D'wayne Wiggins Quotes
There are a lot of new artists that I really dig and I think they really understand what R&B and Soul music is about.
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I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.
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I've never gotten thick skin. If you close yourself off and you get this protective armor, there is a price you pay with that - of not feeling. And feeling is important when you are a songwriter.
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I seriously object to seeing on the screen what belongs in the bedroom.
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I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
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Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin - it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring.
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Dub and reggae... I play that a lot around the house.
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You can always tell when a man's well informed. His views are pretty much like your own.
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The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success: Concentration, Discrimination, Organization, Innovation and Communication.
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I try to be as ignorant about things as I can.
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Working with Bruno Mars would be really awesome. I'm such a fan of his, and I love that he's a real artist.
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I call tennis the McDonald's of sport - you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out.
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If we were truly in the studio making a record, it would have been more time consuming, and certainly I would have been more involved in the writing process.
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With a film, you can get into it and love it. With music, you can listen to over and over again, but with music videos, they're like this short little stab.
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New York was at the forefront of rap, so because of all the great people who have gone before me, being a rapper from Queens, I have to live up to those standards. I'm basically just a regular guy who says what he feels and likes to joke. I like long walks on the beach... and I love rap.
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I made a commitment... both to myself and to some supporters to carefully consider a run for the Liberal leadership for the Liberal Party of Canada.
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I would love to be a professional athlete. When I was living in Mexico as a teenager, I did seven years of gymnastics and went to the Junior Olympics. I was getting to the level of going to the international competitions, but I was only 14, and my parents were really worried because they did not want that to be my life.
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Truthfully, I'm pretty stuck in the '80s.
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Today, many people are engaging in same sex relationships and saying they are not gay.
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If you meet the Buddha in the lane, feed him the ball.
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The smaller you strip things down, the more you depend on the songs and yourself, as opposed to arrangements.
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It's not enough to create magic. You have to create a price for magic, too. You have to create rules.
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I've sung a whole lot of jazz. It's my favorite style of music to sing. People don't realize it, because they're so accustomed to hearing me sing musical theater.
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There are a lot of new artists that I really dig and I think they really understand what R&B and Soul music is about.
