Jidenna Theodore Mobisson (Jidenna) Quotes
The most important thing for me is the thing I strive for. But I also hope when I play my songs for people - adult, children, mostly children - that they feel mighty, they feel noble, they feel like warriors. And they feel like they can do anything in the world because that's how I feel.
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I struggle if I have chaos around me, but at the same time, if I don't have it, I'm uncomfortable. It's a strange thing: If I don't have chaos, I create it.
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It's more fun to arrive a conclusion than to justify it.
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I never wear matching socks. It's kind of a thing that I have!
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My dad only ever talked about two things: bicycles and Mercedes.
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When you actually fall in love, no one sees that other person the way that you do.
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If I do something caring for a friend, I have no doubt in my mind they would do it for me.
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Barberries, or zereshk, are tiny dried red fruit with a tremendously sharp flavour. They come from Iran, where they're used to add freshness to rice and chicken dishes.
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When the news is good, the BBC view is: 'Get the government out of the picture quickly, don't allow them to say anything about it.' When the news is bad: 'Let's all dump on the government.'
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I really wanted to break the mold of what modern touring is right now.
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Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone.
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It is a myth of publishers that people want to read easy things.
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Even the worst Bond movies, there's something to love about them.
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If you wanted to build an Internet startup in 2005, you had to buy your own servers and hire someone to manage it. Now, that's unheard of.
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In sport, a massive amount is to do with genetics.
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Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
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The competent programmer is fully aware of the limited size of his own skull. He therefore approaches his task with full humility, and avoids clever tricks like the plague.
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I don't know how many hills and valleys I've had, how many times I've had to refocus my world and my life and my career.
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I said to myself as Junction Point embarked on the Epic Mickey journey that, worst case, we'd be 'a footnote in Disney history.' Looking back on it, I think we did far better than that.
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The world owes nothing to any man, but every man owes something to the world.
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Give me the new thing and give it to me now. I don't want that old thing - I've seen it, heard it, bought it, slept with it, loved it, but now I'm bored with the old thing and I'm gagging for the new stuff.
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When you go on your phone to check what time it is, you get so distracted. It happens to me every day. 'Oh, I just wanted to see what time it is, but now I'm magically on a panda video.' This is the easier way, but it's also a part of your personal style. It ends up becoming a part of who you are, and representing what you love.
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Anything that's of any use, famous people get hold of it and take it for themselves and it gets a bad rap.
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The world is mystical, mysterious, powerful, brutal and awesome... it has a surreal logic, and moves in patterns, some of which can be unearthed and illuminated - on condition that I am listening - with my spirit, heart, eyes and guts on a single axis.
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The most important thing for me is the thing I strive for. But I also hope when I play my songs for people - adult, children, mostly children - that they feel mighty, they feel noble, they feel like warriors. And they feel like they can do anything in the world because that's how I feel.
