Ravyn Lenae Quotes
My songwriting process is based on a formula: Color, tone, words. When I hear production, I initially identify the color that resonates with me. From there, I am able to translate the color into tone or emotion, which may depend on a number of things.
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He who fears to weep, should learn to be kind to those who weep.
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I've dealt with a lot in my life.
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I'm an enormous Tim Burton fan.
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My reading of philosophy and history is desultory; I know so much and yet so little.
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I am a self-critical perfectionist.
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I haven't fallen that much, but when I have, it's usually in the attempt to do something worthwhile. As for recovery, you just have to get up!
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Oh yah, I'm definitely an old rocker.
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What really matters is who you are when you step on the field, and I will let my bat and my glove speak for themselves.
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My parents separated when I was young, and as a result, my father had to learn how to braid our hair on the nights my sisters and I would stay with him. We would arrive to school the next morning with these incredibly endearing lopsided braids he had fashioned. This may have expedited the process of my learning how to braid my own hair.
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I didn't want people to think I'm just in the movies, where you make money and wait around for 13 hours before you get to do 20 minutes of work.
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I have an office in Argentina, I go there every day, so I work.
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I don't want to just add another DVD to the pile. So I think, 'Is this going to have an impact and some lasting value? Is it worth it for me to spend two years of my middle-aged life on this?' They're my criteria, and I think that's led me to more urgent projects.
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People don't know what to do when writing a story with teens that takes place now - they think you have to make a bunch of references to Facebook.
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Most people, almost everyone knows of a teen mom. Teen pregnancy rates are growing, and we need to bring awareness to that.
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The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.
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The worst part about being married is when you're not connecting. Your partner is going out the door when you're coming in, and you don't have a chance to debrief on the day. That's the worst.
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By being able to write a genome and plug it into an organism, the software, if you will, changes the hardware.
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If I am in Sweden, I try to get home to be with my children. I can do work after that from home.
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Reading, I had learned, was as creative a process as writing, sometimes more so. When we read of the dying rays of the setting sun or the boom and swish of the incoming tide, we should reserve as much praise for ourselves as for the author. After all, the reader is doing all the work - the writer might have died long ago.
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I'm just trying to figure out the right balance between making fans feel good and also maintaining some dignity for myself in the process.
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Traditional songwriting, to us, is where the experimental nature comes in. We're all involved with so much outside activity with really hardcore, experimental music-making.
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I sacrificed a lot, in terms of friendship and family, from working so much at such a young age, but I wouldn't be where I am if I hadn't.
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My songwriting process is based on a formula: Color, tone, words. When I hear production, I initially identify the color that resonates with me. From there, I am able to translate the color into tone or emotion, which may depend on a number of things.
