James Mercer quote: "For the longest time, I didn't even want to admit I was serious about music. Before the Shins, I would tell myself, 'Oh, I'm going to figure something out someday.' I had this romantic vision of being this old dude maybe making guitars or something."

I have the soundtrack for 'A Clockwork Orange,' which is kind of cool. I guess I don't r...
JAMES MERCER

I've never been one to think it was cheating to sample this or to loop the drum part there - I&#...
JAMES MERCER

My hope is that one day I'll be able to work and have a quieter life, but still a creative life.
JAMES MERCER

As a child, I lived in Germany at the Ramstein air force base, where my dad sang at a nightclub in K...
JAMES MERCER

The thing that inspires me most is empathizing with people's flaws and seeing how they deal with...
JAMES MERCER

I most enjoy sitting down with the acoustic guitar and just fiddling around and trying to come up wi...
JAMES MERCER

My whole goal is to make good records and keep myself inspired and able to accomplish what I need to...
JAMES MERCER

You have to keep the recording process open. If you make too many decisions before you go in, you ca...
JAMES MERCER

We played a festival in Ireland once, and in the middle of 'New Slang,' the Scissor Sisters ...
JAMES MERCER

I know that there are a lot of sort of silly things that one thinks as a music listener about bands....
JAMES MERCER

I kinda learned to sing singing to Echo and the Bunnymen songs and Smiths songs: Morrissey would be ...
JAMES MERCER

There is pressure that comes with everything being a big deal. I remember thinking, 'I need to s...
JAMES MERCER

That old black magic has me in its spell, That old black magic that you weave so well; Icy fingers u...
JOHNNY MERCER

In 1979 I teamed up with my friend and business partner, Bill DeWitt, and together we formed an oil ...
MERCER REYNOLDS

It's a brave new world. I'm 42 years old. I certainly wasn't out in high school.
RICK MERCER

Once upon a time the world was sweeter than we knew. Everything was ours; how happy we were then, bu...
JOHNNY MERCER

It's no longer good enough for us to tell kids who are different that it's gonna get better....
RICK MERCER

I'm very lucky, because my beat is current events. And events are changing all the time.
RICK MERCER

This is for a hundred years. It's going to be an old project. We're going to get through this just f...
CAMPBELL MERCER

This year, it's going to be more. I don't know how much more. I do know ... people are more excited ...
CAMPBELL MERCER

We can't imagine Mr. Spinks wanting to do anything that could be as potentially harmful to Ohio Coun...
CAMPBELL MERCER

We're simply asking, 'Hayward, are you going to give us a key to the gate?' and he won't tell us. Un...
CAMPBELL MERCER

The land issue is solved for the time being. We have more camping and parking on the ridge than we'v...
CAMPBELL MERCER

It's going to be a wonderful four days. I'm looking forward to the positive spotlight that this will...
CAMPBELL MERCER

You know, we have main English language parties, federalist parties, and traditionally the ones to w...
RICK MERCER

This is very interesting because the Liberal Party of Canada, heading into an election, at the last ...
RICK MERCER

The Liberal Party of Canada, heading into an election, at the last minute they always stand up and t...
RICK MERCER

You must have been a beautiful baby, / 'Cos baby just look at you now.
JOHNNY MERCER

Days of wine and roses laugh and run away, / Like a child at play.
JOHNNY MERCER

We're drinking my friend, To the end of a brief episode, Make it one for my baby, And one more for t...
JOHNNY MERCER

The other is that maybe they are going to be pawns for some leverage in political negotiations. I st...
JOHN MERCER

In Canada you grow up - we're next to the United States. We're watching whatever you're ...
RICK MERCER

It's very distressing. If I sit back and try to analyze it, you know, it is quite possible that the ...
JOHN MERCER

Do the unexpected. Take 20 minutes out of your day, do what young people all over the world are dyin...
RICK MERCER

Only the most foolish of mice would hide in a cat's ear, but only the wisest of cats would think to ...
ANDREW MERCER

Johnny felt his greatest gift as a songwriter was the ability to catch the mood of a tune.
JOHNNY MERCER

That old black magic has me in its spell.
JOHNNY MERCER

That old black magic has me in its spell, That old black magic that you weave so well; Icy fingers u...
JOHNNY MERCER

I am very excited to accept the role of Honorary Patron with Hope Air because of the national scope ...
RICK MERCER

Jackie Biskupski is running for a seat in the Utah Legislature, and she's attracting a lot of attent...
RICK MERCER

We demand that the government of Canada force Stockwell Day to change his first name to Doris. Why d...
RICK MERCER

America is not an elephant. For one thing, elephants never forget, whereas Americans don't really kn...
RICK MERCER

In the United States I have always believed that there was a big difference between Conservative and...
RICK MERCER

