Chris Lowe
Chris Lowe
Christopher Sean "Chris" Loweis an English musician and songwriter, and co-founder of the synthpop duo Pet Shop Boys which he formed with Neil Tennant in 1981...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPianist
Date of Birth4 October 1959
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What's striking is how much it looks like the statement from the last three meetings.
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There's a sense of urgency in construction. If builders have approval for a project, they're going to try to move ahead as quickly as possible.
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It appears the fear of temporary inflation pressures associated with disrupted energy supplies and rebuilding outweighed the fear of temporary economic distress.
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Retail sales are expected to be down, but worry about Producer Price Index and Consumer Price Index releases Thursday and Friday could keep any bond market rally in check.
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He does not want a rapid break in bond prices to snuff out the jobs recovery before it has a chance to catch hold.
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The Fed would only pause on the GM news if there were some indication that the news threatens the health of the economy as a whole or the health of the financial markets as a whole.
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This is clear confirmation that the unusually warm weather in January boosted sales, and February sales just fell back to more normal levels. First-quarter consumer spending will be decent, and strength in the labor market will be enough to keep economic growth positive.
letting-go writing scary
We never let go. Ever. Even with punctuation. It's frightening. I can't see anyone from any record company ever writing an email to Neil and not getting it back, with corrections.
mean people trying
Yes, it's a very difficult thing to do, to promote a record, do television shows, and to still want to remain private, it's really quite difficult to explain to people what you're trying to do. I mean I'd actually quite like to be a recluse, but you know, you've got to promote the record as well.
strong eye thinking
I always have a very strong sense of shaming oneself, and you can do that a lot in the public eye, so it's best avoided at all costs I think.
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I feel like the Internet has really freed everything up to an extent, hasn't it? That radio maybe doesn't have quite the power that it had before.
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I think sometimes an artist can really lose sight of what made them popular in the first place.
thinking mad gone
I don't think you ever know in yourself whether you have gone mad. You exist in a bubble. There comes a point where you suddenly feel not really a part of the world, you're just passing through.
play people waiting
I used to play works in progress to people, but now I wait 'til it's finished, because you make excuses all the time: 'Well, there's gonna be an orchestra on it.' Rather than make excuses, wait 'til it's finished, and then they can say they don't like it.