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Adele Adkins' retro-soul debut, '19', was striking less for her songs than for that voice: a voluptuous, slightly parched alto that swooped and fluttered like a Dusty Springfield student trying to upstage her teacher, or at least update the rules. Will Hermes

Teacher, Voice, Rules, Trying, Student

When Facebook famously moved out to Palo Alto, there were people in the same house Facebook was based in working on different ideas. It is vital to remember that. Patrick Collison

Ideas, People, Remember, House, Working

So I played alto for quite a while until I saved up the money for the baritone. Gerry Mulligan

Money, Up, Saved, Until, Quite, Played

Then, of course, I played alto and tenor, wherever there were jobs. Gerry Mulligan

Wherever, Then, Jobs, Course, Played

Only the French, I guess, really use tenor and alto to any great extent in the orchestra. Gerry Mulligan

Great, Orchestra, Only, Use, Really, Any

When I was asked to compose a score for... 'Palo Alto,' I first thought to myself, 'What is the house that these characters would want to live in?' I wanted to paint a picture and color scheme that I could work around. I gently apply different daubs to see what fits to match the color I have in mind with these characters. Dev Hynes

Work, Live, Myself, Mind, Color, Thought

I was born in Palo Alto, California in 1961. Eric Allin Cornell

Born, California, I Was Born

My advice is never let a publicist call you a 'visionary.' I've hung out with the visionaries at the famed Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. I've been a successful Silicon Valley entrepreneur. I wouldn't touch 'visionary' with a 10-foot pole. Robert Metcalfe

Research, Advice, Successful, You, Touch

With 'Palo Alto' as the catalyst, I've surrounded myself with people that have kind of created a world where I can feel like I'm not gonna be judged for doing something that I want to do. Jack Kilmer

Myself, People, World, Doing, Feel, Kind

I don't know what I was trying to get out of a tenor - but it never really satisfied me until one day I picked up my alto and I said, 'Where have you been?' and I said right here for now on! Jerome Richardson

Day, Me, Trying, Know, You, Said

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