Carla Bley Quotes

If you're going to have to beg them to play, it's not going to work.

You will never convince anyone to do anything unless you believe it should be done.

You don't have to twist my arm to work.

You dangle a little bit of change in front of somebody and what do they do? They change right up like a chameleon.

You win them to what you win them with.

Haymitch said you'd take a lot of convincing.

My dad being a salesman taught me you can sell anybody anything if you've got the ability to believe.

One must be convinced to convince, to have enthusiasm to stimulate the others.

I did a lot of fast talking as a youth; I was pretty good at it. I was never talked into it - I was always the one doing the talking.

In this work, you have to convince everyone all the time, at different levels, to support your dream. I learned you have to be confident in order to do that.

I'm a leader, not a dictator. I want to persuade people rather than threaten or control them.

After about 15 minutes, you feel that you're winning them over.

Some people feel, you make your case, if they listen to you, fine, if they don't, that's it. That's not what leadership is. Leadership is trying to continue to make a case.

There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.

In any situation that calls for you to persuade, convince or manage someone or a group of people to do something, the ability to tell a purposeful story will be your secret sauce. Telling to win through purposeful stories is situation, industry, gender, demographic, and psychographic-agnostic. It's an all-purpose, everyone wins tool.

Persuasion is often more effectual than force.

My agent said, 'Jerry, Dancing With the Stars - they want you on there.' I said, 'Ain't no way. I'm not going to do that.' Then he came back to me again, and he kept putting pressure on me. I said, 'All right, I'll give it a try.'

Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced.

When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat.

I have a definite talent for convincing people to try something new. I am a good salesman. When I'm on form, I can sell anything.

I find a way to convince people to come along with me. They want to be persuaded. When I sit in a room with you I'm going to sell you something whether you want it or not. At the end you'll say: 'I'm glad I bought that.'

I think the bait for doing something really is always the part.

I will go to my grave believing that participation is best driven by the well-stocked shop window.

He that is won with a nut, may be lost with an apple.

Everyone has a price, the important thing is to find out that price