- Myself
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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
- Grateful
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was a hard job, but it was a lot of fun and I'll always be grateful to Ponch. He was a part of me.
- Generosity
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- Nov 07, 2020
My grandfather taught me generosity. He sold snow cones in Harlem. I went with him at 5 and he let me hand out the change and snow cones. I learned a lot in the couple of years that we did that.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I take the good with the bad. I always wanted to be a comic, and part of that, for me, was that I wanted to be on the road. It's a lonely existence, but it is what it is.
- Floors
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first seven years of my life, me, my mom and dad and my four older siblings lived in a suburb of Stockholm, and my mom was very active with directing theater. So I basically grew up at the theater on the floors of the shows, so I was really surrounded with music at a young age.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm from a rural town outside of Stockholm, so in coming to L.A., I've been able to not think that much about my background. It's much easier for me in this big town, this big bubble to isolate myself from that and be a little more self-confident. I'm here to do my take on soul.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
L.A. is such an exotic city to me, and it is just a big bubble. If you accept the bubble and accept how isolated it is. It can be a very creative place, and I find it easy to focus.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was 17, still in school, and my manager saw me in school, and then we hooked up, and after that, I went straight into making music.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was brought up with a lot of love in my family, and I've always been supported. My family has always protected me in a sort of manic way.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I stumbled into soul music at a very young age. It had something that really spoke to me.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't really care about a song or lyrics; I'm really just interested in the way people emphasize words. That's what makes a strong impact on me.
- Mirror
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know about the hair. I've had it since I was a kid, and when I look at myself in the mirror, it looks quite normal. But then when I look at myself in a photo, I realise that my hair is basically bigger than my head! There's quite a lot of interest in my hair, which is strange, as for me, it's normal!
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm very perverse. If someone tells me I have to read a book, I'm instantly disinclined to do so.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
Reading is such a personal thing to me. I'd much rather give someone a gift certificate to a bookstore, and let that person choose his or her own books.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
Unalloyed heroes and unalloyed villains make me suspicious.
- Lawyers
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- Nov 07, 2020