Jeremih Felton (Jeremih) Quotes
I was raised on the Southside of Chicago, and my whole family was musically-inclined.
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The world is always in movement.
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To grow up knowing you're loved is astounding. It's a huge gift to a child.
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I have so much drive and passion for this industry and the creative arts, and I want other kids to have that kind of drive, and to have a fire in their belly for whatever industry that they want to get into.
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I do a movie once every four years and they call it a comeback.
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I don't think there is much value in trying to use the moon as a base to go to Mars. That's going into one gravity belt and having to get back out of it again. And the moon doesn't have a lot to offer as a resource base.
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All the time I was writing hit songs with my partner David Porter, I always had the yen to perform. Sure did. And when the opportunity came, I took it. The first album, 'Presenting Isaac Hayes,' didn't do so hot, but it was like a prelude for what was to come.
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The field of the novel is very rich. If you're a composer, you're well aware of the history of composition, and you are trying to make your music part of that history. You're not ahistorical. In the same way, I think, if you write now, you are writing in the historical context of what the novel has been and what possibilities it has revealed.
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No secret that for some years - long before my time - Komen was dealing with a controversy regarding Planned Parenthood grants.
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My touchstone for every question is the Constitution.
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Not everyone can be successful selling fashion at $25,000 for a wedding outfit. Certain designers are able to do that. And there is only a certain amount of consumers who can do that. The real opportunity is in that $25 garment.
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Experimenting with different sounds is great, but when it comes down to it, you're still playing a guitar.
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Well, I was born in El Paso, Texas, it was in the nearest hospital to the family farm.
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Winning, you can overlook so many things.
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I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader.
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I really want to try soccer after I retire because I've watched football over the years and I think I could be a good contender.
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A lot of times, you think you want something, and then you find something completely different.
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All you can do is focus on telling the best story you can with compelling characters. If you do it right, it will endure. If you do it wrong, it won't.
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It's pretty funny to me when I hear people say, 'I write six songs every day,' or, 'I turn out a song a day.' I bet you that's a whole week of bad songs.
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KIND has gone through many iterations as it deepens its social impact. When you're selling a million dollars a year, the impact you can have is very different than when you are selling over a billion dollars a year. Scale has allowed us to do things we never thought possible.
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China - if you think about what is the character of China, it's enormous scale. It's bigness.
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People tend to discuss things like relationships with family and friends, and the fact that I'm the only breadwinner in the family. And honestly, I cashed in on it.
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I won the family lottery. I come from the best family in the world.
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I was raised on the Southside of Chicago, and my whole family was musically-inclined.
