Kaytranada Quotes
Really, what I'm trying to do is make soul music, but I don't even think of it as a genre. It's more of a feeling.
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For most people, it is enough for the world to know that they aspire. The world does not ask what their aspirations are, trusting that those aspirations are for the best and greatest things. But with regard to the Negroes in America, there is a feeling that their aspirations in some way are not consistent with the great ideals.
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When I'm on stage, I know exactly where I am. It's not an ego thing or anything like that, but I am more in my body and aware of myself and aware of what I'm doing, and I feel more from that, from sharing the music.
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Remixes are so much fun. For me, it's like this great release of energy. I like producing stuff for myself, but I also enjoy making music that wouldn't really suit my own vibe.
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I just want to make a classic. Classic is the standard. I'm just trying to make music that will last a lifetime.
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My wife and I were both very engaged in trying to defeat Trump. We knocked on doors in three states.
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There's this idea of a star, and this person is very aloof and writes all the music, and they don't talk to anyone unless they go through the record label. And I always felt very uncomfortable about that.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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One of the things that always was Fall Out Boy was trying new things and kind of pushing ourselves in different directions.
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I listened to country music my whole life. I started writing music when I was a teenager. It all came out country.
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I don't tend to set out on huge world domination goals or have anything in mind. I just like to play. I like to gig a lot; I like to write music.
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I always have music. I love it to be very upbeat. When you're having drinks, I like something like Cesaria Evora. During dinner, I like the much more traditional - old Frank Sinatra and things like that.
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I don't think I'd ever make an album of just covers because I love writing my own music.
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Sports without music is just a game. Music makes it entertaining.
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I was a fan of T-Pain's music growing up. I bought 'Epiphany' and 'Rappa Ternt Sanga.'
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Music is really something that makes people whole.
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I've been loving music all my life.
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Music is art to me, and you don't censor art. You don't go into a museum and censor things.
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It had always been a dream of mine to come to New York to work. Coming to New York and looking for work is one thing, but coming to New York and already having a job and feeling like you are already part of the city has been an amazing experience for me.
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The parent who tries to train without setting a good example is building with one hand, and pulling down with the other.
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For many young people, social mobility now means a bus down to the job centre.
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Flying is like the ultimate superpower; it's just, like, the coolest thing.
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I try to stay away from all the blogs and messages boards.
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But it's the particularity of a place, the physical experience of being in a place, that makes it onto the page. That's why I don't just do library research. I very rarely write about somewhere I haven't been.
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Really, what I'm trying to do is make soul music, but I don't even think of it as a genre. It's more of a feeling.
