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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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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Maybe in music you're making an auditory environment and maybe you change your environment around you to suit your own way.
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The time after college and before music was really rough. I couldn't afford food. I was eating bread and butter for five months. Living in New Orleans, I couldn't afford to take care of myself. I had no health insurance.
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I think for a lot of people, bowling is sort of a joke. But I love it, and it means a lot to me, so any chance to help promote it or celebrate it or not make the hackiest jokes - 'Bowlers are like plumbers and they wear the craziest shirts!' - I'm way into.
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As Lord Chesterfield said of the generals of his day, 'I only hope that when the enemy reads the list of their names, he trembles as I do.'
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What life throws at you - you just have to learn how to hit it, which is a baseball metaphor. The ball's outside, you hit to the right. You don't let them go by.
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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.
