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 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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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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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 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 want people to feel the times where they don't feel good. You should dive into those emotions, because that's what I do with my music.
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Every time I hear a recording I've made, I hear all kinds of things I could improve or things I should have done. There's always so much more to be done in music. It's so vast.
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I think the problem with a lot of the fusion music is that it's extremely predictable, it's a rock rhythm and the solos all play the same stuff and they play it over and over again and there's a certain musical virtuosity involved in it.
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I always felt out of place. I wasn't a cool kid, but I wasn't a nerd, either. I had trouble finding my place. But when I found the music, I had a place of my own.
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All of the great music ever written is based upon the Mass. I mean, it's pretty extraordinary stuff, and I think it's done the world some good. And if you take a look at some of the mosques in the world, it calls you to worship the kind of beauty that's in there.
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Among the many signs of a lively faith and hope we have in eternal life, one of the surest is not being overly sad at the death of those whom we dearly love in our Lord.
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You can go to places in Africa and Asia and find Marley graffiti. In the slums of Nairobi, you see his lyrics painted on walls, and you realise he has this almost religious significance to the underclass of the world. He's a guy born in a hut with no bed, and now he's probably the most listened-to artist in the world. It's fascinating.
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This is Christmas – the season of perpetual hope.
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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.
