- Nobody
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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
- Banjo
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first heard the minstrel banjo - I played a gourd first - I almost lost my mind. I was like, Oh, my god. And then I went to Africa, to the Gambia, and studied the akonting, which is an ancestor of the banjo, and just that connection to me was just immense.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's not about me, it's about the music. I don't do this because I want to be a star. I don't do this because I want to make a lot of money.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
What's really interesting to me is to have a connection to what was going on in the past, but to make it a living thing.
- Art
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm so interested in the feminism of women in American music. These ladies, going out on the road, way before the opportunities and advantages that I have - it was absolutely rough out there. The fact that they were still able to get their art out there and do what they're doing is really impressive to me.
- Feet
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me the bare feet are grounding. I'm connected to the Earth in a way that I cannot be any other way.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm really taken with 'Calling Me Home' by Alice Gerrard.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's kind of remarkable, everything that's happened to me. It's been such a whirlwind, but in a good way.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
A government institution called the Finnish Film Foundation funds filmmaking there, and I wrote several screenplays but never got any money. They were sent back to me, and they said that they were too commercial for them.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was 5 years old, we had nothing in the village. One day, in front of my house, some soldiers in a big Cadillac started to do a picnic. I looked at them like they were coming from the moon. I remember they gave me a box of rice pudding - that, for me, was the American Dream.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hillary Clinton was a hugely important mentor for me. I don't talk to her every day, but sometimes mentorship means being able to watch somebody's leadership from afar.
- Bad
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- Nov 07, 2020