My head is full of shifting patterns and polyrhythmic stuff; but I want to use all acoustic instruments and create this kind of tapestry of interlocking lulling parts.


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The Japanese look most diminutive in European dress. Each garment is a misfit and exaggerates the mi...
ISABELLA BIRD
There are eight or nine leading varieties of rice grown in Japan, all of which, except an upland spe...
ISABELLA BIRD
The Shat-el-Arab is a noble river or estuary. From both its Persian and Turkish shores, however, mou...
ISABELLA BIRD
A traveller must buy his own experience, and success or failure depends mainly on personal idiosyncr...
ISABELLA BIRD
was a clown. But if it turns out that he was telling the truth, then who else is lying? It's a dark ...
ALAN BIRD
I think when we do the budget, we make a number of assumptions, and that's one of them. We assume th...
GREG BIRD
I think everyone thinks their dad is a little bit odd or crazy. As they get older, they develop thei...
SIMON BIRD
I was standing in a crop formation north of Milton. I look up and I see this super-bright light up t...
MIKE BIRD
My first yak was fairly quiet and looked a noble steed with my Mexican saddle and gay blanket among ...
ISABELLA BIRD
If the government does continue with this level of response, I think it will build confidence in the...
BELLA BIRD
I went to the States with that amount of prejudice which seems the birthright of every English perso...
ISABELLA BIRD
The writing comes first for me. Not Facebook, not Twitter, not the Internet or signings or merchandi...
JESSICA BIRD
Ten-year-old boys move differently than middle-aged women, who move differently than athletic guys, ...
BRAD BIRD
My first experiences of Colorado travel have been rather severe. At Greeley, I got a small upstairs ...
ISABELLA BIRD
I've been holding my breath the whole time waiting for the answer to come because I knew it would be...
AMANDA BIRD
Yokohama does not improve on further acquaintance. It has a dead-alive look. It has irregularity wit...
ISABELLA BIRD
The Tigris is so fierce and rapid, and swallows its alluvial banks so greedily, that it is probable ...
ISABELLA BIRD
The Tibetans are dirty. They wash once a year and, except for festivals, seldom change their clothes...
ISABELLA BIRD
It is a positive move. It is always a much better idea to have a public broadcaster that is less dep...
WILLIAM BIRD
It's one of the first techniques that they learn to soothe themselves.
JIM BIRD
[Bush] reflects ... an exceptionally good work-life balance at the level he's at. When I see [Bush] ...
JIM BIRD
You definitely can get caught looking and being a spectator. There were just some incredible plays o...
SUE BIRD
The judiciary must not take on the coloration of whatever may be popular at the moment. We are guard...
ROSE BIRD
He was an avid reader, would read a book every two or three days. Then I started to notice the same ...
GAIL BIRD
[But Bird had a couple of factors working in his favor. First and foremost, he was a businessman wit...
TOM BIRD
Without naming names, I think other movies look more realistic but they feel less real.
BRAD BIRD
It's not a matchup between Izzy and Sheryl,
SUE BIRD
We talk about it and we actually did it this time. When a player's out, you have to kind of forget a...
SUE BIRD
I haven't thought about last year at all. We've had to play as the defending champions all year and ...
SUE BIRD
What you gotta think about is what they're saying in their locker room. They need to jump on us. On ...
SUE BIRD
That's a difference maker. She averaged 24 against us this season. She only had 15, but she can erup...
SUE BIRD
It's a different group, (and) something a lot of people didn't think we could do. It's pretty amazin...
SUE BIRD
It's kind of nice to control our own destiny, and then did.
SUE BIRD
To a person sitting quietly at home, Rocky Mountain traveling, like Rocky Mountain scenery, must see...
ISABELLA BIRD
We are going to have to deal with it, we're not there yet. But we do have that restriction and will ...
PAUL BIRD
The talk has been around for years, but that was that was the turning point.
BILL BIRD
We don't have any problem supporting those candidates. We are very happy some stepped up to the plat...
BILL BIRD
The purpose of any school board member is a policy making role, not daily operations. He was not ele...
BILL BIRD
You need a professional in that field to manage and run the organization.
BILL BIRD