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“Music is one of those art forms that you can get pretty immediate feedback by just doing it and getting better at it.”

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Nick Valensi, born on January 16, 1981, is a talented musician whose career began in his youth. With his unique musical talent and passion, he has gradually made a name for himself in the music industry. more

“We always have the movies that are more toward real life, but they don't have that much drama or suspense, or we have the full of drama or suspense, but they're far away from real life. Always when I was watching a film, films with good drama, I was thinking, "I wish they were more close to real life." But when I was watching real life films I was thinking, "Well I wish it had more drama." I've tried, in the movies that I worked so far, to get these two things closer and closer to each other.”

Thinking Wells Two Real Film Wish Drama Real Life Suspense Two Things Far Away Good Drama

Author:Asghar Farhadi

“I always thought that in the countries that the modernity kicks in later, it seems that everything changes on the surface, the physical things change, but inside, things haven't changed, really. This is always the challenge of this kind of community, to make a harmony between the cultural traditions and the modernity of modern life.”

Kind Country Seems Community Challenges Modern Havens Changed Tradition Harmony Surface Kicks Things Change Modern Life Modernity Physical Things

Author:Asghar Farhadi

“Whether we like it or not, the modernity is something that comes from Western countries, and when the modernity comes to the Eastern countries, although they feel like they really need it, at the same time it shakes the very fundament of the culture - there is always this challenge between the two.”

Needs Feels Two Country Culture Challenges Western Shakes Eastern Modernity

Author:Asghar Farhadi

“Some days I feel like I'm an atheist. Most days, I feel like an agnostic. On a very rare day, I feel like I'm a believer in something.”

Feels Atheist Believer Agnostic

Author:Conor Oberst

“I think that obviously the quest for purpose, or meaning, or understanding to existence is something that I always think about, always deal with. I guess everybody does - that existential crisis of human condition. It's nothing new. But I'd love to come across something that really made me believe in something.”

Thinking Believe Humans Doe Made Purpose Understanding Deals Existence Conditions Crisis Human Condition Quests Existential Nothing New Existential Crisis

Author:Conor Oberst

“I'm ripe for the picking for the Scientologists - one of those creeps. Someone's got to find me. Some little weird cult can just pluck me up, because I'm ripe for the picking.”

Littles Cult Find Me Creeps Ripe Pluck

Author:Conor Oberst

“I've never conceptualized much of what I write about. Maybe, once I'm onto something, I'll conceptualize a finished record. I want the songs to tie together and make sense together. I'm not like, "Oh, I want to explore this idea." That's just not how the creative process works for me. It's more like something strikes me, or finds me, and then I wrestle with it after that. I don't sit back in my armchair, like, "What kind of philosophy can I explore today?"”

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Author:Conor Oberst

“I love story songs. It's just, for me, they're harder to write, and sometimes they sound too intended or something.”

Writing Sometimes Stories Song Sound Harder Love Story

Author:Conor Oberst

“I don't see any harm in letting whatever comes out come out of you, even if it's sort of weird, or dark, or painful, or too embarrassing, or whatever. I feel like you might as well get it down for yourself. It can't do anything but help you get to where you want to be by recognizing the thoughts that you're having.”

Ifs Want Feels Wells Helping Might Dark Like You Painful Harm Embarrassing Recognizing

Author:Conor Oberst

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