Imelda May Quotes
'Love Tattoo' I recorded without a record company. I'd gotten turned down by the record companies – they said they didn't get me, which is fine, I suppose.
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Love is an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it.
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I often joke that I straddle psychosis and neurosis, and that being an artist keeps me in the middle, so I can work between the two.
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Here's the thing: I left Ion Storm and Eidos in the spring of 2004 frankly because I felt out of place at that company.
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I get motivated by the fact people are following me, that they want a photo or say 'vamos' or 'Canelo.'
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I know exactly what my values are and what I love to do. That's worth additional years right there. I say no to a lot of stuff that would be easy money but deviates from my meaning of life.
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I get intrigued by a first lin and I write to find out why it means something to me. You make discoveries just the way the reader does, so you're simultaneously the writer and the reader.
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Will Smith said if I ever need some help, he was there for me.
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Nobody is gonna love you like you. You're gonna be your best salesman.
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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I was always an avid reader of books. My vocabulary, my English are all thanks to that reading habit. Reading keeps me grounded. I came from a very middle class family – poor, in fact.
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I simply can't wear an outfit if I don't feel that is right for me.
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Life's a bit like mountaineering - never look down.
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You should see all the negative things that the Romanian press writes about me.
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At some point, you decide to take something you really like and turn it into a business you love.
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I feel a responsibility to the fans who have paid to see me and I want to give as good a show as I possibly can.
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Characters who don't suffer have no interest to me.
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There are some seminal things that happened in the '70s for me: Billy Joel and Jackson 5.
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Tel Aviv appeals to me.
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If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor of sneaking out on tiptoe without disturbing the party.
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I have to say I find it totally astounding that my albums do as well as they do. It's quite extraordinary, and it's actually very touching for me for the albums to be received with such warmth.
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I'm a motivational speaker.
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I really just like breaking down the barriers, whether it means doing an album with Linkin Park, an album with R. Kelly, or playing at the Brandenburg Gate with Bono.
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We need to say that women have sex, have abortions, are at peace with the decision, and move on with their lives. We need to say that is their right, and, moreover, it's good for everyone that they have this right: The whole society benefits when motherhood is voluntary.
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'Love Tattoo' I recorded without a record company. I'd gotten turned down by the record companies – they said they didn't get me, which is fine, I suppose.
