I'm well past the age where I'm acceptable. You get to a certain age and you are forbidden access. You're not going to get the kind of coverage that you would like in music magazines, you're not going to get played on radio and you're not going to get played on television. I have to survive on word of mouth.
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Related You get to a certain age, and you are forbidden access. You're not going to get the kind of cove... DAVID BOWIE For artists of my caliber, we're not played on the radio, so we don't really get a chance to... BOY GEORGE On radio and television, magazines and the movies, you can't tell what you're going to get. ... BIL KEANE I try to explain to people that you get the roles that are right when they're right. If you have... ED HELMS I tend to support and get behind issues instead of candidates, because of the whole 'Super Bowl&... BRANDI CARLILE I'm the type of person who can get a feel for what you need and what I need to do to push you to... CARA CASTRONUOVA When you're around me, you're going to get glitter on you. KESHA People are chasing cash, not happiness. When you chase money, you're going to lose. You're j... GARY VAYNERCHUK If you've got a big mouth and you're controversial, you're going to get attention. SIMON COWELL Many of you are well enough off that the tax cuts may have helped you. We're saying that for Ame... HILLARY CLINTON People in life take on certain stories and say, 'I'm going to be defined by this story and I... STANA KATIC Lots of times you have to pretend to join a parade in which you're not really interested in orde... CHRISTOPHER MORLEY I've realized how important it is to have women in your life. You get to a certain age where you... LAURA PREPON We get to a point where we're like, you know what, one day we're just not gonna be here anym... KATE HUDSON In A-ball, you're either going to move up, or you're going to get released. That kind of par... D. B. SWEENEY I'm not perfect. I'm never going to be. And that's the great thing about living the Chri... TIM TEBOW All kids love to get dirty, but if I wandered into the garage, my father would say: 'Son, you... BRUCE FORSYTH You have to be very insensitive in order to have a cat, because I think they're very independent... JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT If you're not open, you're not transparent, you're still holding on to vaults of informa... GAVIN NEWSOM I mean, you have a general tone of it but it's pretty much you get to come in and you're goi... DAVID R. ELLIS Of course I wanted an agent from the time I was like 5, but my mother was like, 'No, you're ... LAURA BENANTI If you're going to be with someone, you're with them, you're committed to them. I'm ... NICOLE KIDMAN You get a lot of speeding tickets, and you say, 'I'm so unlucky!' No, you're not. Yo... D. B. SWEENEY Get your work in, do what you need do, and get back up top. I'm a little bit behind the curve as... RYAN HOWARD If you're middle aged... where're you going to go to meet someone? You're not going to g... ELIZABETH PERKINS If you're sitting in that audience ready to fight me from the very beginning, I'm going to h... BETTY CARTER Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON I'm not an extravagant person. You don't get a chance to spend money when you're working... AIDAN TURNER If you think you're going to work with Cameron Crowe and not get into his music, you're craz... PATRICK FUGIT I think that any time you're able to get a guy like Carmelo Anthony to be on your team, you'... EARL MONROE The simplest consequence of walking on crutches is that you walk slower. Every step must be a necess... BRUCE FEILER You go into an audition, you're either the one or you're not, and if you're not, you go ... BRYAN CALLEN Women somehow get portrayed as one type. You're either a feminist or you're not. You're ... MARIA SHRIVER In L.A., you constantly go on auditions, and you're usually not what they're looking for - y... NATHAN PARSONS I've had to really teach myself that when you're not feeling it, you shouldn't write any... COREY TAYLOR I don't think that you can invent on behalf of customers unless you're willing to think long... JEFF BEZOS When you're on a boat, you're going to little islands and stuff. It's not a partying kin... JEFF GREENE I love 'Titanic' and the idea that you're kind of rooting for Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate... CARLTON CUSE Fame is a funny thing. I like doing normal things. I like going to fairs. I like going to ball games... CHRIS EVANS You're not going to get a