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7898 Musician Quotes

You know why we're stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because white people don't let themselves feel things.

Because Black Feel Know
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Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.

Audiences Blues Like Miserable
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I'm one of those regular weird people.

People Regular Those Weird
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You got to get it while you can.
Get Got While You
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If I hold back, I'm no good. I'm no good. I'd rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time.

Back Good Hold Holding
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I have to have the 'umph.' I've got to feel it, because if it's not getting through to me, the audience sure as hell aren't going to feel it either.

Audience Because Either Feel
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I'm a victim of my own insides. There was a time when I wanted to know everything. It used to make me very unhappy, all that feeling. I just didn't know what to do with it. But now I've learned to make that feeling work for me.

Everything Feeling Just Know
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All of a sudden, someone threw me in front of this rock and roll band. And I decided then and there that was it. I never wanted to do anything else.

Anything Anything Else Band Decided
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I've been looking around, and I noticed something: how much you really need to be loved. Ambition isn't just a desperate quest for positions or money. It's just love - lots of love.

Ambition Around Been Desperate
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As it gets closer and more probable, being a star is really losing its meaning.
Being Closer Gets Losing
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Who you are is what you settle for, you know?
Know Settle Who You
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My win is your win, Afrobeat is a movement and we need all the support we can get. The comparisons between me and my heroes are unnecessary, let’s stop bringing down our own. Let’s celebrate where Afrobeat is at today and focus on where it will be tomorrow

Afrobeat My win Tomorrow Heroes
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For every life they take, a solution to Nigeria’s problem is destroyed. Stop killing the youths, we are the future.

Every life Nigeria Problem Stop killing
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Love me for me, doesn’t always have to do with the music, I’m still human.

Love me Music Human
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Thrown so many gifts in the trash, I forgot to remove my heart from one of the boxes.

Many gift Heart Trash Boxes
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Music will forever be a strong force destined to bring us all together.

Music Forever Strong force Together
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Philanthropy is a staple part of my life. I feel it’s important, not only to raise awareness on crucial societal issues that men, women and children face in Africa, but it is also key to be involved in creating the change one wishes to see.

Life Philanthropy Societal Crucial
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I believe it is always important to not only remember your roots but actually take the time out to revisit and implement growth in any way possible

Roots Growth Possible Important
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Music has improved me as a human being and made me more receptive to business. Now I am more open to opportunities and I have more exposure.

Music Improved Human being Opportunity
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Nothing spoil to have tuff guys in your filed of work . It's meant to motivate you to work harder and be better at what you do not otherwise.

Motivate you Work harder Work Spoil
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I lost my faith in God when I lost my daughter to Cancer, the beast. I begged, I cried, I offered my life for hers, and day by day, I watched that beautiful little Angel slip off. So, excuse me for not taking my seat next to you on Sunday in Church, I feel too cheated to worship.

Lost My faith God My daughter
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Man, I have had so much plastic surgery, I don't even recognize myself, sometimes. If I catch a glimpse in a window or something, I think it is someone else.

So much Plastic surgery Recognize myself
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Everybody has forgotten about showmanship. People don't look like rock stars any more. They just look like regular dudes off the street.

Everybody Look like Showmanship Rock stars
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I appreciate the 'Surreal Life.' I had a really positive experience on that show, and with those people. I found some love in my heart for religion again, and had the support of a new family of friends. I wouldn't have had the pleasure of meeting those people, if we were not all placed in that fishbowl.

Appreciate Positive experience Religion New family
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So everybody is happy, ... You know, the fans are happy. We're happy. I'm digging it.

Everybody Happy Fans Digging it
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People seem to think that if you didn't do the same things you did 25 years ago, then, you know, then things have changed. But we're not doing anything really any different. You know, we go out, we have a good time. Everybody has always had relationships all around the road.

People seem Same things Relationship
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I’m a mirror. If you’re cool with me, I’m cool with you, and the exchange starts. What you see is what you reflect. If you don’t like what you see, then you’ve done something. If I’m standoffish, that’s because you are.

Mirror Exchange starts You see Done something
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I’m hungry for knowledge. The whole thing is to learn every day, to get brighter and brighter. That’s what this world is about.

