![We never really set out to talk about California on the album ['California'], it was something that we noticed that was happening about three-quarters of the way through the recording process. We were looking at which songs we thought would make the record and we realised that there was this theme coming through. I think it's just a product of being in California for as long as I have.](/assets/img/quote-photos/we-never-really-set-out-to-talk-about-california-on-the-album-california-it.jpg)
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My approach to recording and all that is pretty organic. It just has to do with all the songs I wrote; go in and record them. Lucinda Williams
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It's great when you play to an audience that knows the words to all your songs, and sings them back to you. Chris Cornell
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My first favorite band that made music important to me was the Beatles. I was a little kid. I didn't know who was singing what song or who wrote what song.
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Once you sit in front of people and start playing songs, it's all on you. No matter what happens, it's entirely your responsibility the entire time. I like that intensity.
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I never wrote music or arranged songs or lyrics when I was under the influence of anything but coffee. That's not gone away.
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Ever since I can remember I’ve had positive and negative fan reviews. And whether it was positive or negative it wasn’t always based in reality or what my perception of the music was. But judging from playing these new songs live and my feelings on the record [Scream] – and it’s a great record – there is definitely an audience for it. Also, I don’t really go to clubs so I don’t know what sounds are made there.
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What makes that song, I think, is how stark it is.
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Sometimes, if a song is written, in essence, to be that stripped down, it's very touchy when you start adding things, because even the smallest thing can have a huge impact. Somebody has to make the decision that there's a better song in there if there's less.
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To me, music shouldn't be ego-driven. When you go out on stage and play songs, it is. But when you're sitting in a room, writing songs, it's a completely different process. It's a completely different place. It's a creative place, a musical place. It has nothing to do with who likes what.
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I think we love bacon because it has all the qualities of an amazing sensory experience. When we cook it, the sizzling sound is so appetizing, the aroma is maddening, the crunch of the texture is so gratifying and the taste delivers every time. Alexandra Guarnaschelli
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I don't think I miss anything by not watching television. Alexandra Paul
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What about this?" I held up a battered copy of Beauty and the Beast. "It sounds romantic." Xavier wrinkled his nose. "Disney... I don't think so." "Why not?" "Because if anyone found out, I'd never live it down." "I won't tell if you don't," I pleaded, and Xavier shook his head in defeat. "The things I do for you," He said with an exaggerated sigh.
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The spirit of the age is filled with the disdain for thinking. Albert Schweitzer
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Lyme Timber is really thinking about conservation -- they really want that to happen. Lyme Timber is exceptional on this. David Houghton
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McNabb has always been nonchalant about everything; thinking things will just go away, but things just don't go away, Jerry Butler
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When you're 17 years old, you're just thinking about girls. Jerry Glanville
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I think the whole idea of me was that I wasn't going to be but that I wanted to be, desperately. Chris Elliott
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My friends, this was a massive effort ranging over 180 miles in six counties, probably the worst fires in California history, Gray Davis
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My goal coming into this season was to win my first race and I still haven't accomplished that, ... Our cars will be good at California and it would be a great way to finish the season with a victory. I think we'll be in the hunt right to the end.
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Now, they can at least know that in the California market, something will be in place for 10 years. Brian Wilson
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Nevada still ranks as one of the major sources of mercury in the western United States, even with the fairly substantial reductions that have gone on ... probably the third largest state. I think we just went under California. Texas and California are the No. 1 and 2 states. But we're No. 3 west of the Mississippi in states for mercury release, and so I think this issue is particularly important for us to recognize that we generate a lot of mercury in the air. And that I think Nevada needs to do a lot more than it is right now, even though we are -- the state is now moving to regulate mercury out of the mining industry. Glenn Miller
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Natural gas is traded on a national market. The utilities here in California don't have any control over the price of gas. Sean Gallagher
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When I came back to California in the early '60s I was hanging out with Jimmy Bowen, Phil Spector, and I wanted to be a record producer and work with other artists. Johnny Rivers