Ab-Soul (Herbert Anthony Stevens IV) Quotes
I treat all my projects the same. They're all time capsules of where I am at the time and what I'm thinking about.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm a proud family man.
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The John Birch Society is not ultra-conservative, communist-hating, and racist as opponents paint it.
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If you're losing, just be a man; be a man and lose as a man.
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I did a B.A. with a major in fine arts and a minor in psychology. I wanted to become a teacher or do art therapy for the elderly. But then I realised I wanted to travel instead.
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I'm unemployable in any other capacity.
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I almost never set out to photograph a landscape, nor do I think of my camera as a means of recording a mountain or an animal unless I absolutely need a 'record shot'. My first thought is always of light.
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When my body feels good, I feel more energized and alive, and that's sexy. I'm taking care of this body God gave me.
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Science has killed religion. There's no hope for the future with seven billion of us on the planet, and the only thing you can do is to laugh in the face of it all.
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Life and liberty can be as much endangered from illegal methods used to convict those thought to be criminals as from the actual criminals themselves.
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'As Long As I Know I'm Getting Paid' is a satire. Lyrically, I want to be direct. With my history in Fall Out Boy, there's some expectation that I'm going to be lyrically obtuse. But that song is a straight-faced satire of consumerism.
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I love being in Malibu. It's so cool there, and the water is just, it's nice and, and I love the beach. And I found a sand dollar there.
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One performer whose band played my music better than I could myself was Art Farmer. He recorded 'Sing Me Softly of the Blues' and 'Ad Infinitum'.
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I'm a capitalist by conviction and profession. I believe the best economic system is one that rewards entrepreneurship and risk-taking, maximizes customer choice, uses markets to allocate scarce resources and minimizes the regulatory burden on business.
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I'm born with a pencil in my hand. I did lots of sketching.
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There is properly no history; only biography.
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I'm not a drummer anymore, on my gravestone, if there is one, if anyone writes anything about me besides hopefully being a dad, it would be that I sang in my band when I was in my 20s. So I was like, 'Yeah, I should probably focus on this a little more,' so I just practiced a lot. (When asked about his singing.)
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The bank, Mr. Van Buren, is trying to kill me, but I will kill it.
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Already madness lifts its wing to cover half my soul.
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As an actor, you act in order to make a living. Then, when you can make a living, you start acting because you want to do what you love to do. I need to remind myself of that a lot.
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I am not going to be a star. I am going to be a legend.
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Supercookies are legal, but I don't think they should be.
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I try and be super vocal on the field because that's what we need, and that's what I want to do.
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The U.N.'s impartiality allows it to negotiate and operate in some of the toughest places in the world. And time and again, studies have shown that U.N. peacekeeping is far more effective and done with far less money than what any government can do on its own.
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I treat all my projects the same. They're all time capsules of where I am at the time and what I'm thinking about.
