Nicole Atkins Quotes
It was three breakups going on at the same time. It was breaking up with my band, and my boyfriend, and right after that, my record label. I was arguing a lot with my record label during that whole time, so maybe they all affected each other. This record, Mondo Amore, came out of a time that was really heartbreaking and confusing, and that's why I switched the sound up a lot, to make it sound a little bit grittier and more raw.
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Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets.
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I don't remember scenes. I'm like, 'Really, we shot that?'
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Urban conservationists may feel entitled to be unconcerned about food production because they are not farmers. But they can't be let off so easily, for they are all farming by proxy.
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In the past it seemed like I was making fun of rap a little bit. But it was more me making fun of myself, since I'm not technically a rapper, whatever that means.
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Today, India is a nuclear weapons state.
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It was endlessly entertaining, watching people beat each other up. All the little kids in the neighborhood would come and watch... and then we'd beat them up as well.
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It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents.
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If you think health care is expensive now, just wait 'til it's free.
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I think my whole generation's mission is to kill the cliche.
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I suppose that is my central obsession. What we owe to society, what we owe to ourselves.
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We are different people - you get a different take on the band whoever you speak to. Somehow, at the end of it, it goes through the filtering process and out comes the Radiohead thing.
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People say free trade causes dislocation. In actual fact, it's the lowering of trade barriers that causes the dislocation.
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I actually get a lot of messages with people saying, 'What's a Marvin Gaye?' and, I mean... Oh, wow. I must be getting old, because someone who was born in 2004 just asked me what a Marvin Gaye was.
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I think a comedian has a more specific job. Whereas a musician can fall into different categories, you know, of making background music or doing a soundtrack or wanting to be in a band or writing the song, or writing your own songs. And then comedy is a very black and white thing. You want to make people happy.
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Luckily, neither in my Tamil nor in my Telugu movies do I have roles that require exaggerated emoting.
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Europeans say they are proud of their social fabric, of strong rights for workers and the weak in society.
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I hope there is a place for me in the country landscape, but I'm not too precious about it, either.
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Anyone who refuses to let you eat your burger at a temperature less than medium is on the side of the terrorists.
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For 'Way Down Low', I was particularly inspired by a breakup I was going through and a transition I was making from Austin to New York.
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I think the best post-breakup album is The Strokes' first album. It's just fun.
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I'm choosing not to accept the Trumpification of the GOP as an irreversible fact.
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It was three breakups going on at the same time. It was breaking up with my band, and my boyfriend, and right after that, my record label. I was arguing a lot with my record label during that whole time, so maybe they all affected each other. This record, Mondo Amore, came out of a time that was really heartbreaking and confusing, and that's why I switched the sound up a lot, to make it sound a little bit grittier and more raw.
