Kaytranada Quotes
I always say I want creative control. A lot of people don't think about that. And that's what every artist should think of - being creative and not just a puppet.
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I guess hip-hop has been closer to the pulse of the streets than any music we've had in a long time. It's sociology as well as music, which is in keeping with the tradition of black music in America.
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If al Qaeda or any other enemy of our country manages to create a situation or explode a bomb or murder or incapacitate large numbers of our people, we cannot wait for 7 weeks of a special election in order to deal with that.
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When civilization takes a nose dive, how can you look away? You've got to be there. You've got to be at the bottom of the swimming pool taking notes.
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I'm not going to just say nice things about everybody unless I mean it.
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I've got quite a good poker face. I'm known for being able to keep my emotions very much in check: no one knows how I'm feeling. I can be winning or losing but keep it very much the same.
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If you're an artist, you're an artist; that's the only way I can explain it.
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Anyone should be able to read comics.
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Speaking is physically difficult for me.
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I'm in love with music, and I'm pregnant by it. It's like having twins. Or triplets. Or eight-lets!
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'Mrs. Doubtfire' is still a fun movie, and it's still fun to watch, but it is hard to watch myself sometimes. I get very critical. And people will say, 'Mara, you were five.' And I'm like, 'Yeah, but I still should have known better!' I'm a lifelong perfectionist, what can I say?
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No, I am not a homosexual. If I were a homosexual, I would hope I would have the courage to say so. What's cruel is that you are forcing me to say I am not a homosexual. This means you are putting homosexuals down. I don't want to do that.
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Millions of people gave their lives fighting fascism and imperialism, but Pearl Harbor was the event that forever changed the course of human history.
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Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
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I always laugh a lot when I see the dramas that I end up doing. I see myself behaving very seriously and I'm like, 'What is this?'
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I have a strong desire to communicate what I feel about the world. That's exciting to me.
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Sometimes some of these little side excursions are useful and I manage to fit them in the book somewhere.
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In the '70s, my playing was completely untutored, but it sounded good to me, and I tried to find ways to make those very simple things work in more ambitious contexts.
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My professional life has nothing to do with my personal life and vice versa.
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Even my stuntman is old.
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If the courts are making the decisions, it matters who the judge is and, of course, people are concerned with what is the bottom line.
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Our people are angry and motivated, and they continue to believe that politicians should not be involved in a decision that's between a woman, her family and God.
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There is a fascination with the idea that one has 'seen someone else do something' before one can achieve it. Maybe that's true in some cases, but clearly it is not a requirement. I knew what I wanted to do.
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Alas! how much there is in education, and in our social institutions, to prepare us and our children for insanity.
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I always say I want creative control. A lot of people don't think about that. And that's what every artist should think of - being creative and not just a puppet.
