Roddy Woomble quotes
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“I like patterns in words. I'm not really interested in meaning.”
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“I never trust songwriters who talk about what their song is about.”
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“Pretty much every artist in Scotland - musician, writer, poet, actor - they're all part of a thing called the National Collective.”
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“I've made solo records and that's all been a learning experience. I've just got better at singing and more comfortable with who I am and my voice.”
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“I'm quite happy for my voice to be pushed up, whereas in the past I wanted it buried with the guitars, or part of the band, not like I was thinking of myself as 'the singer'.”
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“I suppose if a band is like a gang, it is a moment in time.”
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“I've made a living out of music since I was 19, which is something I'm really happy about.”
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“If you want meaning, you read poetry or a novel or something, you don't read song lyrics. You're supposed to listen to them with music.”
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Source : A. R. Ammons (1996). “Set in motion: essays, interviews, and dialogues”, Univ of Michigan Pr
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“Drill your soldiers well, and give them a pattern yourself.”
Source : "Suvorof". Book by W. Lyon Blease, 1926.
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Source : Alison Lurie (2012). “The War Between the Tates: A Novel”, p.484, Open Road Media
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