A Quote by Neil deGrasse Tyson

'Cause a musician, you can't tell me, "I've got this message I want share with the public," and it's three-and-a-half minutes long. That's not it. If your message is only three-and-a-half minutes long, then we got nothing else to talk about. Because life is more complex than three-and-a-half minutes.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Neil deGrasse Tyson
American - Scientist
Born: October 5, 1958

Sometimes there's no qualitative difference between two-and-a-half and three-and-a-half hour shows. It's just a matter of how long you do it. It's not like the show must be three hours and 30 minutes to work. That's just not the case.

Steven Van Zandt

I take 10 minutes. I focus on what I'm most grateful for. Then I do a little prayer for three minutes, a blessing within myself through God, and then out to my family and friends and all those I serve. Then my last three minutes are the three things I want to achieve most. At the end of 10 minutes, you are wired. Everything in your life gets filtered through that.

Tony Robbins

If I play two minutes, three minutes, 20 minutes, it don't matter to me. As long as we win.

Tristan Thompson

If a piece of music is under three minutes long, it's rock. Over three minutes, it's classical.

Robert Ashley

I wrote 'Always Love' in 10 minutes. It's a very positive song, more positive than I am in reality, but I was feeling good for three and a half minutes. And every time we play a show I think, 'Well I should probably be that positive,' but I'm not.

Matthew Caws

She let herself love me for three minutes. Can three minutes last forever? I ask myself, but already know the answer. Probably not, I reply. But maybe they last long enough.

Markus Zusak

I would love to act. I get to do it in three and a half minutes in a video on a three-day shoot, which is fun.

Brendon Urie

You read about these oyster-shucking contests: Somebody did 100 oysters in three minutes, three seconds. I'm lucky if I can open one in three minutes, three seconds.

Mark Kurlansky

I love to be able to tell a whole story in three-and-half minutes.

Brett Young

Three minutes thought would suffice to find this out; but thought is irksome and three minutes is a long time.

A. E. Housman

Even though my songs may sound very personal, to me most of them are fiction. It is a great way for me to be able to live a fantasy life as a writer because I get to be someone else, someplace else for three and a half minutes, just like the listener.

Nanci Griffith

The first listen is very important to me. Half of my favorite records just hit you in the face immediately with something memorable and within three-and-a-half minutes you know you've heard something really special. I want to make records like that, but it's a big challenge.

Derek E. Miller

If a song is longer than three and a half minutes, it'll need something to keep you entertained.

Jake Bugg

I've always felt that some of my best lyrics are less than three minutes long, and it's great when you can do that - be succinct and get the message across in a simple, clear idea.