#pro

Music is my life, professionally, for nearly 60 years. To be recognized by the academy is still the highest honor. ↗

— Ray Charles

#highest #honor #life #music #music is my life

When I speak of "cycles," I am referring to lengthy intervals of relative homogeneity, if not in the resolving of problems, than at least with respect to the consistency of their capacity to productively irritate. ↗

— Brian Ferneyhough

#capacity #consistency #cycles #homogeneity #i

Why, in such a case, should the performer essay any sort of considered approach at all? ↗

— Brian Ferneyhough

#approach #case #considered #essay #performer

I don't have a problem with Werner Herzog. ↗

— Abel Ferrara

#problem

There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America even in Boston, probably one of the most class-conscious cities in the country? ↗

— Iris Chang

#boston #cities #class #country #discussion

China is more prosperous than before. The people have better lives but they are not happy and confident because the scars are still there. ↗

— Jung Chang

#before #better #china #confident #happy

My life is proof that I don't need you to do what I do. If there's no one to see it, I'll watch it. ↗

— Abel Ferrara

#i do #life #my life #need #proof

Country music is just country. It's going to shift around a little bit, doing some different instrumentations, different production styles. But it will always come back to what you heard at the Opry. Nobody wants it to change. ↗

— Steven Curtis Chapman

#around #back #bit #change #come

I think a lot of the instincts you have doing comedy are really the same for doing drama, in that it's essentially about listening. The way I approach comedy, is you have to commit to everything as if it's a dramatic role, meaning you play it straight. ↗

— Will Ferrell

#approach #comedy #commit #doing #drama

I truly believe that all power corrupts. Such is probably the thinking behind every political film ever made in Hollywood. ↗

— Elia Kazan

#believe #corrupts #ever #every #film