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The Cleveland Cavaliers are forced to play in something called the 'Quicken Loans Arena.' This is a terrible name for a sports venue.

~Adam Schlesinger

Topics: Arena Cleveland Forced Loans Name Play Something Sports Terrible Venue

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The Mall Of America, outside Minneapolis, is just a mall. Yeah, it's big. So, like, instead of your typical 12 Starbucks, there are 30.

~Adam Schlesinger

Topics: America Big Instead Just Like Mall Outside Starbucks Typical Yeah Your

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Scotland is a picturesque country where the people are friendly yet completely incomprehensible. Also, the national delicacy is a sheep's stomach filled with its liver, lungs, and heart.

~Adam Schlesinger

Topics: Also Country Delicacy Filled Friendly Heart Incomprehensible Liver Lungs National People Picturesque Scotland Sheep Stomach Where

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Saxon, if you are unfamiliar, is a British heavy-metal band that has been around since the mid-'70s and was in no small part the inspiration for Spinal Tap.

~Adam Schlesinger

Topics: Around Band Been British Inspiration Part Since Small Small Part Spinal Tap Unfamiliar You

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London is a vast, complex city designed by the same guy who created the Habitrail.

~Adam Schlesinger

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I think one of the pitfalls of doing your own music is that sometimes you can never be satisfied with it: you're afraid to say that it's done, and you keep reworking it or re-recording it or re-writing it.

~Adam Schlesinger

Topics: Afraid Doing Done Keep Music Never Own Pitfalls Satisfied Say Sometimes Think You Your I Think

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With the TV stuff, we usually hand in final, finished tracks. The turnaround time is so tight that there's no time to demo anything; you just do it.

~Adam Schlesinger

Topics: Anything Demo Final Finished Hand Just Just Do It No Time Stuff Tight Time Tracks Turnaround Tv You

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I started taking piano lessons when I was about 5, and there was always a lot of music in my family: my parents both play instruments, my grandparents were classical violinists, and my grandfather was actually a music professor and a conductor.

~Adam Schlesinger

Topics: About Actually Always Both Classical Conductor Family Grandfather Grandparents Instruments Lessons Lot Music Parents Piano Piano Lessons Play Professor Started Taking Were

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The nature of the music business is such that it's better to have a few chances for some things to be successful than just one, and that's kind of been my attitude all along.

~Adam Schlesinger

Topics: Along Attitude Been Better Business Chances Few Just Just One Kind Music Music Business Nature Some Some Things Successful Than Things

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When you're writing for a show, you're writing part of the script. You have to tell the story.

~Adam Schlesinger

Topics: Part Script Show Story Tell Writing You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: October 31st, 1967

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