- Call
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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
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
You ain't no more than me, and I ain't no more than you. We're all God's children.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Part of the reason that I moved to Los Angeles is that even though my mom introduced me to all kinds of music, I really wanted to work on having my own identify, on being who I am and doing what I do, and seeing how people responded.
- Question
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- Nov 07, 2020
This question: 'How do I deal with a bully without becoming a thug in return?' has been with me ever since I was a child.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
A window covered with raindrops interests me more than a photograph of a famous person.
- Going
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fulham wanted me when I was 16. They were in the Premier League at the time with Mark Hughes, and I was close to going.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want challenges that really test me, very difficult ones. I was the same as a kid: when you play with players your own age, it doesn't bring out your best.
- Guitar
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I went to England on my own, I became a busker. I played guitar for money in Leicester Square. And the guys who are supposedly blind and crippled, who aren't, got me after I'd collected a lot of money, took my money and threatened to break my arm if I ever came back to their 'kip,' their turf.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents taught me the way to deal with being picked on was to be compassionate. I had to defend myself physically, but I had to be compassionate and understand the position of those abusing me. I had to figure it out and then rise above it.
- Hip-Hop
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hip-hop is still cool at a party. But to me, hip-hop has never been strictly a party; it is also there to elevate consciousness.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't worry about what everyone wants to see. I make movies that please a writer, director and myself. I always think there are enough people smart as me and sensitive as me.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I imagine people might look at me and think 'Oh, she has been single-mindedly working on her career all these years and those family issues have fallen by the wayside', but that is absolutely not the case.
- Jazz
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- Nov 07, 2020
Tap's foundation is jazz, just like hip-hop, so relating tap-dancing to rap is natural for me.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would call her 'madam,' because I was the AD. I continued to do so even after she married my buddy, Boney Kapoor. I could never call her Sri, or Sridevi, even though she would often tell me to do so. She was humble, quiet and extremely dignified.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020