Narada Walden Quotes

#1. If you go to an ATM for a hundred dollars and it keeps spitting twenties, when would you walk away? When it wasn't spitting twenties no more. As long as you can take the money out, you'd stay there. That's what the wrestling business is like.

Kevin Nash

#2. There's nothing more exciting than playing live for the people. Just play it, just do it.

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#3. A lot of artists don't like the sound of their voice. They're put off by it.

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#4. I wanted to be Jimi Hendrix's drummer when I was in high school, but I graduated in 1970, the year he died.

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#5. I feel like before I came to the planet I asked God for the gift of music. I didn't want to come here without the gift of music and God granted it to me.

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#6. I've known the glory of the stage and the glory of the spotlight. I still crave it. I want to be on 'American Bandstand' and 'Soul Train' as a solo artist. As a producer, songwriter and arranger, I help other artists say what they want to say. But on my records, I say what I want to say.

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#7. Fire is to represent truth because it destroys all sophistry and lies; and the mask is for lying and falsehood which conceal truth.

Leonardo Da Vinci

#8. In Beverly Hills ... they don't throw their garbage away. They make it into television shows.

Woody Allen

#9. To a magician there is very little difference between a mirror and a door.

Susanna Clarke

#10. I take jobs with people I admire, people with incredible talent who aren't necessarily big sellers.

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#11. You know, sometimes you're jealous of other people and their achievements, and you wanna be that person, but I've come to realize that each individual on this planet has his own path.

Armin Van Buuren

#12. When we believe that God is something other than a lover, it is inevitable that we will sin.

Peter Kreeft

#13. Ray Gomez is one of the greatest guitarists of all times!

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#14. I just want to play for the people, give my new sound to them, and encourage them and be encouraged by people.

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#15. Rock was always part of my heart and soul. But the times just changed and everybody wanted to dance.

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#16. I'm known for being a good listener. Most people need a lot of love and encouragement and I'm more than willing to give a person all the encouragement and time they need.

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#17. I think it's artist's role to give and to receive and the people to give it, hear it, vibe on it, and give it back around again.

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#18. To be a superstar is incredible pressure. And also in our country, I'm going to speak about this, America. We have a way of kind of making it hard on our superstars. I don't sense it when I go to Europe or I go to Japan.

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