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I can play songs that I hear from a movie and just play it a few times on the keyboard. I will hit all the notes on the keyboard until I find the right key, and then I will play the rest of the song.
Callan McAuliffe
Find
,
Play
,
Song
My mother always told me, even if a song has been done a thousand times, you can still bring something of your own to it. I'd like to think I did that.
Etta James
Mother
,
Done
,
Song
History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.
David McCullough
History
,
Why
,
Guide
'Dog Days' was recorded with pens and the wall, and half a stolen drum kit that was out of tune, in what was basically a cupboard. The only instrument I could really play was my voice, so we just layered everything a hundred times. It was enthusiasm over skill.
Florence Welch
Everything
,
Play
,
Days
I think a lot of times people design restaurants with flash in mind. I think you should design restaurants with function in mind. Make sure it's functional and works with what you're trying to accomplish. Design can come later.
Bobby Flay
Design
,
Mind
,
Trying
There are times when parenthood seems nothing more than feeding the hand that bites you.
Peter De Vries
Nothing
,
Hand
,
Seems
Though men determine, the gods doo dispose: and oft times many things fall out betweene the cup and the lip.
Robert Greene
Men
,
Fall
,
Though
In man - in the history of mankind, this has happened many times, and occupation leaders hang on to the land that they're occupying. People fight to liberate their land. But in the end, the people's will is what achieves victory.
Hassan Nasrallah
History
,
End
,
Fight
In times of conflict, war, poverty or religious fundamentalism, women and children are the first and most numerous victims. Women need all their courage today.
Isabel Allende
Women
,
War
,
Courage
Oh my gosh! I can't tell you the number of times people have put autotune on my voice, and I'm like, 'Please take it off!' You don't even sound human; it makes you sound like a robot!
Leona Lewis
Human
,
Put
,
Tell
I used to go to the Cleveland Comedy Club all the time. If there was a comic I liked, I'd go see him two or three times that week. Bob Saget was one of those guys.
Drew Carey
Time
,
Him
,
Two
My father has positional vertigo, and if he flies he gets really dizzy, so he has to drive out to California, which he does a couple times a year. We talk, but we e-mail mostly.
Ben Affleck
Father
,
Talk
,
Year
I share their frustration at times and I get down just like them when we suffer a bad result.
Steven Gerrard
Bad
,
Down
,
Result
There are times, like after a long day of work, when the thought of an easy drive-through is enticing. But then I remember how crappy I felt when I ate fast food in the past, and it inspires me to head to the grocery store or my local farmer's market and whip up an easy but healthier option.
Alison Sweeney
Work
,
Food
,
Past
I maintain by going to spin four or five days a week. I love that I can get a solid butt-kicking in 40 minutes. I also strength train two or three times a week.
Alison Sweeney
Love
,
Strength
,
Two
Another thing I learned is that novels, even those from apparently distant times and places, remain current and enlightening, and also comforting.
Jane Smiley
Learned
,
Another
,
Places
Why are we reading a Shakespeare play or 'Huckleberry Finn?' Well, because these works are great, but they also tell us something about the times in which they were created. Unfortunately, previous eras and dead authors often used language or accepted as normal sentiments that we now find unacceptable.
Jane Smiley
Great
,
Find
,
Play
Presidents grow up in the White House. The times shape the man.
Thomas Friedman
House
,
Grow
,
White
I would never take part in one of those Eighties nostalgia tours, although I've been asked many times, because it's like admitting you have nothing new to offer. As long as I can keep making music I'm happy with, and people want to come to my gigs to hear it, I'll carry on.
Gary Numan
Music
,
Happy
,
Long
I'm very lucky in the sense that I've got a voice that's distinctive. Not good, but distinctive. That's a very useful thing to have in this business. I'm glad on the one hand that I've got it, but I wish it was more powerful. I wish I had a greater range. I wish it was more accurate at times.
Gary Numan
Good
,
Business
,
Powerful
I think Israel will think one thousands times before invading Gaza.
Ahmed Yassin
Before
,
Israel
,
Thousands
I would roll up pennies to take the subway to work in Times Square. I was broke, but I was happy.
Jennifer Garner
Work
,
Happy
,
Broke
I am usually part of any disaster at a wedding if I'm a bridesmaid, which I've been lucky enough to be several times.
Jennifer Garner
Wedding
,
Enough
,
Lucky
All these people I interview are worth ten times what I'm worth.
Graham Norton
Worth
,
Ten
,
Interview
During my time we had two chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, at different times of course, on the bridge, both of whom asked my permission to sit on the captain's chair.
Patrick Stewart
Time
,
Different
,
Two
There's no learning without trying lots of ideas and failing lots of times.
Jonathan Ive
Learning
,
Trying
,
Ideas
I got a pair of red, synthetic satin women's pants through the post the other day with a phone number on. That was quite strange. I haven't tried the phone number. In times of stress I may.
Jarvis Cocker
Women
,
Stress
,
May
I think the credit crunch is a brilliant thing. We should all stop moaning and start celebrating. When times are tough, it's an opportunity to start looking at life in a different way.
Jarvis Cocker
Life
,
Different
,
Tough
You can't dodge them all. I got hammered plenty of times through the years. But you just get up and keep playing. I can tell you from experience, though. Sometimes it hurts like hell.
Terry Bradshaw
Experience
,
Through
,
Hell
It's a great event to get outside and enjoy nature. I find it very exciting no matter how many times I see bald eagles.
Karen Armstrong
Nature
,
Great
,
Enjoy
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