“I feel closer to the artist I was when I was 19 now then I have done in other stages of my career.” FeelsDoneArtistCareersStage Author:Ben Watt
“I'm sure that's every adolescent's complaint about their home town. When a city is unstimulating, you get pretty isolated.” HomeCitiesTownsIsolatedComplaintsHome Town Author:Zach Condon
“I can't be a student. I always hated that lifestyle.” I CanStudentsLifestyleHated Author:Zach Condon
“The greatest thing about my house was that I was in the far end of it and I could make as much noise as I wanted. By the time I moved out, I had a full-sized piano, two full-sized organs, bits and pieces of a drum kit, and a whole computer set up for Pro Tools. I had this mattress in between the piano and the organ. That was the only walking room.” TwoEndsWholeWantedHouseBitsRoomsPiecesWalkingComputerToolsMovedNoisePianoOrgansBits And PiecesMattresses Author:Zach Condon
“My dad is obsessed with music, so I was raised around this guitar player that really wanted me to be a guitar player. One of my earliest memories is him kind of forcing a guitar on all my brothers and me. You know, "You have to practice three hours a day!" I hated guitar at the time. I kind of picked up trumpet to spite him.” KnowsKindWantedThreeHoursMemoriesPracticePlayerBrotherDadRaisedGuitarMy DadHatedObsessedMy BrotherSpiteTrumpetsGuitar Player Author:Zach Condon
“I tried to go to community college for a while, and it's a funny story. I walked into the English class on the first day, and they told us to write about what we did over the summer. I can't remember exactly, but I think I walked out exactly at that point and went to the office to ask for my money back.” ThinkingWritingFirstsI CanStoriesRememberAsksCommunityClassCollegeOfficeSummerCommunity CollegeFunny StoryEnglish Class Author:Zach Condon
“As so often, a political event involving Donald Trump looks like swinging wildly between melodrama and farce. The Republican National Convention in Cleveland has begun with accusations of plagiarism after Mr Trump's wife Melania gave a speech dotted with sentences that appeared to have been lifted from a speech that Michelle Obama gave in 2008.” LooksHas BeensPoliticalWifeEventsTrumpRepublicanSpeechSentencesConventionsInvolvingAccusationPlagiarismClevelandFarceMelodrama Author:Mark Colvin
“The people who are showing up [on the Republican National Convention ], either they are ones who actually believe in Donald Trump, or they think there's enough they care about, sort of keeping the party afloat and avoiding a sweeping loss in the centre of the house, they're going to show up and give him some kind of base.” PeopleThinkingGivingBelieveKindEnoughShowsCareHouseLossPartyTrumpRepublicanConventionsCentreAvoidingSweepingShowing Up Author:Mark Colvin
“I think certainly everybody is aware of the potential for just the very inflamed political mood in America .” ThinkingAmericaPoliticalMood Author:Mark Colvin
“Donald Trump is going to be onstage introducing his wife, Melania, so I think this is the first time a presidential nominee has been onstage twice during one convention, and it probably is only the first of many firsts we will record for The Donald during these next few days.” ThinkingFirstsHas BeensNextRecordsWifeTrumpFirst TimePresidentialConventionsIntroducing Author:Mark Colvin
