Quotes About Engagement

I am not interested in state politics.

I'm not interested in political theater.

I'm not interested in artistic records for the sake of making artistic records where they're so cool no one listens to them.

There's no point spending every day with the kids and not talking to each other. I'd rather spend one very intense day together.

You don't have to become Mother Teresa to make an impact in the world. But nothing can be achieved if, at the very least, we are not talking about it.

I have a simple rule: when I'm on TV, I'm not talking to just my anchor or my colleague on my right. I'm talking to America. I look into the lens, and in my head, I'm talking to somebody in Nebraska. Why Nebraska? Why the Cornhusker State? I have no idea. But it feels like it's a good place to talk to people.

If the audience is bringing it, it always goes up 10 notches.

Own every note I sing and sell it. Make a connection to the audience. That's what it comes down to, you know?

I just got to hear every note. After I left Birdland, I started working at the Jazz Gallery. In the end, I still couldn't play, but I knew how to listen. I was probably the world's best listener.

I never look at a note. I just roam the stage. The people do not want to leave.

Once you start playing a piece, there is a connection between every note. You cannot say, 'I will not concentrate on this note.' You cannot ignore things the way you do in the rest of your life.

When you come out, and if you're saying something worth taking note of, then people will give you their ears. If you're not, it's whatever.

I never use notes, they interfere with me.

I've tried to start my kids on 'Doctor Who,' but they're just not there yet. Someone had given me these TARDIS stick-em notes, so I gave them to Tucker, and he finally put them all over his locker. I'm like, 'You're the coolest fifth grader, ever!'

Conducting is about communication. You don't play any notes, but you communicate with the musicians.

I'll put it this way: I couldn't just go out the practice without looking at the playbook, without looking at notes. I wouldn't be able to do much.

You know, if you don't do nothin, you don't do nothin.

When you work with kids, especially, you want to be ready to turn the camera on at a moment's notice.

I've always just took notice of what's going on in the wrestling business and who the younger fellas are, and younger ladies, that are interested in this.

When I play, there are things throughout the game that I notice, especially rebounding.

This has been on the schedule for a long time. You don't get President Clinton on a 24-hour notice.

I think it's very important to always make sure that you're talking to the entire coalition and to as many Americans as possible; not to go chasing after one little group or another. The Democrats would bring new groups into their party and not notice that larger groups are going out the back door.

We need to find a way to empower citizens to make governments take notice.

I tend to notice work.