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"People out there maybe know who Junior Parker is and some of those Sun Records blues guys."
People
"It's not about how loud you turn the amp up. That's not what makes it sound big. What makes it sound big is fooling around with different delays and reverb settings."
Sound
"Since the big band started I'm just always swamped with movies and things. It certainly pays the bills and it's very satisfying, because I get to write all these big charts and all this crazy music."
Movies
"The biggest challenge for me was Get Rhythm. I don't know why."
Challenge
"Don't be afraid to take liberties with this music. Try and put some of yourself into it."
Music
"I can't tell you how many people have asked me to show them Stray Cat Strut and that little diminished run on the C. I guess my brain is wired backwards. I don't know what possessed me to do that, but I did."
People
"I'm not God's gift to rockabilly. There's great players out there, and some of them deserve a lot more than they've gotten."
God
"I wanted to go back to Sun. Unfortunately, most of the gear is gone from Sun. The way I take it now, it's almost like a tourist destination. So, it would have been pretty difficult to have brought all the gear into Sun to make it like it was in the '50's."
Now
"A lot of people put all that stuff on a pedestal, and they won't touch it. But I don't think that's the reason they did that. I think they played that stuff out of pure joy."
People
"Normally, you go into the recording studio, make a record and then take it on the road and you think... wow... I could have done THIS to it, or something."
Road
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"Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm."
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"I had to go to a mirror and look at it. I couldn't picture myself in my own head. I had no image beyond a stick figure. I wasn't a mean person as a kid, or dumb, and something has to be said to justify excluding you."
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Personal Development
"I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy."
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Personal Development
"We're not going to dumb down for them. They have to move up. They're the network and we're the show."
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Personal Development
"I'm not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information."
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Personal Development
"Well, first I studied piano. I wasn't very satisfied because I though my teachers were dumb... and repressive."
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Personal Development
"However, we couldn't focus on the films much during the series because we're dumb. Individually we're smart guys, but together we're one big dumb guy, and couldn't concentrate on two things at once."
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"I do dumb stuff, like playing my favorite dumb Barry White song and lip-synching into the mirror so it looks like his voice is coming out of my mouth."
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Personal Development
"Elvis is not so difficult as Johnny Cash because his voice is so distinctive. If you try to copy Johnny Cash, it's just going to sound dumb."
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"I remember working with Rod, though, on Chrysler Hour. I was too young and dumb to know that I was supposed to be scared of anybody or anything - like getting fired or anything like that."
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