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There is no formula to it. Writing every song is a little journey. The first note has to lift you.
I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included.
I feel like a 1960s graduate student. I still work on note cards. I've never found a better system.
My notion of a wife at 40 is that a man should be able to change her, like a bank note, for two 20s.
When I believe in something, I support it fully. On that note, I totally don't support Velcro shoes.
Holding a note is a very difficult thing - you have to use your whole body to achieve a perfect pitch.
Note too that a faithful study of the liberal arts humanizes character and permits it not to be cruel.
If I would go up on a high note, Eddie would want a low one. That's how petty the situation had become.
In our family health, it's about having a balanced life, about laughing and staying on a positive note.
The podcast 'Note to Self' is 'the tech show about being human'. Human notions of privacy have changed.
I'm one of the most popular cabaret performers, and I don't sing a note. And nobody expects me to sing.
On a personal note, reaching the World Cup would be something that no one could ever take away from me.
Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after night but differently each time.
NBC has not once given me a music note. I get the freedom to do what I want, and that's kind of amazing.
Know where to find the sunrise and sunset times and note how the sky looks at those times, at least once.
I keep trying to write happy endings, but my books always end on more of a bittersweet note of ambiguity.
Jo left me a few months ago for 10 days. I get this note: I'll come back when the real Ronnie comes back.
I got a note from the stage manager one night that someone wanted to meet me. And it was Steven Spielberg.
If I can play one note and make you cry, then that's better than those fancy dancers playing twenty notes.
Our first gig was a battle of the bands. We did 45 minutes of comedy and never played a note - and we won!
You can use existing music in a film, but creating a soundtrack is very different. One note can be enough.
I remember ordering records out of the Dischord catalog in the '80s, and there would be a handwritten note.
People usually start off on a high note in their careers and then wane off and then restart with a comeback.
The BBC has the obligation to think big. And at the moment, that clarion call sounds an uncertain note to me.
Own every note I sing and sell it. Make a connection to the audience. That's what it comes down to, you know?
I need to hear what I am doing in order to create the next note. If I don't hear it then I can't feed myself.
They look for the top note to end every song. They don't know what they are singing about. There is no style.
To play sweep arpeggios correctly, you have to mute each note with the left hand immediately after picking it.
By the time I sit down ready to write, I've done a lot of longhand and a lot of note collecting along the way.
I wish to note that intellectual property theft by a government represents the very essence of organized crime.
Live honestly to a higher note. Life is too short. So, do the best you can and live your life to a higher note.
I come from the home-grown punk ethic, where it doesn't matter if you can't play a note, it's how you communicate.
When we're in the studio, and we sing that first note on that record, you're committing to being a Backstreet Boy!
Sadly, e-mail has triggered the decline of the handwritten note; I have seen its near-disappearance in my lifetime.
The interesting thing is that New Order finished on an okay note. It was only after we split that things got worse.
I admit that Post-it note sheets that adhere to virtually any surface are now my substitute of choice for retention.
People say I'm a one-note actor, but the way I figure it, those other guys are just looking for that one right note.
My early years as a 'speaker' involved note cards that shook like a leaf while I held them because I was so nervous.
I started out in Scotland, not as a footballer of any note, and I didn't play to draw the attention of people abroad.
When you get back from a trip, make a note of what you didn't wear. This will avoid packing it unnecessarily next time.
I'm more creative the more rules I have - note values, tempos, dynamic markings. Somehow, I find that really inspiring.
As a note, I never once refer to 'Train' as a game in the rules, and I also never refer to the participants as players.
Bottom line: nothing of note happened when I was a youngster, really. I went to Princeton, which is where I met my wife.
I like my stationery to be funnier, like, 'Here's my note, and it's an elephant with a lady smoking a cigarette on top.'
I wanted to be positive. I have good sportsmanship. You leave everything on a good note, you just smile and shake hands.
I know that all good things must come to an end and I've had an incredible ride. I just want to end it on the right note.
My first letter of acceptance, to UMass - Amherst, came with an offer of a fellowship and a note from John Edgar Wideman.
Not a day passes over the earth, but men and women of no note do great deeds, speak great words and suffer noble sorrows.
The Eagles ended on a rather abrupt note, although in retrospect I realize now that it had been ending for quite some time.
I have not practiced saxophone since 1980. I mean, not one note. I do not pick it up in my house, and that's the end of it.