chance to vote for me on the ballot, but you can actually vote for wha... CARL LEWIS The advantage of age is that you swap youth for wisdom. You're so full of insecurities when you&... CHERIE LUNGHI I'm not trying to be this cool girl. If you're trying to be something you're not, it'... BELLA HADID I'm not going to throw chairs; I'm not going to cuss. I'm not going to do that kind of s... ANDRE WARD You're not going to be dreary on the inside if you're not dreary on the outside. ALEXANDRA STODDARD If people are worried, if they're fearful, if they feel a sense of grievance or that they're... DAN PINK If you watch a guy go out on court and have a meltdown, you're not going to think, 'Oh my Go... JOHN MCENROE My biggest complaint about drivers out in the country has tended to be that they're not in a gre... LINWOOD BARCLAY If you're going to do something that's going to cause offence to people, you're always g... IRVINE WELSH I just like talking, and I'm really truthful. Sometimes things come out of my mouth, and I think... HAYLEY HASSELHOFF It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON I learned that you have to say that you're a filmmaker. You're not a screenwriter; you'r... WHIT STILLMAN The influence I would hope to have is to create an environment where we're not singling American... MIA LOVE I'm a control freak. If you're going to slap my name on something, I would like to control i... ANTHONY BOURDAIN I'm on the road earning my money. I didn't get any million pound record deals. Not unless yo... IMELDA MAY I don't have a fear factor. Well, not much of one. And I'm willing to risk quite a lot - as ... DAVID WALLIAMS If you're not happy before you're successful, you're going to be miserable when you do b... SINBAD I realized I had a novel on my hands, but didn't know where it was going to go. So I thought, ... HARI KUNZRU I've only had success when I'm not trying to. It's that weird thing where if you're ... MIKE POSNER You never choose the way that you're raised, it's just the way that you were raised, but you... MIA WASIKOWSKA I'm really a family girl. My mom's like, 'As soon as you're on your own, we're g... CARLY SCHROEDER If I'm president, there are going to be government vans that drive around and pick up people who... DENIS LEARY There are only two kinds of employees that I've run across in 30 years. There are ones that get ... CHARLIE ERGEN I'm mainly an airport author, and if you're trying to take your mind off the journey, you... MAEVE BINCHY If you're going to love animals and have a life with them, the odds are you're going to lose... JON KATZ If you're quiet, and you don't speak out, you're never going to get anything accomplishe... CARLI LLOYD If you're going to be crazy, you have to get paid for it or else you're going to be locked u... HUNTER S. THOMPSON I thought that the 40s was a tough decade, because it's when you finally figure out that you'... JUDITH VIORST But don't get caught out there looking goofy. It's weird. When you do something that stinks,... JAMIE FOXX If you don't have a tonne of optimism, you're not going to make it... you won't be able ... ASTRO TELLER After each experience, you grow up, you get enriched with something, and you don't know how you&... AUDREY TAUTOU I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel... HENRI FREDERIC AMIEL Fear is one of the elements of nonlethal weaponry. You're going to get hurt, and you don't w... GREG RUCKA If somebody says to me, 'Oh, you're gonna get married and you'll never be attracted to a... SEAN YOUNG If the door is nailed shut, and you're 'Leaning In,' you're just going to get bruise... RUTH PORAT I know you think that when you're 35, 45, 55, you'll be different. But I'm going to let ... FRANCINE PASCAL On the football field, you're still going out to there to win. And if you're not going out t... RICHARD SHERMAN If you're a singer, you do concerts, and you get that interaction with fans and see what cities ... ALAINA HUFFMAN You just have to get rid of fear and confront the world. Look at yourself in the mirror and say to y... RICKY MARTIN On 'Late Night,' it's like we're all in on the joke. That's what I wanted it to ... JIMMY FALLON I'm from the disco era where everybody thought they were John Travolta... What song is going to ... IAN MCSHANE People think that if you've written a book and somebody's given you a pat on the back then, ... BARRY LOPEZ I don't ride a sport bike. If I'm riding a sport bike and trying to do tricks, and going 200... BEN ROETHLISBERGER Everything's not going to go perfect. You're going to have some losses that