"To me, everything in the world comes down……" — David First
"To me, everything in the world comes down to two categories: "about-ness" and "is-ness". "About" represents or describes something, while "Is" is the thing itself."
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20 Quotes by David First
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If you're talking about musically, I think I understand just a little bit more about things that were mostly intuited…
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I do think I've learned, in the ensuing years, how to be a more effective bandleader. And maybe, just maybe,…
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My personal definition of rock'n'roll is people attempting to do something that's beyond their ability to do it well. And…
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Songs start with my bringing in the basic riffs for what you might call a verse and a chorus, an…
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Еach song is like starting over. Because somehow, no song's formula works for another. And that's the beauty of it…
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Every improv must be song specific. It has to grow organically out of the particular elements involved or it's just…
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I still have my "Anarchy in the UK" 7" [ Sex Pistols single]. I'm sure it gave us a context…
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Inevitably, as much as we loved punk rock, our noise was coming from a slightly different place.
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I like to give clues - titles - that can give a simple, evocative hook into what picture or feeling…
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I like to go for a certain over-the-top opulence when naming the drone pieces whereas the song titles are all…
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The numerous ecstatic traditions - including free jazz and funk - have all been great inspirations.
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However naïve it sounds, or however inept the result, I think the idea is to try to alchemize the crap,…
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Inanimate objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories; those that don't work, those that break down and those…
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In the old days, you would have one lawyer to handle everything: speeding tickets, buying a house, contracts, litigation, real…
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I think there are going to be a bunch of tablet-like devices. It's really a different product category.
— Jeff Bezos
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Intelligence is a moral category.
— Theodor Adorno
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Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category.
— Theodor Adorno
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I earned two Emmy nominations for writing, and two of the shows I had written were nominated for best in…
— Rita Mae Brown
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And there is a time where you can be beyond yourself. You can be better than your technique. You can…
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I'm very much into making lists and breaking things apart into categories.
— David Byrne
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I'm listening to a lot of Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, and Rihanna. A lot of pop female artists. I have…
— Steve Carell
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I have two different categories of favorite films. One is the emotional favorites, which means these are generally films that…
— John Carpenter
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People who truly love us can be divided into two categories: those who understand us, and those who forgive us…
— Jonathan Carroll
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In America, the professor talks to the mechanic. They are in the same category.
— Noam Chomsky
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