- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being Quotes
On identity, openness and staying true to yourself.
This set of quotes explores what it means to simply be: holding onto a child's spontaneity, embracing honesty that feels inappropriate in creative work, or aging with flexibility instead of resistance. For more on self-belief, see our Able quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Memories
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music seems hard-wired into our very being. It moves us, stirs us to action, sets us in motion, sticks in our memories and minds.
- Artist
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was delivering papers when I was, like, 10 or 11, and I'd always daydream about being an artist as a full-time thing.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was this cereal, and it had a special promotion with a CD inside the box that had a really simple music-making program on it. I got it, and that opened my mind to being able to make music on a computer and seeing all the different layers.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just understand that I'm supposed to be one of those people that disrupts the flavor a little bit instead of being part of the same sound as everyone else.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel like my music has a reputation for being pretty serious or whatnot, but I like having fun.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My collaborations tend to be pretty organic. It starts off with me being a fan first.
- Crime
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only crime I'm guilty of is being a young black woman.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Conventional is not for me. I like things that are uniquely Flo. I like being different.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Showing up at school already able to read is like showing up at the undertaker's already embalmed: people start worrying about being put out of their jobs.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe in a Republic of Merit in which water is allowed to find its own level, where voters, like drivers, are tested before being turned loose.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in a very loud and dramatic household, and we loved being in the spotlight.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Touring, and being in a band, it's almost like the other stuff, the other parts of life, get put on hold.
- Duty
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is not easy to be sure that being yourself is worth the trouble, but we do know it is our sacred duty.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020