My grandfather and my father disagreed about music, not least of all because my dad wanted to improvise. … - Elvis Costello

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Elvis Costello

My grandfather and my father disagreed about music, not least of all because my dad wanted to improvise. It wasn't just that he wanted to play different music; it was just that he came off the dots.

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I used to be disgusted; now I try to be amused.

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There are five things to write songs about: I'm leaving you. You're leaving me. I want you. You don't want me. I believe in something. Five subjects, and 12 notes. For all that, we musicians do pretty well.

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I wish you luck with a capital F.

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I believe that music is connected by human passions and curiosities rather than by marketing strategies.

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History repeats the old conceits, the glib replies, the same defeats.

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"It's just literally being afraid. And you think, oh, [the alcohol] will ease the fear. And it doesn't. " What was he afraid of? "Everything. It's just a general all-round arggghhh. It's fearfulness and anxiety. " He added, "For that first week you lie to yourself, and tell yourself you can stop, and then your body kicks back and says, no, stop later. And then it took about three years, and finally you do stop. "

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Bill Rodgers

Every time I bomb out, I have to come back. I have a feeling after a bad race that my next one will be good.

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Pope Francis

Defend the unborn against abortion even if they persecute you, calumniate you, set traps for you, take you to court or kill you.

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Irving Fisher

For the immediate future, at least, the outlook (stocks) is bright.

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John Green

In the contemporary world where things fall apart, and the centre cannot hold, you have to imagine a community where there is no centre. Hank, at the end of this year I started thinking that a lot of life is about doing things that don’t suck with people who don’t suck.

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