- 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
- American Foreign Policy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let me remind you all that the first task of American foreign policy is to reduce threats to the United States.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a big fan of 'Orphan Black,' and to be one of the original cast members is something that will always be dear to me.
- Farm
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- Nov 07, 2020
I left an office at the top of the Pan Am Building, a nine-room apartment, and a farm in Vermont because I was aching inside. It took an analyst to tell me I could write a note of permission to become a musician and sign it.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's what really concerns me about the modern-day terrorists that we face is this global expansion.
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
I suppose I hit my lowest point in the early to mid-80s, which is when things really spun out of control for me.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being in the studio, for me, can be a miserable experience - I can really psych myself out.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first heard Thundercat's stuff, I thought, 'Man, this is so original.' A lot of his ballads, to me, had such a beautiful harmonic, almost classically Hispanic, feel or, like, Brazilian kind of feeling. I don't think he does that intentionally or anything. It's just I think those are his influences on some level.
- Friend
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first rock band was called Mike and the Majestics. I was about twelve, and my older sister Kathy was the manager. There were three of us: me and a friend on guitars and a drummer. We were young, but we played for a lot of fraternity parties, plugging both guitars and a microphone into one little amplifier.
- Memories
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, a lot of my fondest memories of being in the music business were being in the studio with The Doobs and being part of that organization and being a part of that music.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
The 'Motown' detour for me was almost like it wasn't work. It was more fun than work, and that's all it takes for me to not be very responsible to other things I should have been paying attention to.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was trying to do one-liners and it took me years to realise I just had to be myself. My fear was if I was myself and no one found it funny, I'd have nowhere left to go.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Now I almost overly embrace how weird I am, how I look and how oddly camp I am. It's almost too honest for me because I harboured ambitions to be quite a cool, good-looking guy.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know how it is with other people's relationships, but my wife is always much more tired than me because she works much harder looking after the children, which is an endless battle - a lot of it is battling with them to stop battling with each other.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020