Sufjan Stevens Quotes
I want to throw my voice more, I want to manipulate melody more... I want to be less deliberate and mechanical... I want less melody.
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There definitely will be flying cars, but whether there'll be flying cars for most people to use, it'll probably take a long time to straighten everything out, all the rules and hassles. It'll take a while to figure out how to keep people from crashing into each other.
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I respect music, I do. I love it.
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My mom says I'm a fighter, a fierce competitor, and I think I am, too.
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There's something so great about being with your nephew and, when you're tired, just handing him off back to your sister.
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You have a lot of great teams in the NBA. I watched San Antonio against Dallas, and they're two great teams, and there are great teams in the east, as well. So it takes time to gel, as we've all seen.
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I love dressing up.
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It's like a painter with various layers of paint. I start with a drum loop and add keyboards, and then melodies start to take shape. The vocals happen later. I've never really done therapy before, but it's a form of therapy. Everything else falls away.
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I completely agree with feeling the need for or the benefits of being pushed and of being directed on a project and collaborating.
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I had a terrible bout of acne after I turned 30.
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Every story is organic, and every story finds its own ending.
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I'm just being normal. A normal woman. Well, I don't know what a normal woman is, but I'm a woman and I'm Yoko and I've never changed that.
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You hear horror stories about scary mothers who just want their kids to be famous. I could be waitressing in a restaurant, and my mum would be happy as long as I was happy.
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Jewelry should not upstage you. I pick one hot point on my body that I'm going to highlight. Let one area do the singing - you don't want to hear three songs at once.
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I drive a big Dodge truck. I drive American cars.
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The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
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I stopped doing standup because it stopped being fun. And the reason it stopped being fun was it was harder to write - and this was before the Internet - it was harder to write new stuff. It had gotten so crazy.
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It's a little bit in the genes because my brother is a journalist and my father was a sports writer.
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I do tend to lose myself in whatever job I'm doing or hobby I'm into.
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I know how to treat my voice to make it sound as good as it possibly can - which is still not that good.
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Bubbles was a very good dancer. Tremendous dancer. He was one of our leading dancers of the country at that time. And, of course, he didn't have much of a voice.
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I miss hanging out with my friends, getting in a little trouble. I have to be so guarded now.
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The life of faith is a daily exploration of the constant and countless ways in which Gods grace and love are expereinced.
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I want to throw my voice more, I want to manipulate melody more... I want to be less deliberate and mechanical... I want less melody.
