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...lyrics are straightforward and, given their source, astonishingly respectful. ("Not gonna lie and say I understand/I just wanna be here for you if I can.") Kelly is many things - corny, odd, incapable of a rhyme scheme that isn't 'a-a-a-a' - but he is not without talent, and his vocals are particularly warm; he sounds like he really cares...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: R. Kelly's Virginia Tech Song | 5/15/2007 | See Source »

...Ponnudorai was good enough to win a national TV talent contest, playing an instrumental rendition of Killing Me Softly. But despite this early success, he had no thoughts of becoming a professional musician until lack of money stymied his desire to read English literature at university. At a loose end, and with the family having moved to Kuala Lumpur, he persuaded his mother to let him earn a few ringgits by playing a couple of hours a night at a bar where one of the older Ponnudorai boys was a regular. "That was 1979," Ponnudorai says. "I walked into that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grace Notes | 5/10/2007 | See Source »

...essential values which make most people want to be involved in changing things or improving things are your belief that everybody has got a talent and everybody should have a chance to develop that talent. That's what makes you tick and what makes you want to do things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gordon Brown: The TIME Interview | 5/10/2007 | See Source »

...learn how to record other instruments and produce other kinds of music, and I think that’s what we’ve learned to do with our music, which is break a lot of boundaries,” Wallach said. Bartosik praised Wallach’s talent in the studio. “He was great. He was very considerate, and I don’t think he’d actually worked on classical music before. He spent a lot of time making sure the microphones were set up correctly and that I was happy with...

Author: By Nicholas K. Tabor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Duo on Way to Record Deal | 5/9/2007 | See Source »

Ncube: There's been a brain drain. All the intelligent people - doctors, lawyers, teachers - have left. Zimbabwe could recover still; people are used to work. Even today, people will walk 20 or 30 kilometers a day to get to work and back. There is a lot of talent in Zimbabwe. And the West is ready to invest and get things up and running again. And all we want is what any man wants: food on the table, shelter, a future for our children, security and peace. Our only problem is Mugabe. He thinks Zimbabwe is his property. He prevents everything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Zimbabwe's Outspoken Archbishop | 5/7/2007 | See Source »

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