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A show like 'True Detective' is definitely a drama. John Wells
Drama Definitely Detective True True Detective Like Show
I come from labor country. My mom was a teacher and was very involved in the teachers' union. John Wells
Teacher Mom Country Come Involved Very Labor Teachers Union
I think we all are kind of colored by whatever we were raised with or what we came up believing in. John Wells
Whatever Think Kind Colored Came Were Up Believing Raised
I was a directing student and a production design student at Carnegie Mellon. I went in as a production design student and became a directing student. John Wells
Design Carnegie Directing Student Became Production
Both of our children are adopted, and my wife and I didn't go out of ways to find kids that looked like us. We were just happy to have some kids. And people tell me all the time that they look like us, and that's because they learn to smile and laugh and move their head a certain way from studying their parents' faces. John Wells
Smile Time Me Happy People Wife Parents Our Way Ways Kids Laugh Out Tell Find Some Faces Adopted Both Head Studying Like Look Looked Learn Because Go Were Move Just Children Us Certain Certain Way
You have to have wonderful actors for material, particularly difficult material that requires complicated performances. John Wells
You Wonderful Complicated Difficult Performance Particularly Material Requires Actor
I love writing, and I love the solitude of the writing, in that you're just sitting there creating something from nothing, or a new story for characters you love and care about. John Wells
Love You Solitude Writing Care Nothing Characters About Something New New Story Sitting Just Story Creating
I grew up in a family that was very barbed and difficult, and there was a lot of humor. None of it was painless humor. All of it was at someone else's expense. It was kind of always about power. John Wells
Family Humor Power Difficult Else Kind About Someone None Always Lot Up Very Expense Grew Barbed Painless
You want to mix acting styles correctly. People approach the work in different ways. You want to make sure no one wants to kill each other because the approach is different. John Wells
Work You People Other Approach Ways Correctly No-One Make Sure Because Styles Mix Different Want Wants Acting Each Different Ways
I was very fortunate in all of my career in television to have a lot of things that received a lot of awards recognition. John Wells
Television Recognition Lot Very Fortunate Awards Things Received Career
I saw rock n' roll future and its name is Bruce Springsteen. Jon Landau
Future Saw Bruce Bruce Springsteen Name Rock Rock-N-Roll Springsteen Roll
My ambition was to be a record producer, and I had started doing that in the late '60s with my work with the MC5 and my friend Livingston Taylor. Jon Landau
Work Ambition Late Record My Friend Record Producer Had Doing Friend Producer Taylor Started
There were many stars in Motown's firmament - among them, Stevie, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Martha Reeves and Diana Ross - but I happen to have loved the Four Tops most of all. Jon Landau
Stars Tops Martha Marvin Gaye Firmament Most Stevie Robinson Smokey Were Diana Diana Ross Motown Happen Loved Them Many Among Four
The Who, England's most self-conscious band, have released 'Quadrophenia,' which in turn freezes in time our image of the mid-Sixties Mod sensibility. Jon Landau
Time Band Our Released Self-Conscious Most Sensibility The Who Which Turn England Who Image
'Band on the Run' is a carefully composed, intricately designed personal statement that will make it impossible for anyone to classify Paul McCartney as a mere stylist again. Jon Landau
Impossible Will Band Carefully Statement Run Composed Classify Mere Make Stylist Personal Anyone McCartney Again Paul Paul McCartney Designed
Ringo Starr may not have much of a voice, but when he sang a song on a Beatle album, it had its own special charm. Jon Landau
Song Own Ringo Charm Voice Beatle Had He May Much Sang Special Album
It is by now beyond question that Elton John is a competent and classy entertainer. Few people who have achieved his popularity have succeeded in maintaining his standards for performance and professionalism. Jon Landau
People Few Elton Elton John Entertainer John Classy Performance Maintaining Beyond His Question Few People Achieved Succeeded Standards Who Popularity Professionalism Now Competent
As long as Elton John can bring forth one performance per album on the order of 'Someone Saved My Life Tonight,' the chance remains that he will become something more than the great entertainer he already is and go on to make a lasting contribution to rock. Jon Landau
Life Great Will My Life Long Become Saved Lasting Elton Elton John Entertainer John Per Someone Something More Remains He Performance Make Rock Go Than Contribution Order Forth Bring Album Chance Tonight
Barry White seemed so filled with self-parody at first that it was easy to dismiss him. But it is becoming increasingly obvious with every additional release that he is a very talented man. Jon Landau
Man First White Every Increasingly Additional Release Easy Seemed He Talented Obvious Him Becoming Very Dismiss Barry Barry White Filled
The Beatles never sounded intimidated by their idols. They never interpreted old rock; they simply played it as well and as joyfully as they knew how. On 'Rock 'n' Roll,' John Lennon does nothing but interpret old rock. Jon Landau
Beatles Old Nothing Intimidated John John Lennon Never Simply Knew Joyfully Well Does Rock How Idols Rock-N-Roll Roll Lennon Interpret Interpreted Played
The Beatles did their best cover work on Little Richard's 'Long Tall Sally' and music influenced by Richard, such as Larry Williams's 'Dizzy Miss Lizzie.' Jon Landau
Work Music Best Beatles Long Williams Dizzy Miss Tall Cover Sally Did Influenced Little Richard Larry
The title song of David Bowie's 'Young Americans' is one of his handful of classics, a bizarre mixture of social comment, run-on lyric style, English pop and American soul. Jon Landau
Soul Song Style Young Lyric Bizarre Classics David Bowie His Mixture Handful Comment American Young Americans Title Social Pop English
Part of me believes that the completed record is the final measure of a pop musician's accomplishment, just as the completed film is the final measure of a film artist's accomplishments. Jon Landau
Me Final Completed Musician Record Part Accomplishment Accomplishments Artist Just Pop Measure Film Believes
It didn't matter that Charlie Chaplin may not have been a great director or a great anything else. He made great movies. Jon Landau
Great Director Matter Made Else Chaplin Great Director Charlie Charlie Chaplin He Been May Anything Anything Else Movies
While the Beatles always had George Martin around to clean up their act, the Rolling Stones had Andrew Loog Oldham to coarsen theirs. Jon Landau
Beatles Andrew Martin Clean Clean Up Had Around Always George Up Rolling Stones Rolling Stones While Act
Joni Mitchell seems destined to remain in a state of permanent dissatisfaction - always knowing what she would like to do, always more depressed when it's done. Jon Landau
State Destined Would Seems More Remain Joni Mitchell Like Knowing She Permanent Always Mitchell Done Depressed Dissatisfaction
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