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A lot of people want to see this idealized version of heroism, all pretty and perfect, and I'm not interested in playing the goody-goody hero at all.


Matthew Fox


#heroism #i #idealized #interested #lot

A lot of people may not know how competitive it is to play classical music, because when you think about it, the music that you're playing is music that's been here for years. And all you're trying to do is improve upon it when you play.


Jamie Foxx


#because #been #classical #classical music #competitive

I've had to be a man since I was 12 or 13. I had a job. And I was playing the piano for people twice my age. Handling responsibility is what makes a man a man.


Jamie Foxx


#be a man #had #handling #i #job

Playing on the streets of Iraq, or in Israel or the Gaza strip, I'd sing angry protest songs against war. People would say, 'Make us clap, make us dance, and laugh and sing.' It really made me think about the importance of happy music.


Michael Franti


#against #angry #clap #dance #gaza

Al Qaeda is nothing more than a mutant supply chain. They're playing off the same platform as Wal-Mart and Dell. They're just not restrained by it. What is al Qaeda? It's an open source religious political movement that works off the global supply chain. That's what we're up against in Iraq. We're up against a suicide supply chain.


Thomas Friedman


#al #chain #dell #global #iraq

Several technological and political forces have converged, and that has produced a global, Web-enabled playing field that allows for multiple forms of collaboration without regard to geography or distance - or soon, even language.


Thomas Friedman


#collaboration #distance #even #field #forces

If a professional musician in a symphony orchestra is playing Beethoven. But this particular orchestra have played this particular chestnut so many times, they can play it in their sleep. Does the genius remain present in the music or not?


Robert Fripp


#does #genius #many #music #musician

If you are playing repertoire material, you're stuck. There's not huge amounts you can do.


Robert Fripp


#huge amounts #material #playing #repertoire #stuck

So, you can set up an orchestra down this end of the railway station playing one particular area, and simultaneously at the other end something completely different going on. And in the middle they meet, or not, depending.


Robert Fripp


#completely #depending #different #down #end

I remember playing football dressed in peculiar costumes with some friends in France and laughing so hard we couldn't even stand up, let alone kick the ball.


Fred Frith


#ball #costumes #dressed #even #football






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