Judith Butler Quotes
So for instance in rap music, you very often hear words that would seem very racist, or very misogynous or very homophobic but in some of those instances, the words are being taken back or redefined so that they lose their injurious quality.
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When I'm on stage, I know exactly where I am. It's not an ego thing or anything like that, but I am more in my body and aware of myself and aware of what I'm doing, and I feel more from that, from sharing the music.
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I liked that music was a window into a world with a lot of unpredictability and chaos; it was almost diametrically opposed to my very regimented day-to-day living.
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I actually spend very little time listening to any new music.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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Most of the music you hear on the radio today is developed for making money. It doesn't feel true or honest. You can feel it in the music.
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No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs.
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My music is a little dark, and my lyrics are a little darker. Every day, I'm fighting towards the light.
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I have Aboriginal roots on my father's side, and have always indentified with that spirit. I feel a lot of my music comes from that place.
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I feel I have to protect myself against things. So I'm pretty careful to lose most of them.
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I'll be making music 'til the day I die. I've done all kinds of stuff, and more is coming.
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I was pretty gung-ho about music and pursuing that and figuring that whole thing out, so I was wide-eyed and ready to go when I moved to Nashville. I never looked back.
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I don't work with Sia every day; it depends what we do, whether we do performances or music videos, so the schedule is weird, but when we're off, we always try to see each other in between. We just hang out; we went to brunch one time, but for the most part I go to her house, and we eat and watch TV.
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When I was young, people were almost identified solely by the kind of music they liked. People fell into categories of who liked what.
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When I started making music, I was so heavy into the hyphy movement. That's something you only know so much about if you were right there living in it, submerged in the culture.
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When I got signed to the 'Fader' Label, they got really excited about having me as their new artist. They were promoting my music everywhere. Pharrell was one of the producers who wanted to work with me, so I was really lucky to be one of those people who got to work with him.
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I do listen to a lot of music, but I don't listen when I'm writing.
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A 'scream' is always just that - a noise and not music.
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If you knew how meat was made, you'd probably lose your lunch.
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Public service is a part of who I am, having grown up in a family of politicians.
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True confidence leaves no room for jealousy. When you know your are great, you have no need to hate.
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I was no good at anything else at school. But I was good at one thing, which was creativity.
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I'm pretty well grounded in Christian principles.
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Every noble work is at first impossible.
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So for instance in rap music, you very often hear words that would seem very racist, or very misogynous or very homophobic but in some of those instances, the words are being taken back or redefined so that they lose their injurious quality.
