Ernest Dion Wilson (No I.D.) Quotes
When people get to see me interact with the creative giants, they see the perspective and the respect. A lot of times, people don't have that respect, from a music perspective, with the music people.
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In many of my plays, there was a kind of autobiographical character in the form of a son or young man.
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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I try to be as ignorant about things as I can.
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I don't really have a main source for my style inspiration. It's really about however I feel about myself at the moment.
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If you are in a relationship, it has to be a good one. If it isn't, it's best to just leave it.
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I think it's fun to get in a room and sweat with people. I'm happy to share my workouts with everyone.
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I don't think of myself as a role model. I do try to live in a compassionate, considerate and positive way. The only advice I can offer is to find what you love to do, find the joy in it, and express yourself through your passion.
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As a kid I didn't see black cowboys on the screen. What that said to me was that there were things I couldn't do or be because of my color. What we see others like us do gives us permission to expand our own horizons.
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Love of, and respect for, the humble routine of everyday life and its creatures was the only moral commandment which carried conviction when I was a child.
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If a film project were available and the timing was right, I might be interested.
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Heaven to me is percussion and bass, a screaming guitar and a burbling Hammond B-3 organ. It's a soup I love being immersed in.
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What I see is teeming cohesion, contained dispersal…. For him, to sculpt is to take the fat off space.
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Somebody writing a subroutine is unbelievable boring.
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It doesn't matter what background you come from; it doesn't matter what your circumstances are - you can survive.
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On YouTube, when you have a big viral success with a song that isn't your own, the natural inclination for most YouTubers is to keep doing that. What you really should do is show people that you actually have substance and can write your own music.
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I sometimes think it ironic for an ex-seaman, longshoreman, truck driver, policeman, bus driver, etc... to find success writing children's novels.
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All Southern state colleges and universities are open to black students.
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Refugees are the human dimensions of a failed state.
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Ethan thought he was doing the right thing. He knew it was crazy. And he didn’t want to go, but he had to anyway. Ethan was like that. Even if he was dead. He saved the world, but he shattered mine. What now?
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I used to think she was quite intelligent , in my stupidity. The reason I did was because she knew quite a lot about the theater and plays and literature and all that stuff. If somebody knows quite a lot about all those things, it takes you quite a while to find out whether they're really stupid or not.
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I came from a strong jazz/ singer-songwriter/folk influence, but in L.A., I learned how to have a balance between all these genres and R&B music and hip-hop, mixing them all together.
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I don't eat much meat, fish, or poultry.
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When people get to see me interact with the creative giants, they see the perspective and the respect. A lot of times, people don't have that respect, from a music perspective, with the music people.