you're going... TONY DUNGY Apple Music is trying to create an entire pop culture experience that includes audio and video. If S... JIMMY IOVINE I think when your parents die, it is kind of like a moving sidewalk: you're not just on the side... ROZ CHAST If I make a bogey or three putt I'm on fire inside. But it's not like you're going to pl... LYDIA KO Don't cling to fame. You're just borrowing it. It's like money. You're going to die,... SONNY BONO I want my little corner of the world where I get to make games where you're not trying to win or... WARREN SPECTOR I'm satisfied and proud of the things I did - even the bumps and the bruises that I've had o... GUCCI MANE And you know, I said yesterday, you know, you know, if they're not going to - if the feds aren... JAN BREWER Someone said to me at a party once, 'Oh, yeah, you're a comedian? Then how come you're n... MIKE BIRBIGLIA I certainly understand that we're all trying to make a living, but I'm not thinking about th... AIMEE MANN I have to do popcorn for movies. I can do more important things for television. You're going dow... DAVID L. WOLPER It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON I'm not a song and dance man, so you're not going to see me on 'Glee' anytime soon. ... DEAN CAIN You have to assume that you're talking to the most intelligent, tuned-in audience you could ever... DYLAN MORAN I don't take much notice of reviews now - obviously you'd like to have straight worship but ... TIBOR FISCHER In America, you're just an American. You're accepted. It doesn't matter that you're ... BENEDICT WONG I woke up one day and wanted to change my look. 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DAVID BOWIE I never thought I would be such a family-oriented guy; I didn't think that was part of my makeup... DAVID BOWIE I'm very good at what I do, and I don't turn my hand to something unless I'm very good a... DAVID BOWIE I'm very at ease, and I like it. I never thought I would be such a family-oriented guy; I didn... DAVID BOWIE I'm a born librarian with a sex drive DAVID BOWIE Don't let me hear you say life takes you nowhere, angel. - Golden Years DAVID BOWIE What is the quality you most like in a man? The ability to return books. DAVID BOWIE Once you lose that sense of wonder at being alive, you're pretty much on the way out... DAVID BOWIE Make the best of every moment. We’re not evolving. We’re not going anywhere. DAVID BOWIE There's a taste in my mouth and it's no taste at all. - Queen Bitch DAVID BOWIE When I looked in her eyes they were blue but nobody home. - Scarey Monsters (and Super... DAVID BOWIE Some make you sing and some make you scream, One makes you wish that you'd never been seen. DAVID BOWIE And I don't care what anybody says; I like doing it, and it's what I shall continue to do DAVID BOWIE Confront a corpse at least once. The absolute absence of life is the most disturbing and challenging... DAVID BOWIE We can be "heroes" just for one day. - "Heroes" DAVID BOWIE No more free steps to heaven. - It's No Game DAVID BOWIE We can be heroes just for one day DAVID BOWIE HEROES I didn't feel the need to rebel as a teenager. From age nine to 16, I went to school in Montreux... ANGELA BOWIE Salary arbitration is probably in place - was put in place then and probably is in place now - becau... BOWIE KUHN During my childhood in Cyprus, the British talked about the Cypriots as if the Cypriots were outside... ANGELA BOWIE We think that it is clearly being directed against our company. If it's truly a worthy cause, then i... CATHERINE BOWIE We felt there was so much misinformation being put out about the company that it was time to stand u... CATHERINE BOWIE We really haven't decided everything we are going to do. None of it will be occurring at ratepayer e... CATHERINE BOWIE To add the cost of (a new water) project to the cost of buying out the company would not save ratepa... CATHERINE BOWIE We're concerned an unfair standard is being applied as to cleanup. CATHERINE BOWIE Being a grandparent doesn't interest me whatsoever. Babies are all right if they're your own... ANGELA BOWIE The trumpet is forceful. LESTER BOWIE Even though she didn't qualify, she was still so happy with her ride and will go to the championship... ANNE BOWIE I go to support her at every show and as a trainer, we can coach all the way up until the riders act... ANNE BOWIE She is 100-percent committed to her sport. She is as devoted as any instructor of any sport would wa... ANNE BOWIE I don't know how much love David felt - I suspect very little. My main appeal to him was as a nu... ANGELA BOWIE