Adrian Anthony Gill (A. A. Gill) Quotes
Nobody ever forgets their first night in the bush. It's among the precious, meagre handful of life firsts that remain indelible.
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I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.
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'Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
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My favorite books are psychology, self-help, and I'm fascinated by Jung, by dream work.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.
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I'm like an old vampire, so it's important to talk to young people.
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I pray for discretion every single night, that I can see through people, see what their greater good is. Sometimes that individual 'wows' you by the eye, but when it come to heart to heart, that person's not there for you. That's not just females. That may be friends, people who come into your life just to use you for who you are.
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There are no rules, no models; rather, there are no rules other than the general laws of Nature.
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A new era of responsibility is here.
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I look for someone whose upbringing was somewhat similar to mine because they can understand me - love for the family and everything else. You see someone's relationship with their parents, and you realize what that person's going to be like as a parent.
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I like Jaykae. He's a great artist, and I absolutely love Dr. Dre's album and a bit of Calvin Harris now and then.
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I don't drink. I don't like it. It makes me feel good.
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Listen, I'm not a rich kid. I'm a cultured kid; I'm very rich in culture.
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I used to buy records in high school. Mainly dancehall: Super Cat, Buju Banton.
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I try to play my game and that's being emotional because I'm that kind of guy.
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I love being a mother. My children fill me up in many ways, and inspire me in many ways, but I need a partner in my life, and I think most people feel that way.
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The way to be a man if you're a little boy is to be willing to throw your weight around.
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Summer is a discouraging time to work - you don't feel death coming on the way it does in the fall when the boys really put pen to paper.
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Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest.
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If true happiness depended on the thoughts of man, then all philosophers and deep thinkers would be filled to overflowing with it.
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Surely one zoo in the world should have the courage to draw the ultimate conclusion about our ancestry? A cage with Homo Sapiens in all its varying forms, perhaps then we would understand ourselves better. The question of course is whether the other animals would approve of it.
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Nobody ever forgets their first night in the bush. It's among the precious, meagre handful of life firsts that remain indelible.
