Brittany Howard Quotes
To me, if you're a musician, then you're interested in music, and if you're interested in music, then you should listen to a lot of different types.
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Nobody can be exactly like me. Even I have trouble doing it.
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Control what you can control. Don't lose sleep worrying about things that you don't have control over because, at the end of the day, you still won't have any control over them.
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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
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When I'm ready, I plan to adopt. I still believe in family.
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It's a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president... except me.
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Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director.
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They got word that the Japanese planes were coming back, so we sunk her ourselves so the Japanese wouldn't get it. We didn't want the Japanese to get it intact.
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People trash talk me.
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I call tennis the McDonald's of sport - you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out.
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To anybody who says to me, 'I'm in character,' I say, 'You should be in an asylum.' If you don't know that you're pretending, then you should really seek medical help. I don't have patience for that stuff.
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Growing up in Harlem, I had the chance to practice with a Negro League team. At fifteen, I was over six feet tall and a fair athlete, but my skills didn't come close to some of the players I saw.
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I don't get tired of my work because you can't get tired of something you love and enjoy! But, having said that, I wish to get a break of four to five days, or at least three days, switch off my cell phone, and do what I want to.
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I've never seen anything so abhorrent in my life as Harry Reid. He's an equal opportunity basher. He goes after everybody, and I think it has been so, frankly, disgusting.
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Every woman is a queen, and we all have different things to offer.
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I was born a singer. I need to do that.
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The sound of a golf game is very different than the sound of a football game.
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When your protagonist bores you, you're in trouble.
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I'm against big bureaucracy in Washington making health care decisions. I just have an aversion to bureaucrats. But it's not just government bureaucrats. I don't like HMO bureaucrats and insurance company bureaucrats either.
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When you're young, you obviously have people you look up to. People like Andrew Oldham and Nile Rodgers inspired me then, and they inspire me now. But at some point, you start to try to be the best you can be and you're not copying anybody else. I'm just doing it in public, and my work needs to reflect that as well.
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I know so many girls that have felt like they've been taken advantage of. Not only in the music business, but in every single career out there.
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Animals are certainly more sophisticated than we used to think. And we shouldn't lump together animals as a group. Crows and chimps and dogs are all highly intelligent in very different ways.
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If I were a doctor nobody would be inviting me to talk to reservations. I'd be a different person. Writers can influence more people.
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To me, if you're a musician, then you're interested in music, and if you're interested in music, then you should listen to a lot of different types.
