- Nov 07, 2020
Born Quotes
Where you start shapes who you become.
This page gathers quotes about origins in the literal sense — being born into music, born in a specific state or country — alongside a more analytical note on how each generation's tastes differ from the one before it. For more on personal identity, see our Identity quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
You might as well expect rivers to run backwards as any man born free to be contented penned up.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that if I wasn't born in this technological and 'social media' era, I would have found another way to express myself.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Miles Davis was a part of my life from 1947 on. I was born in 1941 and I first heard him in 1947 on a 78 rpm. And then I followed his career, starting with his first solo album in 1951. He was an icon and inspiration and a mentor to me.
- Russia
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- Nov 07, 2020
Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, my wife speaks five languages: Russian, English, French, Italian and, out of self-defense, Spanish. I watched her learn Spanish in three months.
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in Iowa City and spent my early childhood on a hippie commune just outside of town.
- Governor
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was born, my father was governor of Arkansas.
- Friends
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always felt that I was born in the wrong era. I wanted to be friends with John Garfield, for instance.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to do 'Oh Shenandoah' because that's the town I was born in - as a tribute to my mom and dad for giving me all this music. I don't really sing this as a singer, because I'm not a singer. But I wanted to do it for them.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
I realized by using the high notes of the chords as a melodic line, and by the right harmonic progression, I could play what I heard inside me. That's when I was born.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I actually get a lot of messages with people saying, 'What's a Marvin Gaye?' and, I mean... Oh, wow. I must be getting old, because someone who was born in 2004 just asked me what a Marvin Gaye was.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes I feel like I was born in the wrong year - I think it would have been cool to be alive in the '60s.
- Nov 07, 2020
Generating ideas isn't some mystical talent that you have to be born with: it's a skill you can develop.
- Prejudice
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- Nov 07, 2020
Prejudice is a learned trait. You're not born prejudiced; you're taught it.
- I Was Born
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm sorry, but I was born with a towel on my head.
- London
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- Nov 07, 2020