- 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
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think, forever, I was trying to figure out maybe... what I am. But I don't think anyone should feel pressured to have any kind of label or tag on them. We should treat everybody the same... Me, I don't like to be put down to a specific thing. We're all human beings.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music is about self-expression and representing the times, and I think fashion is the same. It took me a long time to find my own style, both in terms of fashion and music.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, Paul Simon has always been an incredible songwriter, as he writes very complicated songs that sound very simple, and he makes it look so easy when it's not.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's difficult to explain exactly how I react to music, but if it makes me feel anything at all, then I'll have some kind of emotional relationship to it. That's what defines good music to me - if it makes me truly feel something.
- Guitar
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- Nov 07, 2020
On my fourth or fifth birthday, a guitar was given to me, and I made a new friend. A very loud friend.
- Daughter
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being Sting's daughter hasn't kicked any doors open for me - he has had absolutely nothing to do with my career. It's all been down to me so far, and that's how I want to keep it.
- Brain
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 2009, I fractured my skull in a freak accident at an L.A. restaurant. I suffered a seizure and was rushed into hospital. I was so out of it that I refused to let them scan my brain. My dad rushed to my bedside and talked me into having the CAT scan - he told me that I might die if I didn't go through with it.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
It stresses me out writing songs,; I get really super nervous and speedy. I feel like I'm possessed.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was very young when I did 'I Blame Coco,' and I never really recognized that sound as me.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
Books change us. Books save us. I know this because it happened to me. Books saved me. So, I do believe through stories we can learn to change, we can learn to empathize and be more connected with the universe and with humanity.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I write as if I were drunk. It is a process of intuition rather than placing myself above my story like a puppeteer pulling strings. For me, it's a scary, chaotic process over which I have little control. Words demand other words, characters resist me.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was in Madrid as a young girl and a teenager. I'll never forget when I went to the Prado Museum for the first time and saw the paintings of Goya. They had such a big impact on me.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
English, for me, is an acquired language. I started with English at the age of 10. At the time, it was my third language.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was 10 years old, we moved to Spain with my mother. I learned Spanish before I learned English. But the English language stayed with me.
- Challenge
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing in another language gives me an additional freedom, an additional way of thinking. It's a challenge, but I like the challenge.
- Humor
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- Nov 07, 2020