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Leo Kottke

"I will literally open my mouth not knowing what is coming out."

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"I will literally open my mouth not knowing what is coming out."

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Donna Grant

"By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out."

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"A duck's nest was found today near the trail on the dry open prairie with as far as could be seen no water or marsh near. The bird flew off but could not tell what species. The eggs nine originally."

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Donna Grant

"If I become defensive and upset right away, then that's going to adversely affect how I deal with it and it's probably not going to be good press for me and probably be bad just because I'm angry. Just be open and pleasant."

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"Even if the Bush Administration had flung open the gates to stem-cell research years ago, we would not be at the point of offering treatment today. Christopher Reeve would still have been taken from us. But we would be closer."

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Donna Grant

"Back then the cars had a trap door that we could pull open with a chain to check our tire wear."

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Donna Grant

"This means keeping many trails open at once, inevitably requiring a fairly 'parallel' plot. This plot should be discovered rather than announced, so show, don't tell."

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Donna Grant

"My brain is open."

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Donna Grant

"Theater is dangerously open to repetition. It's exciting when you hit on a new way."

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Donna Grant

"In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary."

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Donna Grant

"It is still an open question, however, as to what extent exposure really injures a performer."

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"I had been playing single note instruments and I wanted to hear a guitar played as a piano."
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"It's true that the more you put in the more you get out and that has to be there I think, If you aren't really hooked on your instrument this job would be a hell on earth but if you are, it's the best."
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"I am evidence that you don't have to sell a lot of records or succeed in the usual way to have a big audience and a job."
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"The bulk of my set is instrumental and you have to give yourself and the audience some relief because a performance is not about great guitar playing it's really about entertainment."
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"Yeah, the first thing that comes to mind is not to try too hard."
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"When the audience is awful you can still have a great night and people will walk out thinking they had a great time even though there was loads of loudmouths and the sound was terrible."
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"Yes and for two reasons: one, I couldn't find anything to imitate at the time, and secondly because what I heard on the radio didn't bear any resemblance to what I wanted to hear on the guitar."
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"I was required by Capital to release one every six months and the fastest I could do with all my touring was every nine months, and it would spook me every time because I never had what I needed and I really didn't want to do covers."
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"I'm not subject to their rise and fall because I'm not accepted by them, so I have my own little curve going on. A lot of it is because of how much I play, I think I connect like when all you had was Vaudeville, I think I have an audience by performing a lot!"
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