{"id":203855,"date":"2014-06-29T10:46:01","date_gmt":"2014-06-29T10:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/06\/29\/i-did-things-in-my-30s-that-were-ignored-by-the\/"},"modified":"2014-06-29T10:46:01","modified_gmt":"2014-06-29T10:46:01","slug":"i-did-things-in-my-30s-that-were-ignored-by-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/06\/29\/i-did-things-in-my-30s-that-were-ignored-by-the\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"
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I did things in my 30s that were ignored by the world, that could have been quickly labeled a failure. Here\u2019s a classic example; in 1974 I did a movie called Phantom of the Paradise. Phantom of the Paradise, which was a huge flop in this country. There were only two cities in the world where it had any real success: Winnipeg, in Canada, and Paris, France. So, okay, let\u2019s write it off as a failure. Maybe you could do that.<\/p>\n

But all of the sudden, I\u2019m in Mexico, and a 16-year-old boy comes up to me at a concert with an album – a Phantom of the Paradise soundtrack- and asks me to sign it. I sign it. Evidently I was nice to him and we had a nice little conversation. I don\u2019t remember the moment, I remember signing the album (I don\u2019t know if I think I remember or if I actually remember). But this little 14 or 16, whatever old this guy was\u2026 Well I know who the guy is now because I\u2019m writing a musical based on Pan\u2019s Labyrinth; it\u2019s Guillermo del Toro. <\/p>\n

The work that I\u2019ve done with Daft Punk it\u2019s totally related to them seeing Phantom of the Paradise 20 times and deciding they\u2019re going to reach out to this 70-year-old songwriter to get involved in an album called Random Access Memories.<\/p>\n

So, what is the lesson in that? The lesson for me is being very careful about what you label a failure in your life. Be careful about throwing something in the round file as garbage because you may find that it\u2019s the headwaters of a relationship that you can\u2019t even imagine it\u2019s coming in your future.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Paul Williams<\/a>\u00a0 (via albinwonderland<\/a>)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I did things in my 30s that were ignored by the world, that could have been quickly labeled a failure. Here\u2019s a classic example; in 1974 I did a movie called Phantom of the Paradise. Phantom of the Paradise, which was a huge flop in this country. There were only two cities in the world … <\/p>\n

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