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“I just loved playing a man who was unafraid of making an idiot of himself in the process of falling in love. I found that admirable.”

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Ben Kingsley

Ben Kingsley is a renowned British actor, born on December 31, 1943. He is known for his exceptional performances in film, theater, and television, and won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in 'Gandhi'. more

“When I went, I hadn't had very much time to have hopes or expectations. I knew very little about Nashville, and I think that was probably good. When I was there, I got really lucky - I ended up with people that just were amazing musicians, and that's the Nashville that I experienced. That is a big part of Nashville - there's a lot of musicians, and that makes it a very special place and shapes the city.”

People Thinking Special Lucky Musician Expectations Having Hope

Author:Anna Ternheim

“I've learned after doing a couple records that if it feels good and it's easy, then that's usually a good sign. And that feeling sorta went with us to Nashville - everything was just natural.”

Feelings Easy Natural Couple Feel Good

Author:Anna Ternheim

“I think it's always been very natural. I don't write a diary - it's reflections and thoughts and feelings that come to me at a certain point, and when I go back to my old records, they capture the time I was in then.”

Thinking Writing Feelings Natural Reflection

Author:Anna Ternheim

“I love melody, and that's what I love about pop music. The words can become what they are through a special melody. I learned to play guitar by myself, and writing songs came with playing guitar, so the writing isn't one part and the music something else.”

Writing Song Special Melody Pop Music

Author:Anna Ternheim

“There's no right or wrong - I think people can be messy in a very soulful way. The point in the end is to make people feel something, and there's so many different ways to do that.”

People Thinking Different Messy Soulful

Author:Anna Ternheim

“I grew up playing classical guitar, so everything I learned was rooted in technique, form, presentation.”

Author:Anna Ternheim

“For me, the guitar was just a tool to make songs. I started when I was 10 - I learned what I had to learn to get my ideas across. I always felt I was a weak guitar player, but now I realize with the finger-picking stuff, I actually know how to do what I do with my songs, but I couldn't step in and be an overall guitar player. But my guitar playing has always been driven by the need to write songs.”

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Author:Anna Ternheim

“I don't really write for an album. I just write songs whenever I feel like it, whenever they come to me. It's all a complete accident.”

Writing Song

Author:Cass McCombs

“The writing of the record didn't take long, because I just have a huge stack of papers and I just pluck from the stack. It took a long time because it's very expensive to make records; in fact, I think it's a complete rip-off.”

Thinking Writing Long

Author:Cass McCombs

“It's not like that when you're a songwriter - songwriters aren't like pulp writers or journalists, even. You just follow the muse. It's called muse-ic. Whenever the muse decides to bestow her inspiration on the songwriter, then the song is born.”

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Author:Cass McCombs

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