Walter Becker Quotes

What gets people into trouble with records now is that they want to build something up without substantial musical ideas. Without that as a foundation, you can add all the layers of sound you want - it's still going to sound like a mess.

Walter Becker

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PeopleIdeasFoundationYouTrouble

I have tons of jewelry. I like to wear a lot of it.

Amber Tamblyn

JewelryWearLikeLotTons

The major poets of New Jersey have all suffered, whether it's Whitman, who lost his job for 'Leaves of Grass,' or William Carlos Williams, who was called a communist, or Ginsberg, whose 'Howl' was prosecuted, or myself. If you practise poetry the way I think it needs to be done, you're going to put yourself in jeopardy.

Amiri Baraka

MyselfJobYourselfPoetryThink

Playoff hockey is the best way to market your team. It's the best way to grow your fan base and give hope to your players and for them to develop.

Steve Yzerman

HopeBestTeamHockeyGrowWay

The Academy is paranoid about its image.

Roger Ebert

ImageParanoidAboutAcademy

When Joan Rivers walked through the curtain on 'The Tonight Show,' nobody in my house was allowed to utter a sound. Her gait was full of pep and purpose and her voice unmatched.

Judy Gold

PurposeVoiceHouseNobodySound

For me, books have always been a way to feel less alone while being alone. Perhaps if I was depressed and isolated, just communicating with these authors through their sentences helped me.

Jonathan Ames

AloneBeing AloneMeFeelWayBeen

The way I run my business seems to be easier than the way I run my life.

Donald Trump

LifeBusinessMy LifeRunWaySeems

'Malice' wasn't about horror to start with but an underground comic driven by the power of rumour. However, as nothing fuels a rumour like fear, I decided that it had to be a frightening comic.

Chris Wooding

FearPowerStartNothingHorror

I really believe the only thing you can control in those situations is what you do as a player but also how you interact with your teammates, which is critical.

Brian Griese

ControlBelieveYouTeammatesYour

We can only move to a long-term resolution regarding terrorism and war by planting seeds of peace. We have to start with ourselves.

Peter Yarrow

PeaceWarSeedsStartResolution

If you've got a coach that overlooks the problems, then you've got problems.

Tom Benson

ProblemsYouCoachGotThen

I revel in my anonymity. But when I'm at a specific event and gamers are there, they'll recognise me.

Nolan North

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