.

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I don't have a fear of flying; I have a fear of crashing.

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Heavy role in the movies that I've done that I have loved and fit my soul; A Simple Plan, Monster's Ball, Sling Blade, One…

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When I was coming up in the '80s television, if you were on television that meant either you were a young actor just coming…

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The movies I've made about the South, they were my experience and it's something that I know.

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Man, I was drowning in sadness. And Angelina, she lifted me right up out of there.

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I've been largely an improvisational actor for most of my career, except for when I've worked with the Coen brothers.

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I always have an idea before we even start the movie because if you hire the wrong person, within a couple of days you're…

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People want the truth but they only want the truth so they can talk bad about you on the blog or on television. They…

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Usually when you're playing a character, you think a lot about their backstory.

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I've lived in California for half of my life. It's weird, everyone thinks of me as this guy who's from the South ... I'm…

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You have to really know what you're saying.

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People a lot of times say that you know it must be hard to direct yourself. That's a myth. It's easier to direct yourself.…

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