#lease

When I did it, I was a starving musician in London in a basement flat, but a simple tune with the right singer or the right situation can become very well liked and accepted. I'm only too pleased to say it happened with that one. ↗

— Mick Ralphs

#basement #become #did #flat #happened

When you go to auditions, pretend you already have the job and you're just presenting - almost like you're at the table read. Don't go in with an air of, 'Please like me,' or, 'Please hire me.' You're like, 'Here's my take on it. Take it or leave it. I've got a lot of other things to do today.' ↗

— Mary Lynn Rajskub

#almost #already #auditions #go #got

I used to build up to sensation, accumulating tension until it released a perceptual experience. ↗

— Bridget Riley

#experience #i #perceptual #released #sensation

When you realize who you live for, and who's important to please, a lot of people will actually start living. I am never going to get caught up in that. I'm gonna look back on my life and say that I enjoyed it - and I lived it for me. ↗

— Rihanna

#am #back #caught #enjoyed #get

The aim of every authentic artist is not to conform to the history of art, but to release himself from it in order to replace it with his own history. ↗

— Harold Rosenberg

#art #artist #authentic #conform #every

It pleases me that people can be interactive. ↗

— Tracey Emin

#me #people #pleases

Help me by whatever you are pleased to do in your provinces. ↗

— Muqtada al Sadr

#me #pleased #provinces #whatever #you

Think wrongly if you please, but in all cases, think for yourself. ↗

— Charles Seymour

#please #think #wrongly #you #yourself

I've had about 140 albums released, and I've done everything I wanted to do. ↗