Mat Kearney Quotes
I think, in a lot of ways, hip-hop is interesting to me because it's like the modern-day folk music.
Quotes to Explore
-
I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.
-
Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate.
-
Anytime you interfere with a natural process, you're playing God. God determines what happens naturally. That means when a person's ill, he shouldn't go to a doctor because he's asking for interference with God's will. But of course, patients can't think that way.
-
I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
-
I found one had to do some work every day, even at midnight, because either you're professional or you're not.
-
My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.
-
There's no regrets for me.
-
As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
-
Arianna Huffington has exercised her renowned wisdom to give journalism another boost along the ever busier Internet. Her blog site promises to be an interesting challenge for those of us lucky enough to be invited to participate with our occasional contributions.
-
If we were truly in the studio making a record, it would have been more time consuming, and certainly I would have been more involved in the writing process.
-
My original name was Juaquin, and my cousin couldn't pronounce my name right. So he'd just be saying 'Waka! Waka!' So when I was younger, I used to always laugh, then my man Gucci gave me the rest of the name.
-
I am happy to donate funds to various organizations that help people in need.
-
The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten.
-
Directors, producers can make you look good or make you look bad.
-
Sexual dreams aren't usually about sex.
-
I have a superhero complex. If I see anything bad happen, I run towards it, rather idiotically because, after all, what could I do?
-
I love the produce section at the grocery store.
-
It's difficult to believe that Al Gore was oblivious to the existing laws. He has to respond at some point.
-
My connection with Basquiat was really in Los Angeles, which really was a whole different world to what he was experiencing in New York.
-
I love shopping at Zara or Topshop. I'm not going to go out and spend $1,200 on a Chloe top that I'm probably going to spill something on.
-
Howard's unbelievably nutty, politically incorrect style is probably the single biggest influence on me.
-
They're a different generation, those kids; kids that are under the age of twelve. They're not that impressed by rock music, you know what I mean? They're like, it's cool and everything, but whatever. They're just as impressed by YouTube.
-
We played everything from "White Sports Coat" to Bill Haley and the Comets - whatever happened to be the "in music" at the time.
-
I think, in a lot of ways, hip-hop is interesting to me because it's like the modern-day folk music.
