- Passion
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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
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
The aggression. The love. The joy. The pain. All those feelings and emotions that come from the music are Chicago. Chicago pretty much made me the man that I am. It's in my name. I have no choice but to accept and embrace that.
- Certain Level
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- Nov 07, 2020
Success for me is being comfortable, and not in terms of a certain level of financial status, but that comfort comes from within.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Living my life socially means there is a swagger to how I dress, walk; it's not about being 'cool,' it's just being me - that's understanding your place and your center - that's what swagger is, and I guess that's where the soul comes from.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad helped me understand songwriting because of him playing Babyface a lot. I don't even know if my dad realized that him just being him, him just living his life, loving what he loved, poured more into me than anybody ever would know.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most people have to learn the words to the National Anthem before they sing it. I learned these words when I was a child in elementary school, so this is something that's been embedded in me ever since I was an adult.
- Different Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, architecture is the means, not the end. It's a means of making different life forms possible.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
People are always asking me about eskimos, but there are no eskimos in Iceland.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a teenager in Iceland people would throw rocks and shout abuse at me because they thought I was weird. I never got that in London no matter what I wore.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Feminists bore me to death. I follow my instinct and if that supports young girls in any way, great. But I'd rather they saw it more as a lesson about following their own instincts rather than imitating somebody.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Part of me is probably more conservative than people realise. I like my old string quartets, I don't like music that's trippy for trippy's sake.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
What probably confuses people is they know a lot about me, but it quite pleases me that there's more they don't know.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
In order to actually have a touchscreen in front of me and somehow still be connected to nature, I needed to be able to incorporate natural elements into the song structures. Because that's always been my song-writing accompaniment: nature.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020