Education can so easily unseat one’s confidence about the truth of the world, Mal noted privately.
TRISH MERCER

We have always been called racist, but it has nothing to do with racism. This is a national security...
CARMEN MERCER

When they had a roast for me a while back, he told this story about how I always jumped on him about...
BILL MERCER

He's very outgoing and he has that style on the air. It was just that Mark is Mark, he's the same in...
BILL MERCER

Mark was always a very determined young man. He was one of those naturals that came into class and a...
BILL MERCER

North Texas will always be a special place for me. I was the first sportscaster to show highlights o...
BILL MERCER

Those guys are great people. Both are giving a lot back to the community.
BILL MERCER

They're bad for investors (and) result in higher compensation for brokers.
MERCER BULLARD

I visited the Taliban embassy this morning and, while they did not come out and say 'yes they're in ...
JOHN MERCER

We have truckers. We have construction workers, we have fence companies who have already offered the...
CARMEN MERCER

It will be a strong fence. People won't be able to break through our fence as quickly as they can br...
CARMEN MERCER

Wind chills are probably going to be in the teens by the evening Thursday and possibly wind chills i...
DANNY MERCER

We're due for a brief break here.
DANNY MERCER

The dealer sector is using smart repair more and more on its news and used products and we felt a lo...
DAVID MERCER

He (Carpenter) came on in relief and looked good against Cameron. He threw well in a reserve game so...
RICH MERCER

You'll have window dressing to the max with respect to stocks like Global crossing, Enron, Tyco and ...
MERCER BULLARD

I don't believe in outing people. It's up to the individual, but there's nothing wrong p...
RICK MERCER

You like to claim that you’re in charge of the world, but it’s as if the world hasn’t noticed ...
TRISH MERCER

You can’t manipulate people who know how to think for themselves.
TRISH MERCER

I like to think of myself as an equal opportunity offender.
RICK MERCER

We sensed it (was sloppy), but we just wanted to be the less sloppy.
MIKE MERCER

Just to put smiles on peoples' faces, that is the answer to why everyone works in this department. W...
DOUG MERCER

We see this year's conference as our biggest and best yet. Our conferences always provide the perfec...
DEREK MERCER

This is a really good car. We've had two really good races in it.
EDDIE MERCER

Things are pretty good in Canada. We weathered the recession fairly well. And, of course, were up he...
RICK MERCER

We did an excellent job coming out hard against Wesleyan and attacking their strength, which is thei...
EMILEIGH MERCER

Because we had early leads, we were able to practice and execute some additional systems that we do ...
EMILEIGH MERCER

Winter break was the perfect opportunity to get to know the team in a different light. We not only b...
EMILEIGH MERCER

Losing Cat as a mentor, friend, and teammate has been particularly hard on everyone and the goalie s...
EMILEIGH MERCER

While our focus is on the animal health side, we do believe the technology has applications in the h...
BUTCH MERCER

We are very, very excited about his technology. We believe it is revolutionary in scope.
BUTCH MERCER

This represents a seminal moment of really advancing biological production.
BUTCH MERCER

They were preparing a nice meal for Dayna Curry, whose birthday was on the 4th (of November), ... Ov...
JOHN MERCER

In the United States I have always believed that there was a big difference between Conservative and...
RICK MERCER

If someone says, hey, you know, this long weekend, let's go skydiving - I would say, no, are you...
RICK MERCER

We're not sure this agreement is the best outcome for the homeowners.
CYNDE MERCER

You can imagine we have an expectation of privacy more so than opening this up to 20 units.
CYNDE MERCER

These plans are not for the benefit of the community.
CYNDE MERCER

On my job I end up jumping out of planes. Last week I got in an 18-wheeler and drove down a runway o...
RICK MERCER

Successful vendors will focus on helping consumers overcome the complexities of installing and using...
DAVID MERCER

Rope baskets are a little bit scary. It's a safe operation as long as everything goes right. If you ...
DAVID MERCER

Essentially, a deep fault line has emerged between the traditional world of consumer electronics and...
DAVID MERCER

We have a front coming in almost every single day, with very few breaks in between these systems.
DANNY MERCER

It will be a significant event for Washington, and for the entire western U.S..
DANNY MERCER

We were searching for a way to use the land for training without using military construction money w...
GEORGE MERCER

For now, we're just letting people know that's not the way we do things at Aberdeen Proving Ground.
GEORGE MERCER

They come at you so fast. If you have a couple extra seconds to react, you can save a life.
GEORGE MERCER

If you're on the cell phone, pull off the road. Or use a hands-free device.
GEORGE MERCER

It certainly dispels stereotypes about who needs food, like the conventional stereotype being homele...
LEE MERCER

