I think all artists want that plaque, whether it’s Gold or Platinum or multi-platinum. I think we all look forward to getting a plaque and hanging it on your wall and having something to show for the music that you’ve created. Gza Read Quote
We’re a small country, and if you look at it that way, then we’re at a disadvantage, though I know that most of the players who know or have come up against Uruguayans prefer to avoid us. Diego Forlan Read Quote
If we look at music history closely, it is not difficult to isolate certain elements of great potency which were to nourish the art of music for decades, if not centuries. George Crumb Read Quote
Romania and Bulgaria were particularly irresponsible. If they wanted to diminish their chances of joining Europe they could not have found a better way. Jacques Chirac Read Quote
In 2009, I edited, under the aegis of the Library of America, an anthology called ‘Becoming Americans: Immigrants Tell Their Stories from Jamestown to Today.’ It featured immigrants from different backgrounds, from black slaves like Phillis Wheatley to Yiddish-language speakers like Henry Roth. Ilan Stavans Read Quote
Civil liberty is the status of the man who is guaranteed by law and civil institutions the exclusive employment of all his own powers for his own welfare. William Graham Sumner Read Quote
I would absolutely love to do another Baz Luhrmann film, especially a ‘Moulin Rouge’ type picture. Dash Mihok Read Quote
