- 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
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
We've never been very good at servicing fans. I'm here to concentrate on music, not to be a pen pal to people who write to me.
- Remember
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- Nov 07, 2020
You have to remember, videos were on the rise back when we did 'Take On Me.'
- Importance
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- Nov 07, 2020
The video was of paramount importance, because 'Take on Me' was not an instant hit.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hope I can be a filmmaker where every movie will be different, and not make one type of movie. I'm always looking for a character that interests me.
- Hero
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Headhunters' was a breakthrough film for me, internationally, and I got offered a lot of scripts from Hollywood - a lot of heightened hero movies.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
For film fans to support 'The Imitation Game' means so much to me, the entire cast and film-making team.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most interesting aspect for me, composing exclusively with patterns, is that there is not one organizational procedure more advantageous than another, perhaps because no one pattern ever takes precedence over the others.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me it's the instrument. If I want to think of a flute and the state of the arts I hear a vibrato; I don't know what a flute is unless the person plays it for me.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
That is basically me, and although I have done many things in my life - conducting, playing piano, and so on - what is fundamental is my being a composer.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mos Def is a name that I built and cultivated over the years it's a name that the streets taught me a figure of speech that was given to me by the culture and by my environment and I feel I've done quite a bit with that name and it's time to expand and move on.
- Boogie
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went through the whole number, you know. The swing era, the boogie woogie era, the bebop era. Thelonious Monk is still one of my favorites. So a lot of these people had their effect on me.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm playin' music for a certain type of person. Fortunately, there are more and more of us. At least there are more comin' to see me than there were 30 years ago or so.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020