Karim Kharbouch (French Montana) Quotes
I was never officially signed with Akon, but it was a shopping deal. That was around the time he was going through some problems with his label at Interscope. I waited, but when a deal didn't happen, I just went out on my own.
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I remember the first time my mind was blown by an actor was Tim Curry, because I loved 'Clue' when I was a kid, and then I was watching the movie 'Legend,' and the Devil suddenly smiles, and I was like, 'It's the same guy!' It was a total Keyser Soeze moment.
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I guess I hadn't counted on 'The Unblackening' happening to my time slot as well.
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The priesthood is a marriage. People often start by falling in love, and they go on for years without realizing that love must change into some other love which is so unlike it that it can hardly be recognized as love at all.
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I found that I need to work, and I wouldn't have known that if I hadn't taken the time off.
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I think one's history and past is important at a certain time in your life, especially as an artist, just to try to hone in on that.
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I've done stuff in the past and followed in the footsteps of my heroes, and each time, it felt a little bit surreal.
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Once you become an Olympic champion, you are expected to win all the time.
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Too many jazz pianists limit themselves to a personal style, a trademark, so to speak. They confine themselves to one type of playing.
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It was just this interesting, my first, the first time you hear your child in any way criticise you. It's the worst review of your life and it's really relieving to find out that they don't know what they're saying.
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Once I have children, the kids come first. One thing at a time for me.
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I love writing songs. I love doing my radio show and talking to the fans and listening to what they have to say, but there's a certain responsibility that comes along with being given the gift of music. I take that seriously, but at the same time I try to use it to do something that makes a difference in a positive way.
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When I was sixteen I started acting, and I also started to embrace my tradition and culture. I had a young medicine man interpret for me what it is to be an Indian. He really caught me at a good time because I was really vulnerable after the loss of my parents with all of the feelings of abandonment.
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Any time you're dealing with an ankle, you've got to run, you've got to cut, you've got to do all those things. It makes it tough.
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I hate wasting people's time.
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Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time; it is the quiet space into which everyone can enter through his own thought.
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I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.
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I definitely feel like kids do look up to me as a potential role model. It's an honor, but it can also be a burden. I may be on TV, but I'm also a teenager. I don't get it right every time. But I always do my absolute best to stay above board in every way. My fans inspire me to be a better person.
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It's a taboo that comes back over and over, to suggest that women can feel divided - that you can love your child and want to do everything for it, and at the same time want to put it away from you and reclaim something of yourself.
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A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime.
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My writing has changed a lot. From 16 to 19, I've changed a lot. My kind of writing in the beginning was very observational; now it's grown very personal for me. I use it as a diary in many ways.
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I think I've finally proven something to people who were cynical about me. Because they were cruel.
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There is no such thing as a federal personhood bill.
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If you are bored with Berkeley and San Francisco, you are bored with life.
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I was never officially signed with Akon, but it was a shopping deal. That was around the time he was going through some problems with his label at Interscope. I waited, but when a deal didn't happen, I just went out on my own.
