Idina Menzel Quotes
I definitely use my music to kind of alleviate my stress and get me through specific moments in time where I'm just being really tough on myself.
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Music was a way of rebelling against the whole rah-rah high school thing.
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Romeo Must Die came at the right time. It was the right vehicle for me.
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I've always written songs that were confessional, acoustic, wordy - my writing style matches my personality. The music always has to match the mouth it comes out of.
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The Obama administration and the Democratic Congress have taken the biggest lurch to the left in policy in American history. There've been no - no Congress, no administration that has run this far to the left in such a small period of time. And there is a reaction to that.
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When things happen - you ask yourself why today, why not tomorrow, why not yesterday? That's the most amazing thing about time.
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FOR a long time the conviction has been dimly felt in the community that, without prejudice to existing institutions, the legal day of weekly rest might be employed to advantage for purposes affecting the general good.
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Being 16 years old and getting an electric guitar is never going to get old. There's always going to be kids making music. There's always going to be kids in bands.
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I listen to crazy, robust rock music where they sing their faces off, and soul music, which can be similar.
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I think one's history and past is important at a certain time in your life, especially as an artist, just to try to hone in on that.
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The way I'm portrayed on the Internet is partly my doing, but it's partly the people that are presenting it so, you know, people come to know this strange version of a human. It can be pretty weird because people think I'm digging through dumpsters and smell like crap all the time.
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I usually have 10 different animation projects going at a time.
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I think I need to accept the fact that I am where I am today because fans have shared my music illegally and legally, but I wouldn't be here today without the Internet, so I can't speak out against it.
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Popping broad beans out of their skins can be therapeutic, but it isn't everybody's favourite waste of time.
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I get to see life through rose-colored glasses a lot of the time.
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It was a lovely opportunity for the first time in my whole career to stand up and thank people who are really responsible for me getting to realize my dreams.
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I think music should be experienced by people all ages.
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My first taste memory is pickle. Even as a kid, I was really weird. I liked chillis. I used to climb up the shelves in my grandmother's pantry. The pickle jar was kept right at the top. One time, I dropped the jar and it broke. I was totally busted.
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Music really gets me going, so I've always got to make sure I have my iPod to give me energy to work out.
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The Party leader at the time, Jiang Zemin, wanted to show the world China's new status. And in winning the bid, the leaders could show the people how strong the government was. Plus, the leadership wanted to use the Olympics to strengthen nationalist sentiment.
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I would say my grandmother would be like my personal god.
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The level of ignorance is declining, and the ability to accumulate data and manipulate it for various ends is increasing.
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If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.
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I feel like the point of being an artist is to have your own voice: to do it the way you would do it and not the way anyone else would do it. If you're a strong enough writer, then that voice is going to come out all the time, and I can't stop it from coming out, no matter what I do.
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I definitely use my music to kind of alleviate my stress and get me through specific moments in time where I'm just being really tough on myself.
