Wale Quotes
Ruzzle's my therapy. When I get off the stage from a packed show and I'm exhausted, I'll just go Ruzzle for like a good 30 minutes.
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I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.
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I don't really love to perform in music. Some people like it more, but it's not my thing so much, but just the writing, when you get the lyric, and the lyric just goes just the right way, or you find the right bridge that takes you to the solo, and those moments are tremendous, and it's difficult to portray.
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Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
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People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs.
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When I think back now to the recording sessions, there is more improvisation than one hears. It's an ideal combination of arrangements and improvisation. Only a few people are able to listen and say what is composed and what is improvised. It's a unit.
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I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It's all authentic.
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The Chinese are really good at diplomacy - and even at making their interlocutors feel very uncomfortable.
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My life is black and white and mixed. My mother's a Rastafarian, my dad was a short white guy - it's not an affectation. It's also the lives of millions of people throughout the world.
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In the Philippines, the host should always be willing to defer to the wishes of the guest.
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Write what you like; there is no other rule.
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Heartache is very fertile ground for song-making but so is happiness, so is absolute bliss.
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I'm not trying to set the world on fire; I just want to make really beautiful clothes that women want to wear, can afford, and can really see themselves in.
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Sir Rodin convinced my parents to have me committed; they are all in Paris to arrange it.
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If I'm trying to please every craze fan, then I can't. Of course, we all want to please the fans.
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It's quite fun to mess with the human voice. It's quite special in the sense that the voice is the #1 instrument that we can connect with; it doesn't sound too alien. I think that's the key is to find the line between sounding human and sounding robotic. That's an area that I like to explore a lot.
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I'm a walking, talking enigma. We're a dying breed.
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If I'm doing comedy, I try to improvise a lot. Even if they don't use it, it helps me loosen up and figure out the character.
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It is a waste of money to help those who show no desire to help themselves.
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I support parents making the best decisions for their kids' education.
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God and Country are an unbeatable team; they break all records for oppression and bloodshed.
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I spend like $2 million a year on Chinese food and pizza for ten people in the studio who don't sing or produce.
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Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which knows the plenitude of the soul.
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Treaties, you see, are like girls and roses; they last while they last.
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Ruzzle's my therapy. When I get off the stage from a packed show and I'm exhausted, I'll just go Ruzzle for like a good 30 minutes.