Hungry For knowledge Learn Brighter
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As kids we didn’t complain about being poor; we talked about how rich we were going to be and made moves to get the lifestyle we aspired to by any means we could. And as soon as we had a little money, we were eager to show it.

As kids Complain Being poor How rich
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That’s why this generation is the least racist generation ever. You see it all the time. Go to any club. People are intermingling, hanging out, having fun, enjoying the same music. Hip-hop is not just in the Bronx anymore. It’s worldwide. Everywhere you go, people are listening to hip-hop and partying together. Hip-hop has done that.

This generation Least racist Time Club
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You make your first album, you make some money, and you feel like you still have to show face, like ‘I still go to the projects.’ I’m like, why? Your job is to inspire people from your neighborhood to get out. You grew up there. What makes you think it’s so cool?

You make Some money Show face Inspire people
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I collect art, and I drink wine… things that I like that I had never been exposed to. But I never said, ‘I’m going to buy art to impress this crowd.’ That’s just ridiculous to me. I don’t live my life like that, because how could you be happy with yourself?

Collect art I drink wine Exposed
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I’m far from being god, but I work god damn hard.

Being god Work Hard
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I think relationships are broken up because of the media.

Think relationships Broken up Media
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Successful people have a bigger fear of failure than people who’ve never done anything because if you haven’t been successful, then you don’t know how it feels to lose it all.

Successful people Bigger fear Failure
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One of the reasons inequality gets so deep in this country is that everyone wants to be rich. That’s the American ideal. Poor people don’t like talking about poverty because even though they might live in the projects surrounded by other poor people and have, like, ten dollars in the bank, they don’t like to think of themselves as poor.

Reasons Inequality Country Everyone
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I’ve never looked at myself and said that I need to be a certain way to be around a certain sort of people. I’ve always wanted to stay true to myself, and I’ve managed to do that. People have to accept that.

Myself Certain way People Stay true
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My brands are an extension of me. They’re close to me. It’s not like running GM, where there’s no emotional attachment.

My brands Extension Emotional attachment
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My thing is related to who I am as a person. The clothes are an extension of me. The music is an extension of me. All my businesses are part of the culture, so I have to stay true to whatever I’m feeling at the time, whatever direction I’m heading in. And hopefully, everyone follows.

Related to Person Clothes Extension
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Racism is taught in the home. We agree on that? Well, it’s very hard to teach racism to a teenager who’s listening to rap music and who idolizes, say, Snoop Dogg. It’s hard to say, ‘That guy is less than you.’ The kid is like, ‘I like that guy, he’s cool. How is he less than me?

Racism Taught Home Teenager
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Hip-hop is more about attaining wealth. People respect success. They respect big. They don’t even have to like your music. If you’re big enough, people are drawn to you.

Attaining wealth People Success Music
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Hip-hop has done so much for racial relations, and I don’t think it’s given the proper credit. It has changed America immensely. I’m going to make a very bold statement: Hip-hop has done more than any leader, politician, or anyone to improve race relations.

Racial relations Think Proper credit
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When you’re growing up, your dad is your superhero. Once you’ve let yourself fall that in love with someone, once you put him on such a high pedestal and he lets you down, you never want to experience that pain again.

Growing up Your superhero In love
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By the time I got to record my first album, I was 26, I didn’t need pen or paper – my memory had been trained just to listen to a song, think of the words, and lay them to tape.

First album Need pen My memory
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Everyone who makes music is a good collaborator at their foundation because in order to make music, you have to connect to it in a way that other people can’t.
Make music Good collaborator Foundation
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You can want success all you want. But to get it, you can’t falter. You can’t slip, you can’t sleep, one eye open, for real, and forever.
Want success Slip Sleep Forever
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People respect success. They respect big. They don’t even have to like your music. If you’re big enough, people are drawn to you.

Respect success Music People
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All I got is dreams. Nobody else believes. Nobody else can see. Nobody else but me.

Dreams Nobody else Believe
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Don’t tell me what was said about me… Tell me why they were so comfortable to say it to you

Tell me Said About me Comfortable
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Everything evens up, you just wait. Even a garage can gets a steak. You are not even a garbage can, you have faith!
Everything Even up Steak Garage
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