Communion was born out of shared frustration in 2006. We felt that although the likes of MySpace and YouTube opened up the playing field for songwriters online, people's discovery of these new artists was only skin deep.
Ben Lovett
Related The discovery opened up a whole new field of physics and expanded our understanding of particle phys... HERBERT STEINER The discovery of superfluidity opened up a new understanding in the science world. DAVID LEE I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON She was really excited to see Caroline. Jimmy told Lovett that Caroline was the reason that he came ... CAROLINE LELAND I was in love with HTML and certain that the whole world was about to learn it, ushering in a new er... JEFFREY ZELDMAN I didn't wave my daisy. I felt small, the way an ant must feel looking up at a field of wildflowers.... CHELSEA SEDOTI He said that academia reminded him of a badly run circus. The faculty members were like underfed ani... SUSAN HUBBARD The fear of God is the only cure for the fear of people. CRAIG GROESCHEL Alan's publishing company was in the Brill Building, and of course, the Brill Building was where... JOHNNY RIVERS I have a ton of videos on MySpace and YouTube. OWEN BENJAMIN Who should serve the Lord’s Supper? Well in the early church, considering Acts 2 and 1 Corinthians... BEN WITHERINGTON III A whole new career opened up for me when I was in 'Lord Of The Rings' and 'Star Wars.... CHRISTOPHER LEE 'Secrets Of The Millionaire Mind' was born out of my own journey of self-discovery within bo... T. HARV EKER I do not want a player who is a perfect man and has a fantastic character. That’s the kind of guy ... JOSé MOURINHO From the Kindle Book Reflections in the Mirror of Life: “In a slum somewhere in India As... THE PROPHET OF LIFE Life is short, and that's why, I don't test people; because we all fail tests sometimes, but that is... C. JOYBELL C. His words even imply that philanthropy has deeper depths than is generally realized. The great emoti... FULTON J. SHEEN You've never really trusted him, though you don't understand why. Something about the fact that he's... N.K. JEMISIN Although there was a point with the Tijuana Brass where we were playing for such huge crowds that I ... HERB ALPERT As a new artist, you come out, and there are so many other new artists. It seems like there's a ... JASON ALDEAN Loretta Lynn was one of those ladies a long time ago that opened a lot of doors and paved the way fo... KACEY MUSGRAVES Having listened to great songwriters like James Taylor and Carole King, I felt there was nothing new... AMY WINEHOUSE Life begins somewhere and ends somewhere with time but to get somewhere with the life you have depen... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I was born and raised Catholic, so it's in my blood. I don't go to church... I was born and ... TOM ARAYA There is a deep affection in Australia for the Queen. And I mean the Queen's been the Queen ever... KEVIN RUDD Pastor Smith did not have the religious constitution needed to provide salvation for any of us who�... CHERYL R COWTAN I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES I felt very vulnerable after 'Sleeping with the Fishes'; I gained weight for the role. I fel... GINA RODRIGUEZ I've never felt like I was born with a silver spoon at all, although I've felt like howling ... VAN MORRISON (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON And the day came out... the mask was removed... and who was behind it? ... No Face... a pe... DEYTH BANGER Gramercy Tavern appeared on the cover of New York Magazine the day we opened, and it was five deep a... DANNY MEYER I was born in Kodiak, and I was raised in a place called Dutch Harbor out on the Aleutian Islands. T... DARBY STANCHFIELD We're not afraid of risking what was our success yesterday in order to explore some new field. W... GUY LALIBERTE It's incredible to see the creativity, beauty and hardships people capture when filmmaking is op... JEHANE NOUJAIM The greatest scientific discovery was the discovery of ignorance. Once humans realised how little th... YUVAL NOAH HARARI When I opened the world's largest Internet cafe, certified by the 'Guinness Book of Records,... STELIOS HAJI-IOANNOU I myself was born beside a river - the Avon in Sarum. So when I first encountered New York's gre... EDWARD RUTHERFURD I've got three or four really mainstream double-platinum kind of artists that are kind of late in th... TOBY KEITH Stanley Kubrick's '2001' was the door that opened up the possibility of science fiction ... RIDLEY SCOTT There is no greater glory than to die for love. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Together they had overcome the daily incomprehension, the instantaneous hatred, the reciprocal nasti... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ She would defend herself, saying that love, no matter what else it might be, was a natural talent. S... