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- Nov 07, 2020
Saying Quotes
The gap between what's said and what's meant.
This set focuses on the friction around saying things: doubts other people voice about an unusual project, the strangeness of writing lyrics meant for someone else's voice, and family conflicts that get said and later forgiven. It pairs well with our Know quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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Diplomacy is more than saying or doing the right things at the right time, it is avoiding saying or doing the wrong things at any time.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lots of people are saying that I shut down mumble rap in one 10-minute setting. But that wasn't my intention, because mumble rap - if we go back - that's something I invented.
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- Nov 07, 2020
So in my personal opinion, I definitely feel like I'm a legendary emcee, and I also feel like we're a legendary brand, which is why I started rebranding ourselves years ago by saying 'The Legendary Roots Crew,' which is how we're introduced on 'The Tonight Show.'
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- Nov 07, 2020
When your best friend dies, and you're crying on the balcony, and TMZ is taking pictures of somebody comforting you saying, 'Ooooo, scandalous' - that's the worst part of fame.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The lead singer for Deerhunter, Bradford Cox... I don't like saying people are geniuses or whatever, but I just think that dude is so good at every single thing he does. He stays within his genre, but I think he does so well experimenting with stuff.
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The pro-immigration people are really having a fit saying that I don't care about the children.
- Loyalty
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I love loyalty, and I love paying back my end of loyalty, you know what I'm saying? I love making it full circle.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had songs written during the Falklands war, and during the first Gulf war I got letters from soldiers saying they were listening to these songs, like Island of no return.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Often people, when they're confronted with a poem, it's like someone who keep saying 'what is the meaning of this? What is the meaning of this?' And that dulls us to the other pleasures poetry offers.
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For most Americans, poetry plays no role in their everyday lives. But also for most Americans, contemporary painting or jazz or sculpture play no role either. I'm not saying poetry is singled out as a special thing to ignore.
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of people understand what not saying anything means, so, in effect, not saying anything is really saying a lot.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really think the acoustics that Gibson's been making for the last ten years or so are as good as any the company has ever produced and that's saying a lot.
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- Nov 07, 2020