Being a monarchist - saying that one small group is born more worthy of respect than another - is just as warped and strange as being a racist.
I mean, the unfair treatment of women and black people and Indians and other groups, that's real. Mistreatment of other people because 'I'm better than you are' is such a sad part of the world.
A manager is a guide. He takes a group of people and says, 'With you I can make us a success; I can show you the way.'
As a label, you have to treat every group and every record as a unique entity. I think that that has been our success, rather than relying upon a fan base.
A free society will abide unofficial, private discrimination, even when that means allowing hate-filled groups to exclude people based on the color of their skin.
This is technology that will not go away. And to risk it moving into the hands of a terrorist group like al Qaeda or to other focused enemies of the United States, would have tragic consequences.
I didn't have a lot of overtly political songs. I think it was more the actions of the group that were threatening to the authorities, and also our political philosophies apart from the music.
I think all groups who don't fit in clearly with Western music have to think, 'How can I expand my market? Where else can I perform?'
Most experiences are either sensual or intellectual. Chamber music, played by a small group so the listener can follow what each player is doing, is both.
One of the problems that we face through the media attention that these artists receive is that there has been an awful lot of talk about opera and classical music being elite and being for an elitist group.
Every Wednesday, my husband and I have a study group with our friends. I attend church. We try to devote time in the morning, say a prayer.
When men organize themselves into groups, and they make rules based on common or self-interest, it's always tangled and political.
I will forever be a Bond. It's a small group of men who've made this role. Someone said, More men have walked on the moon than have played James Bond.'
There are many powerful men and women in mobile. I'm fortunate to be part of that group. By no means do I think I'm the most powerful person.
The Beatles were a group made up of four very complex men, and my small hand could not have broken these men up.
It was my mom and I against the world. We lived in New York in this bohemian lifestyle where an extended group of artists and photographers were like my aunts and uncles.
We felt like we had done as much as you can do with the slasher genre. We were trying to find the next group of scary movies that were ripe for parody.
The real achievement of Woody Allen was that he was making movies that felt very personal, and for a whole group of people, it spoke to them. Then he became an archetype, like Groucho Marx or Chaplin.
Russell Hammond: [inviting William to join the group before going on stage] Get the enemy!
I think we have got to start thinking about banding together in terms of interested groups.
People don't know that New York really is just made up of a group of very small neighborhoods.
