The stand up, everything was accidental. I never grew up and was the class clown and had to get the attention. It was - it really is, I have a career despite myself.
I cannot stand public attention, I just can't. Of course, if I may I might write something instead.
God, I love the waltz, the way the elegance of the one-count draws your attention away from the restlessness of the two-three.
The point about melody and beat and lyric is that they exist to engage you in a very particular way. They want to occupy your attention.
So it's not so much that I set out to do something different, it's just that the songs themselves require their own individual voice and attention.
A statement made from the heart has an aroma, it has lights, it has earth and sun and moon. It is colorful and it grasps the attention of those around you, like the sunset.
I definitely get nervous about if I'm going to forget the words to the songs or something. And I don't enjoy being the center of attention for an hour straight - I think that's really stressful.
The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our attention away from what they are really doing.
While I agree that homegrown terrorism and the jihadist threat deserve continuing attention, a single-minded approach ignores all other threats.
Do not allow consumerism to dictate your spiritual practice. You need nothing more than your focused attention to gain enlightenment.
The more attention you give to your negative feelings, the more they grow, so I think things just start to blow totally out of proportion.
Would you believe that Sammy Davis, Jr. taught me how to sing a ballad? 'You can be in an arena,' he said, 'and you should be able to hold their attention.'
There's an inordinate amount of attention put on actors. Some people want to make their lives public, but that doesn't mean everybody does.
James Bond has a license to kill, rockstars have a license to be outrageous. Rock is about grabbing people's attention.
Not considering this opening worthy of more attention, I continued our pursuit to the Northwest, being desirous to embrace the advantages of the prevailing breeze.
I’ve seen a disobedient client simply turn his attention toward The Adversary and ask “Are You still there?” and suddenly all was made well between them.
I have no ego investment in being on the air. I don't knock others for whom that kind of attention is like oxygen, but I don't miss anything about it.
When the United States media is paying attention, that's when you're really representing your country.
There's a socialist bias to the consensus of the literary world: a '30s mentality that says factory workers are more worthy of our attention.
I'm glad I don't live in Primrose Hill any more. I couldn't even walk through the park. You never invite that kind of attention.
Certainly not everybody that is different is necessarily autistic, but there are a lot of undiagnosed people, and it's not necessarily something that needs to have attention to it, unless that person is feeling uncomfortable in the world or they need...
