What we don't need in country music is divisiveness, public criticism of each other, and some arbitrary judgement of what belongs and what doesn't.
Music is emotional, and you may catch a musician in a very unemotional mood or you may not be in the same frame of mind as the musician. So a critic will often say a musician is slipping.
Civil and political rights are critical, but not often the real problem for the destitute sick. My patients in Haiti can now vote but they can't get medical care or clean water.
Ironically, women who acquire power are more likely to be criticized for it than are the men who have always had it.
If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.
I think it's critical that you feel you're working for a person who is committed to advancing your career.
Romanticism has never been properly judged. Who was there to judge it? The critics!
Criticism is something you can easily avoid — by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.
I felt like some part of my soul was ripped out and put under a microscope for criticizing.
I prefer to praise people and the world rather than criticize them and it.
Preserving the 30-year prepayable fixed-rate mortgage - it's like the bedrock of the housing system - is critical.
You read glowing things and it doesn't feel deserved. You read things that are critical and it cuts you to the bone.
There are very few critics who have historical context or authority.
Actually, I am a golfer. That is my real occupation. I never was an actor. Ask anybody, particularly the critics.
My opinions and principles are subjects of just criticism. I put myself before the public voluntarily.
I mean no film is beyond criticism, but I think we've made a very modest movie.
That's the holy grail as a TV writer, to work on a story that you care about and to put it out there and for it to find the audience and connect with fans and connect with critics.
I don't see myself as a rock star. I don't see myself in that way. I'm interested in work that offers some sort of critical dialogue.
Criticism always seemed to me a lot like police work. You look for clues, fingerprints, motives. You need to construct an airtight case.
The important thing to me is that I'm not driven by people's praise and I'm not slowed down by people's criticism. I'm just trying to work at the highest level I can.
Anyone familiar with my work knows that I am extremely critical of all religious faiths.
