Hakeem Seriki (Chamillionaire) Quotes
Every underground artist has that little chip on his shoulder, like "I'm stuck here, and I'm trying to get out of this little hole that I'm in." You've got this core fan base, but it's limited.
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I am a big Pink Floyd fan. That is where a lot of the concept lyrics come from.
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I was a fan of One Direction when I was 16, but I was also a fan of Bring Me The Horizon and hardcore bands.
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Any real Colts fan cannot abide the Denver Broncos and John Elway!
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I'm a huge fan of e-books, but the more I buy and download, the more I worry that someone could just take them all away from me.
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I'm not a big sports fan.
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I cultivated this fan base that I really didn't really understand or appreciate until I put my first headlining tour up for sale. 500- to 1,000-capacity rooms weren't an underplay for me at the time. I'd never done a tour before!
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I'm a huge fan of James Dean, that got me started. Nowadays I smoke four packs in a day.
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Oh my goodness me, Daniel Day-Lewis – huge, huge fan of his. I've always loved his philosophy on acting: he always talks about returning to a state of play.
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I'm a big Peyton Manning fan.
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I'm a big fan of people like Rachel Bilson and Kate Bosworth. I think they're so chic and have this cool edgy-rocker feel. For about a month I tried to do that, but what I realized is that I can't be anything other than what I am.
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I love receiving fan mail.
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I'm a big fan of my father.
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Shania Twain brought a whole other fan base to country music with her sound, the way the videos were produced.
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I'm a big fan of movies, but I'm a bigger fan of filmmaking itself. I fell in love with it when I was very young, and I have always loved to learn the craft, every aspect of it.
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I'm a huge fan of Kate Beckinsale. Sigourney Weaver gets me excited. Angelina Jolie... There's just so many women that do 'tough' really well.
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Fan reactions are crazy sometimes.
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I'm not really a horror movie fan.
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For me, a wake-up playlist completely depends on what mood I'm in. If I need to get into action pretty quick, it will be between Beyonce and Miles Davis. I'm a massive Beyonce fan, and all of her anthems will do it for me. And Miles Davis, because I grew up hearing his music because my dad played it a lot, so that will always be special to me.
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It's the rule of the two F's: I've got to be a fan and I've got to be a friend. We only work with people we have a cool personal relationship with.
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Being a musician and artist can feel superficial at times - you talk about yourself every day and pose for photos for the magazines and newspapers, and it can be very tiring for your well-being.
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Political and social change is always a stagger-step process.
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Money isn't the most important thing in life, but it's reasonably close to oxygen on the 'gotta have it' scale.
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In therapy you sit down; in analysis you lie down.
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Every underground artist has that little chip on his shoulder, like "I'm stuck here, and I'm trying to get out of this little hole that I'm in." You've got this core fan base, but it's limited.
