#pa

That folk music led to learning to play, and making things up led to what turns out to be the most lucrative part of the music business - writing, because you get paid every time that song gets played. ↗

— Jackson Browne

#business #every #every time #folk #folk music

Men live by intervals of reason under the sovereignty of humor and passion. ↗

— Thomas Browne

#intervals #live #men #passion #reason

As reason is a rebel to faith, so passion is a rebel to reason. ↗

— Thomas Browne

#passion #reason #rebel

For the most part, the American film market has become very corporatised, even independent film to a degree, and because of the corporate management mentality, they want to take the safe way. ↗

— Anthony LaPaglia

#american film #because #become #corporate #degree

I like storytelling movies and more than that I like historical movies; and I think someday I'll definitely make a movie about the past 50 years history. ↗

— Asghar Farhadi

#definitely #historical #history #i #i think

Gen. Tommy Franks told me the war was being compromised as specialized personnel and equipment were being shifted from Afghanistan to prepare for the war in Iraq - a war more than a year away. ↗

— Bob Graham

#away #being #compromised #equipment #franks

Iranian filmmakers are not passive. They fight whenever they can, as creative expression means a lot to them. The restrictions and censorship in Iran are a bit like the British weather: one day it's sunny, the next day it's raining. You just have to hope you walk out into the sunshine. ↗

— Asghar Farhadi

#british #censorship #creative #creative expression #day

I wrote so much about fandom and participation for NPR that I eventually realized my most fertile way of participating in music is to actually play it, at least in a way that made the most sense to me. ↗

— Carrie Brownstein

#actually #eventually #fertile #i #least

Def Leppard is a rock band that can sing. ↗

— Vivian Campbell

#def #leppard #rock #rock band #sing

With Rock Band, you can play along to Black Sabbath or Nirvana and possibly find new ways of appreciating their artistry by being allowed to perform parallel to it. Rock Band puts you inside the guts of a song. ↗

— Carrie Brownstein

#along #appreciating #artistry #band #being