I think the big thing, and we already knew this, was the increase in number of people who are food i...
LEE MERCER

It's your everyday, struggling, blue-collar person or working-class family who just can't seem to ge...
LEE MERCER

There's just too many people out there who are going without food.
LEE MERCER

He really enjoyed his racing. He knew what was going on and was a very good man to work for. He was ...
JOE MERCER

The ruling serves as a reminder that there are consequences to signal theft, whether you're O.J. or ...
ROBERT MERCER

I realize it would be difficult, but I think we should put it in.
RON MERCER

If you have bars that fluctuate up and down dramatically, you know that this is not a short-term inv...
MERCER BULLARD

These girls have come in and filled up nicely. They've been filling in all the spots and I think we ...
SHANNON MERCER

The sand stones had fragments of charcoal on some surfaces but found no recognisable fossils.
GEORGE MERCER DAWSON

Selenite occurs in abundance in well formed clear crystals of several inches in length.
GEORGE MERCER DAWSON

A duck's nest was found today near the trail on the dry open prairie with as far as could be see...
GEORGE MERCER DAWSON

Richie Rich, Keoki, Amanda LaPore are really successful. They've joined the culture at large.
JAMES ST. JAMES

I came to NYU to study experimental theater. Shortly thereafter, I was featured in a 'Newsweek&#...
JAMES ST. JAMES

The true nature of evil is that it is so very casual.
JAMES ST. JAMES

Why, oh why, must we always go through pigs to get our truffles?
JAMES ST. JAMES

I would go to the all-night grocery store and pretend that I was at Studio 54 because it was the onl...
JAMES ST. JAMES

We danced on the lip of the volcano, so to speak. We were young, too. And New York was still a big, ...
JAMES ST. JAMES

I'll always be a party monster. I'll always love getting dressed up.
JAMES ST. JAMES

As for my identity within the context of New York nightlife? I left in the '90s, so I'm not ...
JAMES ST. JAMES

I was definitely the oddball freak show in school.
JAMES ST. JAMES

When my trust fund ran out, I panicked. I have a lot of admiration for the kids who come to the big ...
JAMES ST. JAMES

I think that when you are a teenager, it's the smartest you will ever be in your life. Teenagers...
JAMES ST. JAMES

Watch out for the average--they're usually hiding something big.
JAMES ST. JAMES

There are people who have too much space between their ears, and given the time, do nothing but free...
JAMES ST. JAMES

War is devastating, and it leaves its scars for generations.
JAMES BLUNT

National honor is the national property of the highest value.
JAMES MONROE

Every person is created in the image of God and has value. Every person. Every person is to be treat...
JAMES LANKFORD

People don't realize you're blowing over changes, time changes, harmony, different keys. I m...
JAMES MCBRIDE

From there, I tried out for a community theatre play, joined an improv group... it all started openi...
KEVIN JAMES

My favorite movie of all time is 'Rocky.'
KEVIN JAMES

Every time I do a movie where it gets physical, I say never again.
KEVIN JAMES

I really wasn't a class clown.
KEVIN JAMES

I've always had something in my heart where I root for guys who struggle with women.
KEVIN JAMES

Back in '93 I saw my first UFC fight and just became enamored by it then.
KEVIN JAMES

Once a year my back will go out and it'll be... it's like a sciatic thing and it's the s...
KEVIN JAMES

I try to connect with the everyday, every guy.
KEVIN JAMES

You think school ends when it ends, but it doesn't.
KEVIN JAMES

It's always cool to meet people who can do things that you have no capacity to do.
KEVIN JAMES

I want to do movies that I'm proud of where my kids, at some point, can see and I can feel comfo...
KEVIN JAMES

I don't want to be known as this goody-two-shoes who can only do comedies where puppies are lick...
KEVIN JAMES

Teachers have a chance to mold someone, inspire them. I hope all teachers realize that.
KEVIN JAMES

I've always been the guy who doesn't necessarily get it with women. A woman would have to sa...
KEVIN JAMES

Now I'm starting to jog. But every time I do jog I have 9-1 pressed into my phone, with the next...
KEVIN JAMES

I took a public speaking class in college and managed to make the class laugh a little bit.
KEVIN JAMES

I never played a musical instrument growing up but I knew kids who did and took it very seriously.
KEVIN JAMES

A song can take you to a special time in your life.
KEVIN JAMES

If I do a movie where I have to have a son and it's a chubby kid, my mother is always like, '...
KEVIN JAMES

I could never be James Bond.
KEVIN JAMES

I just want to put some positive stuff out there. If it works, great. If it doesn't, no problem.
KEVIN JAMES

You'll work hard to create characters that are compelling and unforgettable. But in the end, it&...
JAMES DASHNER

