Jim Messina Quotes

#1. I realized how quickly you could eat up a lot of time and money if you weren't prepared.

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#2. This election isn't about Barack Obama or Mitt Romney. It's about you. The other guys write $10 million checks and make $10,000 bets. But we've bet this campaign on you.

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#3. It is a lot cheaper to spend eight hours in a rehearsal hall than in a recording studio.

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#4. We're doing exactly what the Republicans don't want: getting more people involved in our democracy. Giving more Americans a voice in their future.

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#5. At that time, I was signed to Columbia Records as an Independent Producer. I spent many weeks forming, auditioning, rehearsing and recording demos for Kenny, who was finally signed to Columbia Records.

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#6. We need each and every one of you to commit to vote for Barack Obama today!

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#7. We recorded several of Kenny's songs in the living room of my home.

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#8. When Kenny first came to me, I think he was thinking of making a nice little folk record, but in my opinion, folk music had come to an end and I felt he needed to go to the next step, the next generation.

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#9. My experience with Buffalo Springfield was that they did not rehearse.

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