#take

It takes a long time for a man to look like his portrait. ↗

— James Whistler

#like #long #long time #look #man

To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as she is, is to say to the player that he may sit on the piano. ↗

— James Whistler

#nature #painter #piano #player #say

I've always loved War's Low Rider and Sly Stone's Thank You, and I just wanted to put my take on them. ↗

— Barry White

#i #just #loved #low #put

If I take a less defensive tone, I'd admit that I couldn't write today a very jazzy, contemporary look at America as I did in 1979 in States of Desire. ↗

— Edmund White

#america #contemporary #defensive #desire #did

I think it takes a lot of trickery to keep up with the media and its perception of you. I don't know if I have it in me most of the time to care. The music is made first, and the interviews or photos to keep it alive come later as a necessary evil, I suppose. ↗

— Jack White

#care #come #evil #first #i

The way I like to start a new project is to take a cover song and make a stab at it, ideally one that has nothing to do with the people in the room. ↗

— Jack White

#i #ideally #like #make #new

I have never taken any substance to enhance my performance. ↗

— Kelli White

#enhance #i #never #performance #substance

Then we're going to take a lot of time off because in the last three years we've been touring continuously. ↗

— Meg White

#been #continuously #going #last #lot

When I was about 12 years old back in Houston, my Dad used to take us to the driving range. ↗

— Ron White

#back #dad #driving #houston #i

Skateboarding helps a ton with balance, precision, with air awareness... it gets your senses to be spot-on and it's also a great way to take my mind off things. ↗

— Shaun White

#also #awareness #balance #gets #great