Terrence LeVarr Thornton (Pusha T) Quotes
		
	 
	
		
	
	
	
		I never understood why movies don't have to be as responsible, or the responsibility stops with Rated R. I feel like music, you gotta - you put the sticker on it, you make the clean version, then you're explaining yourself, and then you have to do charities to offset what you just said. No one else has to do this!
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Terrence LeVarr Thornton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		You are dealing with people who have taken the responsibility of killing their own because they think that they are right, they think that they are serving the interests of their people. They not going to give that up easily, just because you've shown up. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lakhdar Brahimi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think my thing is that... I don't know. And that's why I don't wanna sing about 'This is me, this is who I am' because, like, even the question, 'Tell me about yourself' - what are you supposed to say? 'Ooh, I'm a happy girl, but I'm sad, too'? People are so complex. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zara Larsson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		But only art and music have the power to bring peace. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yoko Ono 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If it helped you get your music off the ground, I'm glad you done it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Carl Perkins 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think I've had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records. I think I'm that guy. I'm still blessed with the opportunity to make music and pass out a message like, 'Life is good,' to the world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		As you begin to realize that every different type of music, everybody's individual music, has its own rhythm, life, language and heritage, you realize how life changes, and you learn how to be more open and adaptive to what is around us. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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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'. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yuna 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I work on words quite separately to music. They're both ongoing, and I don't ever feel like I'm working in a cycle in that respect, because it's every day anyway, no matter what I'm doing. Then I get to a point when I've collected together enough words that seem like they want to be songs rather than poems, or sometimes not. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				P. J. Harvey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I read whenever possible, and I buy books all the time, sometimes online, but mostly from bookshops. I love literature. If you want to understand art, it's important to understand what is also happening in literature, in music, in science, in architecture. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Hans-Ulrich Obrist 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Young kids should be doing music that has shock value. They'll grow out of it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Talib Kweli 
			 
			
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		If we're going to go really deep, we're all trying to live forever. My music is my way of doing that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Smith 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I see the demographics increasing, and by that I mean the notion of social acceptance is growing, not decreasing; I think the notion of fiscal responsibility is growing, not decreasing. And Republicans seem to be moving further away from those two categories than closer. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gary Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		When I was a little girl, I used to walk around with a towel on my head, pretending I was a nun. And then one day my mother said, 'Why don't you just become an actress, and then you can pretend you're a nun.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Olivia Hussey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The 'democracy gap' in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote for the 'least worst' every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the 'least worst' gets worse. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ralph Nader 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I love classic rock, rock and roll, that's the top notch. I love soul - bluesy music as well. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Haley Reinhart 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've dreamed of being on the road, traveling and touring, for as long as I've been into doing music. It's what I live for. I just wanna be Willie Nelson. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				G-Eazy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		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. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Randy Owen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For me, even if I'm singing to a very large audience, like in 'The Sound of Music Live' or in the 'She Loves Me' broadcast, I try to imagine that I am just singing to each individual. It doesn't change my energy other than being perhaps a bit more nervous. I try to sing to each person and right into their individual heart. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		I'm treating country music like it's a sport. I'm looking at where my competition is and realized I needed to work on my songwriting. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kip Moore 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm from a very violent city. I'm from New Orleans, Louisiana, and it's good to see me be able to express my art, have a good opportunity for my life, make history and say something, without being violent. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jason Mitchell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When stocks are attractive, you buy them. Sure, they can go lower. I've bought stocks at $12 that went to $2, but then they later went to $30. You just don't know when you can find the bottom. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		‘And shove him into a dungeon with dripping walls and see to it that he is well gnawed by rats.’ 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		Disciples of Christ abide in His Word. Those who abide in His Word know the truth and are free. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				R. C. Sproul 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I never understood why movies don't have to be as responsible, or the responsibility stops with Rated R. I feel like music, you gotta - you put the sticker on it, you make the clean version, then you're explaining yourself, and then you have to do charities to offset what you just said. No one else has to do this! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Terrence LeVarr Thornton