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I really wanted to get to the ...

I really wanted to get to the animal core of rock music and eliminate anything that wasn't necessary.

Michael Rolfe Gira 35 quotes

I used to routinely break my r...

I used to routinely break my ribs doing stupid things onstage, but I have a healthy fear of breaking my bones now.

Michael Rolfe Gira 35 quotes

The sexuality of children - th...

The sexuality of children - there's a lot friction there. That tension interests me a lot.

Michael Rolfe Gira 35 quotes

I wanted to challenge myself a...

I wanted to challenge myself and move into something new. I felt that using the name Swans and the sonic attitude that that engenders was what I needed to move forward musically, and it's led to lots of new things.

Michael Rolfe Gira 35 quotes

Playing an old record doesn't ...

Playing an old record doesn't interest me at all. It's exactly the opposite of what I want to do.

Michael Rolfe Gira 35 quotes

I'm always trying to push myse...

I'm always trying to push myself into unfamiliar places with the music, sometimes without success, I have to admit. But I'd rather be there than relying on a style that people recognize and want to follow.

Michael Rolfe Gira 35 quotes

It wouldn't interest me to try...

It wouldn't interest me to try to sound like Cop or something. It would be silly and soul-crushing.

Michael Rolfe Gira 35 quotes

As far as playing playing fest...

As far as playing playing festivals and everything, I feel like that's what I was born to do. I'm an entertainer, hopefully in the best sense.

Michael Rolfe Gira 35 quotes

Nina Simone was an entertainer...

Nina Simone was an entertainer. Bob Dylan was an entertainer. Anyone that can occupy a piece of music and make the air catch on fire at that moment is a true entertainer. That's how I view it. That's what I was meant to do. I love doing it. That's why I'm on earth.

Michael Rolfe Gira 35 quotes

I don't throw my body down on ...

I don't throw my body down on the stage at all anymore because I'm sure I'd snap like a twig.

Michael Rolfe Gira 35 quotes

When I walk around New York no...

When I walk around New York now, there are so many ghosts. I find it very uncomfortable. There were many hard years, and I never really achieved any kind of comfortable financial success, so I just associate it with struggle. When I had a chance to get out, I was elated.

Michael Rolfe Gira 35 quotes

Making those CDs, signing them...

Making those CDs, signing them, numbering them, packing them. It takes hundreds of hours, but it's worth it because I'm able to do the thing I love.

Michael Rolfe Gira 35 quotes

Maybe in the future I'll put o...

Maybe in the future I'll put out someone's one-off project, but generally I don't have time.

Michael Rolfe Gira 35 quotes

I'm a producer in the old-scho...

I'm a producer in the old-school way - not just some slacker working on Pro Tools.

Michael Rolfe Gira 35 quotes

I got involved, for the most p...

I got involved, for the most part, in the actual song construction, lyrics even. I didn't want to write the lyrics, but if there was a howler in there, I definitely pointed it out. Just trying to bring it up to a higher level. Of course, after a couple records, people get fed up with that. That's fine.

Michael Rolfe Gira 35 quotes

I'm the band leader. That's no...

I'm the band leader. That's not to say that the other people are my minions - they all put in a tremendous amount of personality, and push the music in ways I would never expect.

Michael Rolfe Gira 35 quotes

You make your work and you can...

You make your work and you can't ask for approval when you're doing it. Otherwise, it's going to be untruthful in some way.

Michael Rolfe Gira 35 quotes

I'm pretty confident that peop...

I'm pretty confident that people are going to come along for the ride. If they don't, tough.

Michael Rolfe Gira 35 quotes

I never could read Foucault. I...

I never could read Foucault. I find philosophy tedious. All of my knowledge comes from reading novels and some history. I read Being and Nothingness and realized that I remembered absolutely nothing when I finished it. I used to go to the library every day and read every day for eight hours. I'd dropped out of high school and had to teach myself. I read Sartre without any background. I just forced myself and I learned nothing.

Michael Rolfe Gira 35 quotes

When I drink a Glass of water,...

When I drink a Glass of water, it's thick and crawling with life. My mouth leads to the interior of my body - a caldron of disease, germs, and perversions of biology. I don't exist individually. I'm made of millions of living creatures, eating each other, decomposing, eating each other.

Michael Rolfe Gira 35 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

Мэрилин Монро, Ким Кардашьян и другие

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....