#si

A lot of the music that you listen to now is because of the things that the Meters did, the Neville Brothers did, and they're there, the guys who invented those beats that the guys sample today. Such an enormous opportunity. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#because #brothers #did #enormous #guys

I practice and work hard at my music, but I'm not saving lives here. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#here #i #lives #music #practice

In 2008, as a matter of fact, I had people accusing me of being a Senator Obama supporter because I wouldn't slam him. I said, 'Well, consider the fact that I voted for impeachment for President Clinton, but it wasn't a personal vote. I voted based on the facts and the law and the Constitution and what we were dealing with.' ↗

— J. C. Watts

#based #because #being #clinton #consider

And she was not beautiful asleep. Her expression slack and not angelic. The very ordinariness of it so beautiful he felt a yearning to be something more than he was or could be. And as good a player as he was, he knew as he turned on the reel to reel and hugged the Fender once again that nothing he composed would ever be as beautiful as her ordinary sleep. Watching her he played the music of her sleeping. And by surrendering made something beautiful. ↗

— Steven R. Boyett

#love #music #sleep #beauty

I guess it's true what they say. There are no straight men in the trenches." ~Jace ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#clary-fray #funny #humor #jace-wayland #misquoted

There are people who can't stand me, they say, 'God, he makes me sick', or, 'He's creepy', but it doesn't affect me too badly. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#badly #creepy #god #makes #me

You have to read scripts and audition and develop relationships. It takes a long time to develop a body of work but over the last 25 years I guess I've done that many movies. In hindsight it may seem effortless, but there's a lot of work that goes into it. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#body #develop #done #effortless #goes

You know, I feel as comfortable in an uncomfortable situation as I do when things are going smoothly. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#feel #going #i #i do #i feel

Whom the gods wish to destroy they first call promising. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#destroy #first #gods #promising #whom

You have to remember that I played longer than anybody else on the main tour; I played until I was 40, and then played another six years or so on the seniors tour. ↗

— Jimmy Connors

#anybody #else #i #longer #main