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- Nov 07, 2020
Never Quotes
Quotes on what never happens.
This page gathers quotes centered on absence and limits - books that stayed unpublished, and a pointed line arguing that secrecy is fundamentally undesirable, merely tolerated when unavoidable. Related reading includes Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my songs, I'm not saying something that's never been said before. The have lyrics aren't going to blow people away. It's the emotion and the melody that drive it home.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always knew I'd be in music in some sort of capacity. I didn't know if I'd be successful at it, but I knew I'd be doing something in it. Maybe get a job in a record store. Maybe even play in a band. I never got into this to be a star.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never took a grant or borrowed a penny from anybody. It was partially because I didn't really know how to do that, but secondly, my pride never would have allowed me to. In the beginning it was about doing it the right way, on the merits of the music.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel quite sad for the young musicians coming up because they may never get to pay their rent properly. It doesn't matter what the genre; nowadays, it's so much harder than it ever was.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to be able to present myself in two or three different ways because I've never really wanted to rest on my laurels and be something that people expected.
- Long-Term
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never had a long-term plan.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never been enamoured by the idea of being a celebrity.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in a very celebratory town. We celebrate everything, from life to death and everything in between. So a lot of dramatics come into my aesthetic. And I'm an actor, so that adds more to the dramatic - I don't mean over-the-top. The main thing is never to be boring.
- Contributing
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you live in a place, you're not just taking from it, you're contributing to it. In America I would never be able to make myself a person who could contribute. I wasn't interested in that society; I was interested in this society.
- Plan
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know, I stumble about what I'm going to do. I don't plan. I've never had ambitions.
- Dark
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always wanted to be a brooding, deep, dark artist, but I can never keep that facade going for more than 15 minutes.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
As an actor, you're never busy enough.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's not about ego. Really. If it was ego, I'd be telling you about my awesome... oh, never mind.
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- Nov 07, 2020