Walter Becker Quotes

With any relationship that goes on and is productive over a long period, there have to be some sort of interlocking qualities in those personalities that make it possible to survive.

Walter Becker

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 20, 1950 - September 3, 2017

Topics

RelationshipSurviveLongPossible

I can write absolutely anywhere. All I need is a laptop.

Joanne Harris

I CanWriteNeedLaptopAbsolutely

Hybridity keeps me from being rigid about most things. It has taught me to appreciate the contradictions in the world and in my life. I scavenge from the best.

Jessica Hagedorn

LifeBestMeWorldAppreciateBeing

I met David Bowie when I was 14, and he became a hero to me - because he was an artist, and because he was a genius who had the time to be kind. I'd never met such an extraordinary artist before, and I haven't since - the world will be a greyer place without him.

Jennifer Connelly

TimeHeroBe KindMeWorldGenius

I've always done roles that really appealed to me on a gut level and which I found inspiring.

Jennifer Jason Leigh

MeDoneAlwaysGutLevelFound

I didn't make 'The New York Times' bestseller list until 'Charmed Thirds,' and then again for 'Fourth Comings.' It gave me a certain validation, and it certainly helps position me for future books, but it's not something I think about on a daily basis.

Megan McCafferty

FutureDailyNew YorkMeThinkNew

In Germany, people feel like they own classical music, that it is somehow theirs. Over there, everyone still learns to play, and the great composers don't seem alien.

Max Richter

MusicGreatPeopleFeelAlienPlay

We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convictions, even to the very death.

Robert Green Ingersoll

CourageMenDeathThoughtsSpeak

Basic training is horrible. It's dirty, and it's ugly. But you learn it's not just about you. It makes you part of a team, which helps you to survive.

Rodney Frelinghuysen

TrainingUglyTeamSurviveLearn

There is a system of racial and social control in communities of color across America.

Michelle Alexander

ControlColorAmericaRacialSystem

People are starting to refer to 'The Giver' as a classic, but I don't know how that is defined. But if it means that 10, 20, 50 years from now kids will still be reading it, that is kind of awe-inspiring.

Lois Lowry

PeopleReadingKnowNowKindWill

I can't see why we can't toss in a Junior Walker or Wilson Pickett number in every once in a while.

Jose Carreras

WhySeeNumberOnceEveryToss

I have never met an author who did not read voraciously as a child.

Christopher Fowler

ChildNeverWhoReadDidMet

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