#specially

Both parents were very encouraging - especially my father. My father thought the sun rose and set with me. Neither one had a musical background or any musical talent. They liked classical music, but neither could carry a tune. ↗

— Gordon Getty

#background #both #carry #classical #classical music

The saxophone is an imperfect instrument, especially the tenor and soprano, as far as intonation goes. The challenge is to sing on an imperfect instrument that is outside of your body. ↗

— Stan Getz

#body #challenge #especially #far #goes

Hollywood has the idea that movies have to be dumb. But especially movies for or about teenagers have to be really dumb! ↗

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

#dumb #especially #hollywood #idea #movies

Lately Fish and I have been hooking up more, which is a good thing because it's just been a struggle for me as a bass player to play with someone who's so creative on the drums, and lately it's been really good, especially during sound checks. ↗

— Mike Gordon

#bass #bass player #because #been #checks

I cannot say that I was a particularly diligent student, especially during the lower grades. ↗

— Koichi Tanaka

#diligent #during #especially #grades #i

I wouldn't say the world is my parish, but my readers are my parish. And especially the readers that write to me. They're my parish. And it's a responsibility that I enjoy. ↗

— Andrew Greeley

#especially #i #me #parish #readers

Most people are interested in seeing 27-year-old women who are in movies somehow connected to sex. It's interesting to everyone. Especially little movies that are having trouble getting made, there's always sex. ↗

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

#connected #especially #everyone #getting #having

I just try to play music from my heart and bring as much beauty as I can to as many people as I can. Just give them other alternatives, especially people who aren't exposed to creative music. ↗

— Charlie Haden

#beauty #bring #creative #especially #exposed

Because the quality of living with nature and allowing it to manifest itself is different than the quality of living in a city, especially a dense city. ↗

— Lawrence Halprin

#because #city #dense #different #especially

But most of all, I'm a part of you people out there who have listened to me, because especially you people in Michigan, you Tiger fans, you've given me so much warmth, so much affection and so much love. ↗

— Ernie Harwell

#because #especially #fans #given #i