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ My cousin's gay, he went to London only to find out that Big Ben was a clock. RODNEY DANGERFIELD The Lord seeks to establish status quo before His return. He is gathering His sheep, His birds, His ... HENRIETTA NEWTON MARTIN -SENIOR LEGAL CONSULTANT & AUTHOR In the States, this type of jam-band phenomena has opened it up for groups to improvise, admittedly ... JOHN SCOFIELD The passenger liner Ossifar Distana was one of the most luxurious of its kind in space anywhere. It ... CHRISTINA ENGELA We are very excited as we move into 2006. These developments are only the beginning of what we antic... BILL BYRON I was writing a scene where a guy was choking another guy to death. You can go online and type '... DANIEL H. WILSON I like 'Futurama.' That's kind of the only thing that's my sci-fi thing, although I ... TATIANA MASLANY The rules only applied to people who couldn’t afford different rules. CAMERON STRACHER Beauty is only skin deep, and the world is full of thin skinned people RICHARD ARMOUR Beauty is only skin deep, and the world is full of thin skinned people. RICHARD ARMOUR Michel Gondry's 'Green Hornet' was another franchise flick that felt like it came out of... ANNALEE NEWITZ It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained. QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and... QUEEN ELIZABETH II My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have to be seen to be believed. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughou... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in th... QUEEN ELIZABETH II What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something e... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts an... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Grief is the price we pay for love. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a nobl... QUEEN ELIZABETH II At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Chr... QUEEN ELIZABETH II For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses w... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your s... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are g... QUEEN ELIZABETH II We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the man... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as... QUEEN ELIZABETH II These wretched babies don't come until they are ready. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters... QUEEN ELIZABETH II No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and o... QUEEN ELIZABETH II One of the advantages to the new plant was that we've promoted people and moved them down there for ... GARY AMES Let him who walks in darkness and no light trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God PEOPLE OF CHRIST Sundance was started as a mechanism for the discovery of new voices and new talent. ROBERT REDFORD The 2006 year opened on a strong note, with solid growth of 33 percent in online non-travel sales ve... GIAN FULGONI Never underestimate the power of thought; it is the greatest path to discovery. IDOWU KOYENIKAN We know that Americans are consuming their media across different platforms. Although nothing will d... GARY ZENKEL Video is growing very quickly on Facebook. A lot of people compare that to YouTube. I think that kin... MARK ZUCKERBERG When each and every believer rises up to serve others and function according to their capacity, the ... HENRY HON I love playing 'Madame Vastra.' Although I do suffer, spending three-and-a-half hours in mak... NEVE MCINTOSH May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The year I was born, 1956, was the peak year for babies being born, and there are more people essent... TOM HANKS Fui acusado de ser um utópico, de querer eliminar o desprazer do mundo e defender apenas o prazer. ... WILHELM REICH Although I was born in Idaho and now live in New York, I definitely identify with the European aesth... DREE HEMINGWAY
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BEN MENDELSOHN Before 'Animal Kingdom,' I wasn't particularly thought of in villainous roles. BEN MENDELSOHN I like to call up ghosts of things past for myself when I'm working a lot. BEN MENDELSOHN 'Animal Kingdom' is a significant comet, and it's cast a tail. It's very hard to see... BEN MENDELSOHN 'Animal Kingdom' is a lot of things, but it's not heartwarming. BEN MENDELSOHN The very rough story is this: Melbourne boy, out of both my parents' houses at a young age, live... BEN MENDELSOHN Acting is a bit of a heart and soul exercise with me. It's kind of all I've got. BEN MENDELSOHN I think now there's much more of a confessional culture. That's not my bag. I come from a sl... BEN MENDELSOHN You can certainly extend your adolescence. There's people that are very good at extending it ind... BEN MENDELSOHN You think of 'Outlaw Josey Wales,' you immediately think of the old Indian guy, Sondra Locke... 