It's pretty scary to know how quickly time flies.
JAMES WAN

Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common ha...
WILLIAM JAMES

Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves.
JAMES THOMSON

'Tis easier for the generous to forgive, than for offence to ask it.
JAMES THOMSON

For life is but a dream whose shapes return, some frequently, some seldom, some by night and some by...
JAMES THOMSON

The world rolls round forever like a mill; it grinds out death and life and good and ill; it has no ...
JAMES THOMSON

More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution.
JAMES THOMSON

But who can paint like Nature? Can imagination boast, amid its gay creation, hues like hers?
JAMES THOMSON

Statues and pictures and verse may be grand, But they are not the Life for which they stand.
JAMES THOMSON

When I sing for myself, I probably sing for anyone who has any kind of hurt, any kind of bad feeling...
ETTA JAMES

Profit is not the legitimate purpose of business. The legitimate purpose of business is to provide a...
JAMES ROUSE

Never just run through a study because you happen to be familiar with it, but use it to see what you...
JAMES GALWAY

A lie can be halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on.
JAMES CALLAGHAN

A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.
JAMES KELLER

I sometimes have an over-confidence that can be viewed as arrogance.
JAMES CORDEN

You know, my family and friends have never been yes-men: 'Yes, you're doing the right thing,...
LEBRON JAMES

In regards to your love life, you're just entering into a whole of pain if you talk about it. If...
LILY JAMES

If you look in real life, it is very hard to describe people as good people, bad people, heroes or v...
LENNIE JAMES

My expectations of other people, I double them on myself.
JAMES BROWN

The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. Those boys simply ...
JAMES NAISMITH

But ever since I was a kid, I was always the winner.
LEBRON JAMES

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
WILLIAM JAMES

See, the thing that bothers me with young actors, young actors of color specifically, is that they s...
JAMES AVERY

I believe musicians have a duty, a responsibility to reach out, to share your love or pain with othe...
JAMES TAYLOR

I don't need a vacation in the traditional sense, like I would if I had a job I hated.
JAMES FRANCO

I see happiness as a by-product. I don't think you can pursue happiness. I think that phrase is ...
JAMES HILLMAN

The culture is going into a psychological depression. We are concerned about our place in the world,...
JAMES HILLMAN

Life is a mountain of solvable problems, and I enjoy that.
JAMES DYSON

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
WILLIAM JAMES

To avoid entangling alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever since the days of Washington, and ...
JAMES BUCHANAN

A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, ...
JAMES ALLEN

The days when the words 'Hollywood actor' framed Ronald Reagan like bunny fingers as an ID t...
JAMES WOLCOTT

It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that t...
JAMES MONROE

We're in a world where masculinity, especially with these big spectacle movies, is often pushed ...
THEO JAMES

In the old days, you would have one lawyer to handle everything: speeding tickets, buying a house, c...
JAMES BELUSHI

An actor should be judged by his performance only.
JAMES DEAN

I think the one thing this picture shows that's new is the psychological disproportion of the ki...
JAMES DEAN

When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's followi...
JAMES DEAN

To me, acting is the most logical way for people's neuroses to manifest themselves, in this grea...
JAMES DEAN

To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to ...
JAMES DEAN

Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.
JAMES DEAN

The only greatness for man is immortality.
JAMES DEAN

An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences li...
JAMES DEAN

I used to fly around quite a bit, you know? I took a lot of unnecessary chances on the highways. And...
JAMES DEAN

I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.
JAMES DEAN

Studying cows, pigs and chickens can help an actor develop his character. There are a lot of things ...
JAMES DEAN

I don't want anything seventy-thirty. Fifty-fifty's always good enough for me. I don't w...
JAMES DEAN

I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is end...
JAMES DEAN

The only way to make a scene realistic is to do it the way you know it would really happen.
JAMES DEAN

Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and im...
JAMES DEAN

There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning.
JAMES DEAN

The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
JAMES DEAN

You try to be yourself, do only what you've always done and like to do, and right away, you'...
JAMES DEAN

Racing is the only time I feel whole.
JAMES DEAN

Death can't be considered because, if you're afraid to die, there's no room in your life...
JAMES DEAN

I'm a serious-minded and intense little devil, terribly gauche and so tense I don't see how ...
JAMES DEAN

Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants.
KEVIN JAMES

The silent killer of all great men and women of achievement - particularly men, I don't know why...
JAMES WOODS

For the longest time, I didn't even want to admit I was serious about music. Before the Shins, I would tell myself, 'Oh, I'm going to figure something out someday.' I had this romantic vision of being this old dude maybe making guitars or something.

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For the longest time, I didn't even want to admit I was serious about music. Before the Shins, I would tell myself, 'Oh, I'm going to figure something out someday.' I had this romantic vision of being this old dude maybe making guitars or something.

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