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If there are kids who want to follow in my footsteps, I’d say that my shoes are too big for them to fill! But their shoe size is just perfect

Kids Footsteps Size Perfect
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I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.

Continuous Fiction Form Newspaper
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When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory.

Age Life Little Long
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If a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act.

Razor Skin Stray Line
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My theory was that what I had to do was make a study of human behavior.

Behavior Had Human Make
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But, somewhere in there, I did have the thought that this really fits in with my thinking about what I wanted to do; with what has to be done by a writer in order to stay alive as a writer.

About Alive Did Done
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Would you be my Juliet and I'll be your Romeo my love.

Love Juliet Romeo You
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Being from Africa is the best thing that could have ever, ever happened to me. I cannot see it any other way. All of my fundamental principles that were instilled in me in my home, from my childhood, are still with me.

Africa Best Ever Principles
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I kept wanting to push my image as validity; I wanted to see my portrait on a wall and know it was okay.

Image Portrait Kept Push
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Lagos style is fresh and different. Even with the tailors, they get very innovative with their stuff, with the cuts. When my parents used to make the traditional wares, it was a little bit baggy. But now the tailors are able to infuse the European style, making it slim-fit. Lagos style is different, man. Innovative.

Able Baggy Bit Cuts
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Umm... my favourite Wizkid tune of all time would be 'Don't Dull' 'cos I recorded the track in, like, 5 minutes. The beat was ready, we went into the studio and freestyled, and it was ready. The song became really, really big, so I think 'Don't Dull' is still my favourite.

Beat Became Big Dull
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Whenever I make music, I just make it depending on however I feel at that moment and what I'm getting inspiration from, so it depends - whatever, it's just my mood.

Depending Depends Feel Getting
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If you're coming to do an interview with me, you should know about me. It's not that it's 'cos I'm Wizkid; I'd even hate it if you were coming to interview my friend and asked him the same question. You're here for an interview, so you should know who you're doing the interview with.

About Asked Coming Doing
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I'm still trying to keep it original, staying true to my sound.

Keep Original Sound Staying
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I like myself better when I'm writing regularly.

Better Like Myself Regularly
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My doctor tells me I should start slowing it down - but there are more old drunks than there are old doctors so let's all have another round.

Another Doctor Doctors Down
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When I'm driving the highway by myself is when I write best.

Best Driving Highway I Write
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And as far as guitars go, I loved Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West's stuff.

Bryant Far Go Guitars
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I was born in Abbott, Texas, a little small town in central Texas, and I was raised by my grandparents. And my parents divorced when I was six months old, and my grandparents raised me.

Born Central Divorced Grandparents
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I text and email my friends and family a lot, but that's about the extent of my high-tech-etude.

About Email Extent Family
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All my kids were raised on computers: They were home-schooled on the Internet, so they're pretty good at that stuff. And I'm proud of them, but I don't really keep up with it.

Computers Good Internet Keep
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It is more important to secure human lives than to secure an economy.

Important Secure Human Lives
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I have never seen myself as a small person. I have always seen myself as a big boy, a captain, the leader.

Never Myself Person Captain
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I will rather kill myself than commit suicide.

Kill Myself Commit Suicide
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Since I was a kid, music was what I wanted to do. I thought I could make it by my own talents. That's what I wanted to prove.

Could Kid Make Music
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When I was about 12, I had my first paying gig - 8 dollars to play rhythm guitar in a polka band. Pretty soon, I ended up playing in all the bars within driving distance of Abbott, Texas.

About Band Bars Distance
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That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my sight. Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower. We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind.

Back Behind Bright Bring
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My ideas come when I least expect it, so I've always got to have a studio nearby or close by somewhere.

Always Close Come Expect
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I'll tell you this, I may be dead but my ideas will not die.

You Dead Will Ideas
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That's my actual payment, the fact that I can actually make something that I actually enjoy and put on repeat, and it's not related to anything else or anyone else's thoughts and ideas, it all came from me; I just love that aspect of it.

Actual Actually Anyone Anything
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I'm a polygamist. I can afford to have as many wives as I can afford to have. All Africans believe in it. My dad has four wives.

Afford African Believe Afford
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I always try to give my own albums space in between so I have time to create a new sound and give time for people to miss me. You have to come out fresh and reinvent yourself.

Albums Always Between Come
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I am a product of Nollywood and my loyalty remains unshaken.

I Product Nollywood Loyalty
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The economy needs a stimulus. We MUST borrow. The notion of debt as a sin or something evil should be reviewed.

Economy Debt Evil Review
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My recommendation is a compelling urgency for decentralisation. There is a necessity to decentralise the Police. We are under policed.

Under Urgency Policed Police
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My attitude was to see criminals as my competitor and with competitions ,my desire was to win.

Win Desire Criminal Attitude
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The only training I have is that of a lawyer. I don’t fix contract prices, I don’t sign cheques, non of my commissioners signs cheques. We have a process that was followed.

Process Sign Lawyer Fix
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The concept of loyalty is a very strange one. In public life I have remained loyal to causes that I have signed on to. Nobody can fairly accuse me of giving my word and going back on my word. I always pray that my loyalty will not be tested.

Concept Strange Remain Loyalty
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My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jews. But now my kingdom is from another place.

Fight Servant Would Kingdom
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All my authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Authority Earth Given Heaven
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Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

Anyone Hears Voice Stand
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Did I offer peace today? Did I bring a smile to someone's face? Did I say words of healing? Did I let go of my anger and resentment? Did I forgive? Did I love? These are the real questions. I must trust that the little bit of love that I sow now will bear many fruits, here in this world and the life to come.

Peace Anger Trust Resentment
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The journey from teaching about love to allowing myself to be loved proved much longer than I realised.

Journey Teaching Love Allowing
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All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.

Adversity Best Had Happens
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I've had a tremendous problem with depression in my life. I'd rather not talk about it, because it's over. But depression is real.

Tremendous Depression Real Rather
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How much longer will I live?'... Only one thing seems clear to me. Every day should be well-lived. What a simple truth! Still, it is worthy of my attention.

Longer Clear Truth Simple
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Living in a community with very wounded people, I came to see that I had lived most of my life as a tightrope artist trying to walk on a high, thin cable from one tower to the other, always waiting for the applause when I had not fallen off and broken my leg.

Community Wounded People Broken
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For myself music definitely informs my emotions. And I can literally play a song that will get me where I need to be emotionally. I don’t have to think about the tragic things that happened in my life or the greatest things that happened in my life.

Music Emotions Tragic Greatest
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Fear is the great enemy of intimacy. Fear makes us run away from each other or cling to each other but does not create true intimacy.

Fear Other Create Intimacy
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I decided early on that I was going to put on my crown and rule my world by acting right and treating myself like a queen.

Crown Rule World Treat
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