- Memory
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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
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not successful in Hollywood, and I probably would never be. I think Hollywood has such an interesting model for success, and it creates those successful people. I'm not in that chosen category, but what is successful for me is that, in spite of that, I've been able to work and do the things that I wrote down that I wanted to do and be.
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father read poetry to me, encouraged me to memorize poems. But the writing of it was quite a different thing.
- Dress
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- Nov 07, 2020
The work is with me when I wake up in the morning; it is with me while I eat my breakfast in bed and run through the newspaper, while I shave and bathe and dress.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Thirty was so strange for me. I've really had to come to terms with the fact that I am now a walking and talking adult.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.
- Nice
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- Nov 07, 2020
Why is it there are so many nice guys interested in baseball? Not me, I was a real bastard when I played.
- Doctor
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm afraid the 'Doctor Who' door is probably closed because of me being in 'Torchwood.'
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm Nigerian. I'm African. I have a lot to say. Apart from what I say, though, is the feeling. People can relate to that feeling. It's a reciprocal relationship. They feed off me and I feed off them.
- Nov 07, 2020
In 2012, I dropped a song called 'Like To Party,' and that just took me all over the world.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be honest I don't really feel like I'm a part of the industry. I don't get awards because the powers that be don't really like me. I'm not like everyone else, I won't do what everyone else does.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
The UK has no input in Afrobeat. Let me make myself very clear. The UK has no influence in the creation or naming or anything that has to do with Afrobeat' roots or beginnings.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would find myself being inspired by things that I've heard as a kid: Nigerian music or African music, some French music or some Jamaican music. When it's time for music to be made, it's almost like my ancestors just come into me and then it's them.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020