- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
You Quotes
Quotes that speak straight to you.
This collection gathers quotes framed around 'you' - from candid reflections on body image pressures passed down in families to observations about how humor can mask real vulnerability. Many touch on how what you know about yourself differs from how others perceive you.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always wanted to be a character actor. I love watching movies where you don't recognize someone because they're so lost in the part.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I realized that acting was something I wasn't going to be lazy about. You feel good when you do it well. It is something that can grow in you.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you make a lot of money for a record company, they don't want you to evolve. Growing older, you naturally do.
- Perfect
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of my albums that I've done, a lot of the songs have been the first take. It's before you mess with it too much - you can take away all the spontaneity and the emotion of something by trying to make it sound perfect.
- Singing
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you find yourself on stage singing and you are embarrassed about what you are singing in front of your peers, then you have to think about your priorities.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't good at being affable. You get beyond that and realise the attraction in any human being has more to do with what they give to someone rather than just being face candy.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's a bit of a myth that if you can read music you can write music. It doesn't work like that.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think a lot of singers are shy people. I suppose singing on stage is not like talking; you are not as exposed.
- Just Because
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think that just because you go on stage you are an exhibitionist.
- Diaries
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- Nov 07, 2020
I threw away the whole of my working history, my photograph albums, diaries and stage clothes. Shoving big, ugly discs on walls is a bit like rubbing people's faces in it, saying 'I am considerably richer than you.' It is completely unnecessary.
- Eye
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- Nov 07, 2020
Becoming famous is a really shocking thing, especially when you don't have aspirations to it. It got to the point where I would try and avoid making eye contact with anyone. It was freaky, and it just happened overnight. I couldn't handle it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I saw Adele, I thought: 'I'll give it an hour before people say I was her,' just because I was fat. When you watch 'X Factor,' you can bet your bottom dollar, every single fat singer sounds like me as far as the judges are concerned. Can you imagine if they did that with every black artist?
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020