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It's like golf. You never get it right all the ... BEN HUH One of the things I've learned is to be receptive of feedback. BEN SILBERMANN The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our attention away from ... BEN OKRI No matter how good you are at planning, the pressure never goes away. So I don't fight it. I fee... BEN CARSON Here's a nation, one of the founding pillars was freedom of speech and freedom of expression. An... BEN CARSON I grew up with an older brother, and the bond between siblings is unlike anything else, and it can b... BEN SCHNETZER Distrust of government isn't baseless cynicism. It's realism. BEN SHAPIRO The fact of storytelling hints at a fundamental human unease, hints at human imperfection. Where the... BEN OKRI I used to collect knick-knacks, like wizards, trolls and little buddhas, and arrange them like preci... BEN WHISHAW Entrepreneurs may be brutally honest, but fostering relationships with partners and building endurin... BEN PARR Among other objectives, liquidity guidelines must take into account the risks that inadequate liquid... BEN BERNANKE Most of these people are not going anywhere, and have nothing meaningful to do. They are zombies see... BEN HINSON I was born Moishe Ketzelbourd but the Indians call me Maurice Cougar. BEN KATCHOR I studied politics and economics at Bristol, and people always assumed that I'd go into politics... BEN ELLIOT Together we were something less, which felt like such a relief, to not be ourselves for a while. BEN MARCUS Obama wants to raise the issue of immigration reform so that he can demonize Republicans as anti-His... BEN SHAPIRO President Obama has only had two major policy victories during his tenure: the stimulus package and ... BEN SHAPIRO Same-sex marriage is not the final nail in the coffin for traditional marriage. It is just another r... BEN SHAPIRO Hillary Clinton is not that fascinating a person. According to those who have spent time with her, s... BEN SHAPIRO The Left despises Texas, with its stellar record of job growth; Texas, with its strong support for t... BEN SHAPIRO Selective Biblical quotation is a favorite of leftists who interpret the Bible the same way they do ... BEN SHAPIRO President Obama is one of the great political knife-fighters in modern history. He is a failed presi... BEN SHAPIRO There are times that everyone hates his or her job. Were they freed from the economic consequences o... BEN SHAPIRO I love bummer songs. BEN GIBBARD There are a group of people who would like to silence everybody and have everybody go along to get a... BEN CARSON I hate the whole reluctant sex-symbol thing. It's such bull. You see these dudes greased up, in ... BEN AFFLECK Roy was just another bureaucrat to me, but I realized very soon that without Roy this thing would ha... BEN SHAHN The European style of living is seductive: fewer hours worked, more hours at the cafe, less concern ... BEN SHAPIRO I certainly want campaign finance reform. I just wish this would do it in a way that would stand up ... BEN NELSON From day one, musical theater was my bread and butter. BEN PLATT 'The Butler' has virtually nothing in common with its source material, the life of White Hou... BEN SHAPIRO If you put me in charge of the medical research budget, I would cancel all primary research, I would... BEN GOLDACRE We live in a country that used to have a can-do attitude, and now we have a 'what-can-you-do-for... BEN CARSON I've finally learnt how to say, 'No comment'. To appear in the tabloids is a real learni... BEN AFFLECK Monetary policy is a blunt tool which certainly affects the distribution of income and wealth, altho... BEN BERNANKE In our culture, we get very much into shorthanding people. And I got shorthanded as That Guy: Jennif... BEN AFFLECK We've turned film into such an industry that we pursue naturalism just by shaking the camera and... BEN FOSTER The covetous man never has money. The prodigal will have none shortly. BEN JOHNSON When you overpay small people you frighten them. They know that their merits or activities entitle t... BEN HECHT I want Pinterest to be human. The Internet's still so abstract... To me, boards are a very human... BEN SILBERMANN There are millions of Americans who belong by nature in movie theaters as they belong at political r... BEN HECHT We are more than just flesh and bones. There's a certain spiritual nature and something of the m... BEN CARSON I think I'm more bonded, emotionally and in a craft sense, to films that tell extraordinary stor... BEN KINGSLEY This figure that thou here seest put,
It was for gentle Shakespeare cut,
Wherein the graver ha... BEN JONSON A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth. BEN JONSON A third Cato has dropped from the skies. BEN JONSON A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar. BEN JONSON Frugality is the mother of all virtues. BEN JONSON It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone. BEN JONSON A countenance inconceivably forbidding. BEN JONSON 'Late bloomer' is another way of saying 'slow learner.' BEN FOUNTAIN To poison a nation, poison its stories. A demoralised nation tells demoralised stories to itself. Be... BEN OKRI With every inch of land on Earth now catalogued by our satellites, the stars are the next place we a... BEN PARR The decline in home equity makes it more difficult for struggling homeowners to refinance and reduce... BEN BERNANKE Banks need to continue to lend to creditworthy borrowers to earn a profit and remain strong. BEN BERNANKE Home purchases that are very highly leveraged or unaffordable subject the borrower and lender to a g... BEN BERNANKE There are other people in 'Dreamgirls' who are born-again Christians. We have a Bible study ... BEN HARNEY Poor worms, they hiss at me, whilst I at home
Can be contented to applaud myself, . . . with joy
