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I don't think I live the lifestyle that's expected of a quote unquote R&B artist. I'm just not that dude.
I don't think there is one president that's come down the line that hasn't done something good somewhere.
I always had a family that instilled in me red hair was my superpower and how it was such a lovely thing.
I'm not making any money, but I view it as some sort of investment, or like buying myself a great present.
It was kind of like songwriter's boot camp. You had to produce. You had to produce fast. You had to learn.
I like the guitar better these days. I like the bass, too, but it's hard to fit a bass amp in a small car.
If you want real truth, I'll tell you real truth, even though I know a lot of people aren't gonna like it.
My mom and dad sang in the church choir. They also had a local group. They loved music, especially my dad.
I constantly have little panic attacks of wanting to change something on a production level, but I let go.
Sometimes I'll go out to say hi to people, and I'm just not ready for it. It feels too weird, too intense.
Every band that I've known that has done side projects or things like that - I don't respect them anymore.
But when you're beginning, you should try to focus on something you love and your own way of doing things.
In some ways, I am actually quite optimistic - I believe in the possibility of redemption and forgiveness.
Doing this James Brown thing for the last couple of days has been ideal. But it's a different kind of fun.
I will be the leader of a company that ends up being worth billions of dollars, because I got the answers.
You have to think like a designer. You have to establish the trend four seasons before it becomes popular.
We culture. Rap is the new rock 'n roll. We the rockstars. It's been like that for a minute, Hedi Slimane!
America! America! God shed His grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shinning sea!
Love and only love will endure. Hate is everything you think it is. Love and only love will break it down.
I was a Reagan backer. It was a shock for some people that I could agree with anything that man would say.
As a person who doesn't identify as straight, any love song I write is contextualized by a queer identity.
[YSL creative director] Hedi [Slimane] is a music-obsessed guy. I might've originally met him through Sky.
I think it just takes time in order to come to a place where your comfortable being who God made you to be.
It can be scary to be everywhere else for a long time. I always feel that I'm safe at home, near my family.
Many of the elements associated with storybook mythology and gothic aesthetics are actually not expressive.
Growing up, I was so compelled by artists whose looks were inseparable from their music. Bjork was my hero.
I'm trying to give people the chance to put out their music without the bullshit pressures of other labels.
I think a black man, purple man, Martian man can run the country... as long as he does right by the people.
I just go to the gym once every few weeks and go training once or twice a week. But it's all pretty random.
With 'American Idol,' they're giving you a pass to get launched on, and it's up to you what you do with it.
My vocals are bad, I can't sing, hey man, I wouldn't ask you to do a drum roll if your arm was falling off.
As ugly as the truth is, it's even uglier when someone says out loud what you've been thinking to yourself.
We have the ability to approach our race like ants, or we have the ability to approach our race like crabs.
I am a God, so hurry up with my damn massage; in a French-ass restaurant, hurry up with my damn croissants.
I'm a big advocate of music being an honest representation of who you are as a person and your perspective.
Being a musician enables a person to bend the notes and express things that are inside you, no matter what.
I go in and sing the song and arrange it and mix it and that's it. It's no different than playing in clubs.
Amplifying acoustic instruments more than a little is really cheating, and everything becomes a compromise.
It's easier for me to remember things based on the releases of albums. The year is such an arbitrary thing.
I would hope to make a record that interacts with culture in a macro sense. That is something to aspire to.
This is who I am Escapist Paradise Seeker Farewell, time to fly Out of sight Out of time Away from all lies
You know, we have two families: the one we're born into, and the one that we make for ourselves afterwards.
I think that most writers who wait until they're inspired to write are just waiting for the fear to subside.
I think if one wants to be in a continual state of insanity one should stay married to that writing partner.
When you record and tour year after year without a break, it starts to feel like you're on an assembly line.
Some people will never let the grime thing go, but my fifth album is not meant to sound like my first album.
I only ever really take out my guitar when I'm miserable, which isn't necessarily a very good time to do it.
I like a women who's got some balls, some strength. As long as I can beat her at arm wrestling, that's fine.
Metallica is the world to me - it always has been, and that's not going to change. I'm married to Metallica.
Send me money, send me green, and Heaven you will meet. Make your contribution and you'll get a better seat.