- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Me Quotes
Quotes rooted in the first person.
These are quotes centered on 'me' - childhood memories tied to family traditions, like a grandfather's holiday reading passed down for decades, alongside admissions about how humor can double as self-protection. Several speak to the solitary nature of creative work, something also explored in Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I was one of those kids that I might not fight you if you stepped on my shoes or stole my lunch money or that kind of stuff. But if you picked on a girl or something like that, that would cause me to rear up a little bit.
- Media
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, what's a more important question is how we get at least the option of more diverse experiences in this media.
- Clicks
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- Nov 07, 2020
The second thing for me, probably a few clicks down, is the idea that The Sims smoothly age and have different concerns and motivations and needs at different age ranges.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
A career in film didn't seem like something I could attain. Whereas I grew up next to New York City, and I spent my life going into New York City seeing plays, and I was a theater actor in school. Acting on the stage felt really natural to me, and I liked it, and I wasn't terrible at it.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew I'd never have the career Colin Farrell had. I was working in stuff that was, for me, not very challenging. My career wasn't going as well as I wanted it to. So I turned to writing because I felt like I had more to say, and I started writing every day.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of my first jobs was at the Boston Globe. I worked in the sports department six months a year. When I was ready to graduate, the sports editor gave me a job as a schoolboy sports writer.
- Every American
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- Nov 07, 2020
Standing up for what you believe in, to me, is freedom of speech. And that's a right that every American citizen has and what makes this country great.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do not want a personal relationship with my fans. Or to do anything that encourages them to think they have one with me. They can have a personal relationship with my songs. That's fine, but they don't know me.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Too much emphasis is put on American roots music when people try and place me. You know, I grew up listening to punk.
- Singing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I make the songs and part of making them is singing them. But what you hear is not me. It's the song. It's through me.
- Walk
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a kid, my parents never let me use race as an excuse. They'd say, 'When you walk into a room and it's all white, those kids have to work to stand out, not you.'
- Cool
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- Nov 07, 2020
My brother's my best friend, without a doubt. Me and my big sister get along so well. She moved to East London, though, so points off, but she's wicked. And then my little sister is a little genius. She's super talented and such a great person, always been far more mature and cool than me.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a relationship with New Line, so I'm grateful to them for taking a punt on me - both for 'We're The Millers' and 'It'.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020