Andy Kim (Andrew Youakim) Quotes
With Kevin Drew, as I said, in his own way just told me "You gotta find that person that talks to you in your songs." I think we succeeded. I feel relief, to be quite honest with you.
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The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.
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I'm a family guy, so I would love to have a family; I would love to find that perfect person to have a family with.
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It's not even race; it's a certain type of person that gets 'Pootie Tang.'
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So many songs are just a wink to the audience, but people take them seriously. 'My Humps?' C'mon!
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I'm a really heavy sleeper. When I wake up I'm a terrible morning person.
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Don't see the point in reading ghost-written autobiographies, even though some of these published lives may fascinate me. The 'ghost' is always present, manipulating an interview into first-person singular text, and it feels like I'm reading a lie.
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I've always considered myself a fairly romantic person. I believe in love and falling in love at a young age.
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He who calls a person a fascist for opposing independence is not only wrong but putting themselves on the same level as those who call us Nazis for wanting independence.
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I think luck is a great part of it because I think that the particular makeup of the person that you are attracted to, and that you fall in love with, is very important. Even down to that old bromide of a sense of humor and all of that.
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I'm the sort of person who needs a big mountain in front of me to climb.
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With my songs I tried to prove that there is love.
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The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.
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Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
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Everyone wants me to be this political person... I'm not Malcolm X.
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If someone has been bad to me, I believe in being good to that person. It's my way of getting back. Because that person is going to feel guilty about it.
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On the subject of literary genres, I've always felt that my response to poetry is inadequate. I'd love to be the kind of person that drifts off into the garden with a slim volume of Elizabethan verse or a sheaf of haikus, but my passion is story.
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We've all had those moments where we take a person for granted.
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A person's self-esteem has nothing to do with how she looks.
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I'm a very open person. I know I open my mouth way too much, but I just do that.
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It's funny how the world works, how we win and lose, how we can never really know what's ahead though we never stop planning. How we survive and move on. There's a sadness that comes with survival, but also more joy to be had.
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In American culture we are supposed to take a pill when we're depressed or in grief as opposed to actually feeling.
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I have a hard time doing anything someone else tells me to do! I've always been driven to follow my own path and not be pushed down another lane because some executive thought I could be more commercially successful or whatever.
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If you ever hear yourself or anyone you care about starting to express the belief that a problem is permanent, it’s time to immediately shake that person loose. No matter what happens in your life, you’ve got to be able to believe, 'This, too, shall pass,' and that if you keep persisting, you’ll find a way.
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With Kevin Drew, as I said, in his own way just told me "You gotta find that person that talks to you in your songs." I think we succeeded. I feel relief, to be quite honest with you.
