- People
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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
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
You think a lot of people get to be big stars and get a little crazy, but most of the ones I've ever met have always been surprisingly normal, and I've enjoyed that.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
You just write about things that happen.
- Positive
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to write sad songs. They're much easier to write and you get a lot more emotion into them. But people don't want to hear them as much. And radio definitely doesn't; they want that positive, uptempo thing.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
'After 17' is a song I wrote when my first daughter went to college, so that's kind of where I'm at in that part of my life. If you listen to that song and knew anything about me, you'd say, 'Oh yeah, he wrote that about his daughter,' but I try not to write them that they are so specific that they wouldn't apply to anybody that has a child.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you can last until you're 40 years old, hopefully you'll be mature enough to figure out the rest of the years.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think every album you have, especially if it's done well, you feel like you're competing with yourself.
- Four-Year
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- Nov 07, 2020
You don't need a four-year college degree if you have burning ambition or a great plan.
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
You have to be tough-skinned and willing to accept criticism, and at the same time, just try to do music that you like and you are proud of and not just whatever you think it's going to take to get you on the radio.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
If anything good came out of 9/11, to me, was that people were so cynical about the world - all you hear about on the news is all the bad stuff everyday, but what was refreshing to me was after that, you saw how many good people there are out there. For every one bad one, there's a thousand good ones.
- Nov 07, 2020
If truth is the first victim of war, then read on - I've got some great lies for you this month.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
Look, I was only given a year or two to come up with tunes for this record, and when all but eight of them were thrown out for riotous behaviour, I got a bit ticked off; wouldn't you?
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you want people to support you, then you have to support them. You have to think long about what you did for people who voted for you, made phone calls for you, who went door to door for you.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020