#p

For me it always comes down to what is a good song and I'm very old fashioned in the way that I like to make songs that have something classic about them whether you can play them with an orchestra or an electro synthesizer or an acoustic guitar. ↗

— Marc Almond

#acoustic #acoustic guitar #always #classic #comes

I don't enjoy being a celebrity, I don't want any part of that or any part of that fame for fame... i'd actually rather die than be a celebrity slime!!! ↗

— Marc Almond

#any #being #celebrity #die #enjoy

Knowing what I knew about Russia, as much as I loved the music and was fascinated by the songs and the whole idea of it, I knew it would be a very lengthy and frustrating process. ↗

— Marc Almond

#fascinated #frustrating #i #idea #knew

I was taught by professors who had done their schooling in the 1930s. Most of them were scornful of, even hated, big business. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

#big business #business #done #even #had

I'm an old-timer in the business from the sense that when you do something that you feel good about there might be another person out there who feels the same way, or a hundred or a couple million. ↗

— Herb Alpert

#another #business #couple #feel #feel good

Creating a top team and being in a position to win the Tour de France will give me a nice feeling. But I know it is not easy to create a top team from zero. You need good riders, good staff, a lot of preparation and, most important, a lot of sponsors. ↗

— Fernando Alonso

#create #creating #easy #feeling #france

When I race in Australia or Korea or Japan I know it will be a big change for me because Ferrari fans are worldwide. ↗

— Fernando Alonso

#because #big #big change #change #fans

Instrumental music can spread the international language. ↗

— Herb Alpert

#international #international language #language #music #national language

Selfishly, I make music for me. I like to make music. I like looking for songs. I like working with interesting musicians. I like producing records. It's something I will always do. ↗

— Herb Alpert

#i #interesting #like #looking #make

Although there was a point with the Tijuana Brass where we were playing for such huge crowds that I kind of lost contact. At one point, the only connection I had with the audience was with people out there lighting cigarettes. ↗

— Herb Alpert

#audience #brass #cigarettes #connection #contact