When I started, my teachers told me that I had to sing 'Mozart, Mozart, Mozart.' I said, 'No, I want to sing all the other stuff.' If you do not push yourself, you will stay the same. Maybe some singers are happy with that, but I have to move, I have...
My father is a jazz musician, so I grew up hearing jazz. My parents loved it, but I didn't like it. It went on for too long. Yes, I had certain teachers that really inspired me, like Danny Barker, and John Longo. And I had no idea that I would have a...
I started making houses for ants because I thought they needed somewhere to live. Then I made them shoes and hats. It was a fantasy world I escaped to where my dyslexia didn't hold me back and my teachers couldn't criticize me. That's how my career a...
Writers who think THEY are being criticized when only that writing is being criticized are beyond a teacher's reach. Writing can only be learned when a writer coldly separates himself from what he has written and looks at it with the objectivity of a...
Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.
I lived the true American dream, because I was able to pursue what I set as my goals at a very young age.
I don't usually lose my temper, but if I get angry, it's true - I'm scary.
Poetry is an art, the easiest to dabble in, but the hardest to reach true excellence.
The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
Everything is permitted, Nothing is true.
You’re crazy,” he hisses. “Too true.
There is no one true church, no one chosen people.
In war, the only true victory is peace.
The true poem rests between the words.
This was a true pants-pooping moment.
Silence is true wisdom's best reply.
Now on 'Bachelor Pad' it is true colors - no best foot forward anymore, everybody is really themselves.
David Ayer is one of the best directors I've ever worked with. He's a true man's man.
They're all true. They all could have happened.
Use it or lose it is a cliche because it's true.