Ricky Reed (Eric Burton Frederic) Quotes
A lot of people from the Bay, especially musicians, feel like northern California is not the place where everything's poppin' off and not quite on the cutting edge artistically as New York or L.A. People from the Bay feel like they have something to prove, and I always love feeling like I have something to prove.
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There's people making babies to my music. That's nice.
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I think the whole nerves thing comes into play when we worry about what other people and society will think.
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I think everyone deserves dignity.
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A lot of people from the Bay, especially musicians, feel like northern California is not the place where everything's poppin' off and not quite on the cutting edge artistically as New York or L.A. People from the Bay feel like they have something to prove, and I always love feeling like I have something to prove.
