- Love
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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 am quite a romantic person, really, and I should have put that into my music earlier, but I was probably denying it... I didn't want to be soft because I felt I had to be so hard to get people to believe in me.
- Nov 07, 2020
Boxing has kept me off the streets, stops me smoking and drinking and gives me something to do.
- Patient
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- Nov 07, 2020
My trainer Jimmy Tibbs and my promoter Frank Warren told me that I had to be patient and get the jab going.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a good chance when I went to Beijing and the guy who beat me, I'd beaten him three weeks before and he went on to win silver.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was 19, I made my first good week's pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I keep telling people: Don't make me the poster boy for AA because I don't know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking.
- Praise
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
For whatever reason, not all people are born with the particular gift of being able to express ourselves through music. And, believe me, it is a gift.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I'm in a bad mood, or if I'm uncomfortable, it's probably what I'm wearing that's making me feel that way.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hate smiling. It makes me feel weak and powerless and small. I've always been like that; I don't smile in any pictures.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know how to function without music. When I'm not making it, I'm listening to it. It gives me courage and takes care of my mind.
- Cool
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- Nov 07, 2020
Me and my brother get along super well. We're, like, best friends. So we'll stay up until, like, five just talking because we get along and, you know, it's cool. And he respects my opinions, and I respect his, even if we don't have the same opinions, but a lot of the time we do.
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want people at my shows to come out and say, 'I just saw a cool show.' I want them to say, 'I had fun at the show.' I want it to be a collaborative thing and be part of the audience and have them be part of me. I try to interact with everyone there and have them be equal to me because they are.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020