Michael Eric Dyson Quotes
Hip hop music is important precisely because it sheds light on contemporary politics, history, and race. At its best, hip hop gives voice to marginal black youth we are not used to hearing from on such topics.
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I'm involved in music and fashion a lot more than I used to be, so my style has definitely changed - for the better, of course. It's given me greater insight into what colours work, what looks good on camera, and what I feel comfortable in.
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If there's anything that would unite the world, it would be music.
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Through all the bad guys that I've played, they're justifiably bad - they have their reasons. It's been important to me.
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I was bringing the whole music, hip-hop, art, break dancing and urban cultural thing to the downtown table.
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I've always been a really really big Sheryl Crow fan. I just respect what she does in a way that she just remains true to her music and sort of has just been real. She isn't trying too hard ever.
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Music is really something that makes people whole.
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Nurses are an integral component of the health care system, and it is important that we recognize the over 2.7 million registered nurses for the significant work that they do.
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There is nothing more important in life than love.
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Music has become so ever-present in our lives. You can't walk through a shopping mall or go into a restaurant without what we used to call Muzak.
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It's impossible to be someone you're not, so quit trying. I am as passionate about my hobbies as I am about my work and my family. All three are equally important to me at all times.
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Music is not a profession. Music is a way of life - one that requires much professionalism.
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Even after marriage, our home is important for us.
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The world of classical music is so fascinating. It's a world that encompasses people from everywhere and erases the basic restraints of nationality; everyone is united by this common language of music.
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Whenever I'm writing a script, I'm scoring myself by playing the right kind of music.
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I love the smell of a theater. The old rooms and the carpet and all that stuff. I love to tell stories. Even before I was doing music, I saw myself as a director. So most of my songs come in a play form, you know, where there are characters and stories, so I like to go beyond just the song sometimes.
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Music is my first love.
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I got started when I was 3 years old because my father was a music teacher and my lessons were free. Instead of learning to walk, you learn to play the piano.
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I think it's important that kids have responsibilities and understand the value of things, but I think it's great I get to travel the world with my daughter.
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The kind of music I like depends very much on my mood.
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I really want younger audience members to see kids in their early 20's playing Frank's music and to be inspired to take things to a higher level themselves.
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There are many issues within the deaf community but, for me, none more important than access to education for deaf children.
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Quakers almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time.
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Hip hop music is important precisely because it sheds light on contemporary politics, history, and race. At its best, hip hop gives voice to marginal black youth we are not used to hearing from on such topics.