... BEN JONSON Since my boyhood, I have sought always to please, but out of a kindness in me, never out of fear or ... BEN HECHT Economics is not brain surgery. BEN CARSON Happiness is a journey not a destination. BEN SWEETLAND You look like gold. I've been fooled before, but now I know I've made the mistake in the pas... BEN HARPER If you go and talk to most people, they mean well but they don't have much of a breadth on educa... BEN CARSON Success is a journey, not a destination. BEN SWEETLAND We must have the courage to allow a little disorder in our lives. BEN WEININGER No one will do it for you. BEN STEIN I try and reduce myself to an almost blank slate and hope to God that I am creative. BEN KINGSLEY I lost my own son (Steven) at 18, five years ago, in a car accident, so I can really sympathize with... BEN HECHT People's sex habits are as well known in Hollywood as their political opinions, and much less critic... BEN HECHT I have written a raucous valentine to a poet's dream and agony. BEN HECHT In Hollywood, a starlet is the name for any woman under thirty who is not actively employed in a bro... BEN HECHT Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety BEN HECHT Chicago is a sort of journalistic Yellowstone Park, offering haven to a last herd of fantastic bravo... BEN HECHT Time is a circus, always packing up and moving away. BEN HECHT Whoever controls the media--the images--controls the culture. BEN HECHT Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety. BEN HECHT Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the... BEN HECHT There is no sudden leap into the stratosphere. There is only advancing step by step, slowly and tort... BEN STEIN I was tempted to tell her it was because we were British and actually had a sense of humour, but I t... BEN AARONOVITCH But I do hate him as I hate the devil. BEN JONSON You can do what you think you can do and you cannot do what you think you cannot BEN STEIN If he were
To be made honest by an act of parliament
I should not alter in my faith of him. BEN JONSON Laugh, and be fat, sir, your penance is known.
They that love mirth, let them heartily drink,
... BEN JONSON Genius without education is like silver in the mine. -Ben Franklin. BEN FRANKLIN Genius without education is like silver in the mine. BEN FRANKLIN It's just kind of surreal. We're trying not to think too far ahead but we know we have a lot of work... BEN LINDSEY than any other man who ever ran for office in Denver. BEN LINDSEY Trouble is, kids feel they have to shock their elders and each generation grows up into something ha... BEN LINDSEY Trouble is, kids feel they have to shock their elders and each generation grows up into something h... BEN LINDSEY Do your best and let God do the rest. BEN CARSON Force works on servile natures, not the free. BEN JOHNSON Opportunities pop up for everybody all of the time. It's the way that we progress. It's whether or n... BEN BROWN We want books that make our hearts beat harder... that relieve us of the agonizing burden of everyda... BEN OLIVEIRA Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart bigger. BEN OKRI Happiness doesn't result from what we get, but from what we give. BEN CARSON 'Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be entreated, either to beg... BEN JONSON Bad people excuse their faults; wise people leave them. BEN JOHNSTON Wonder if there is life on another planet? Let's suppose there is. Suppose further, that only one st... BEN SWEETLAND The greatest waste in the world is the difference between what we are and what we could become. BEN HERBSTER Somewhere there is a map of how it can be done. BEN STEIN In moderating, not satisfying desires, lies peace. BEN HECHT You've got to make haste while it's still light of day. My godmother used to say, I don't want to ru... BEN VEREEN Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee. BEN JOHNSON No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may ... BEN JOHNSON He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity BEN JONSON I think it's probably honest to say that there's a certain powerful stillness that I remember admiri... BEN KINGSLEY I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games. BEN HOGAN Running for money doesn't make you run fast. It makes you run first. BEN JIPCHO We are persons of quality, I assure you, and women of fashion, and come to see and to be seen. BEN JONSON He threatens many that hath injured one. BEN JONSON No collection of people who are all waiting for the same thing are capable of holding a natural conv... BEN ELTON It is amazing how quickly the kids learn to drive a car, yet are unable to understand the lawnmower,... BEN BERGOR A good poet's made as well as born. BEN JOHNSON Art has an enemy called ignorance. BEN JOHNSON Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the t... BEN HECHT Commerce is one of the daughters of Fortune, inconsistent and deceitful as her mother. she chooses h... BEN JOHNSTON A new disease? I know not, new or old, but it may well be called poor mortals plague for, like a pes... BEN JONSON There's a thing that keeps surprising you about stormy old friends after they die; their silence. BEN BECHT Much more frequent in Hollywood than the emergence of Cinderella is her sudden vanishing. At our par... BEN HECHT