Meshell Ndegeocello Quotes
Music is like a lover that I can't commit to, but I seem to always find myself in bed with.
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When I'm doing just music all the time, it can get really overwhelming. It's always challenging to switch it up a bit. And just because you're a musician, it doesn't mean that music is your only creative outlet.
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Napster hijacked our music without asking. They never sought our permission. Our catalog of music simply became available as free downloads on the Napster system.
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I feel like my kind of music is a big pot of different spices. It's a soup with all kinds of ingredients in it.
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I'm going to put music out when I feel like it's ready.
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I like music a lot.
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I think that music is still art, even if it's commercialised.
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Maybe in music you're making an auditory environment and maybe you change your environment around you to suit your own way.
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There's not a day goes by that I don't appreciate the freedom that I have to make music and tour and spend time with my family.
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Having a simple career as a musician who liked music was good enough for me.
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Music is not a profession. Music is a way of life - one that requires much professionalism.
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The fame and the money and all that stuff that comes along with it is all great, but that's not the sole purpose of why I make music.
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I own a mortgage company and a real estate company funded by the music. Florida is a kinda gold mine.
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If you really don’t enjoy the type of music I make and that’s not you, OK. But don’t say I’m not talented. If you haven’t noticed, I wasn’t made - I was found.
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I had people telling me how much I sucked and how bad my music was, but I didn't allow that to discourage me to the point where I didn't want to do music anymore.
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I love country music.
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My music is about being strong, even in your vulnerability.
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That's why people listen to music or look at paintings. To get in touch with that wholeness.
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With most of the songs and music that I've composed, irrespective of the myriad videos made, I was always careful not to overly define the experience, leaving room for people to internalize things for themselves, making their experience more integral.
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I don't like putting a name on my music. It's not just country and rap; it's got Southern rock, classic rock.
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I was an absolute idiot, wearing polo-necks, reading Kerouac, watching Woody Allen movies, and jazz fitted right into all of that. My interest in that whole world became very genuine, but perhaps started off a bit affected - a mixture of right and wrong reasons. I was always drawn to non-commercial music, perhaps pathologically so.
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I think that's what makes my music different from other artists in my lane is that I write every word that's on my album, and every word comes from a real experience or a real feeling that I've either experienced or felt. And I'm very particular about that, and I take a lot of pride in it, so you know if I say something on a song, I mean it.
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I started taking piano lessons when I was about four years old. My parents were both musicians. So I took piano lessons. I didn't like the lessons very much, but I was enchanted by music. Music always transported me somewhere. Singing made feel good and being able to play the piano made me feel good.
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Many people say some of their best ideas come from dreams. Arguably the greatest Beatles song, 'Yesterday,' came to Paul McCartney in a dream.
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Music is like a lover that I can't commit to, but I seem to always find myself in bed with.
