Brittany Howard Quotes
I probably bring four dresses on the road and rotate those. I always wear something light when I go onstage because I move around a whole lot. It's a sweaty business.
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I realized that you didn't have to make self-deprecating remarks or turn yourself into the butt of some unspoken joke. I also discovered that being big didn't deter possible suitors.
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Living composers writing for big band are very few and far between. There are not a lot of them, and I have a talent for doing it. I am zeroing in on what I do best.
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All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple act of slipping into a t-shirt or a pair of jeans.
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I used to be obsessed with race. I'm more obsessed with class now.
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Over the years, humans have managed to incorporate nearly every element, light and weighty, common and obscure, into our daily lives. And given how small atoms are and how many of them there are all around us, it's almost certain that your body has at least brushed against an atom of every single natural element on the periodic table.
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However, I am willing to hear what you can produce from Scripture in favor of any kind of slavery.
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When I was 5 and playing against 11-year-olds, who were bigger, stronger, faster, I just had to figure out a way to play with them.
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I am not a name-dropper. I can't help it if everybody I know is famous.
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Reality is never as bad as a nightmare, as the mental tortures we inflict on ourselves.
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In my early 20s, I didn't even know what the Groundlings was. I had no idea. But I know how to break down a script and work on the character.
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Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
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I'm not a performer who will come on stage and tell you everything about my life. It's just not who I am.
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I still write in long hand. I type like a chimpanzee.
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I often get ideas for songs on the tour bus at odd times. Like at 6am when no one is around, I'd just write.
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Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.
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If you're beautiful, you're led to believe that you can't also be smart.
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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It's the face and the body and the thing that we hide inside that can keep us from the world, but my voice is my voice.
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It probably wasn't until Nine Inch Nails played the first Lollapalooza that I actually went to a festival.
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When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me.
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As I obsess about my ancient problems, I feel more like I'm sinking in quicksand than lighting a torch. I'm creating neither heat nor light, just the icky, perversely pleasurable squish of self-pity between my toes. My only defense is that I'm not the only one down here in the muck - our whole culture is doting on tales of personal tragedy.
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The eyes of some of the fans at Davis Cup matches scare me. There's no light in them. Fixed emotions. Blind worship. Horror. It makes me think of what happened to us long ago.
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Fake people talk about other people being fake. Real people worry about their business, and no one else's.
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I probably bring four dresses on the road and rotate those. I always wear something light when I go onstage because I move around a whole lot. It's a sweaty business.
