Nikki Yanofsky Quotes
I bring to the music industry something that isn't over-complicated. What you see is what you get. But, I feel every performer has something unique to offer.
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We're not just going to take some songs from a focus group in Nashville where people are sitting around in a circle having appointments trying to write catchy songs so they can sell them to a band like us.
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I love the way soft white cheese such as ricotta or the creamier mascarpone reflect the milieu in which an animal has been raised.
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It is now proved beyond doubt that smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.
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When I recorded my solo album, 'Keep It Hid,' in 2008, I'd gotten more interested in songwriting, inspired by reading Charles Bukowski and connecting with unfancy, interesting language.
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I feel privileged that I've been able to get anywhere, with my quote-unquote limited mainstream appeal, given my race and subject matter. Of course, I always have my masters to fall back on.
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What we cannot deny is that there's an association between exclusion, segregation, non-violent extremist thinking, and jihadism.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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I was a Presbyterian minister at a small church in Omaha, Nebraska.
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The most enduring stories in literature generally have some kind of crime at their center, whether it's the bloody butchery of 'Hamlet,' the lecherous misanthropes of Dickens or the lone gunman from 'The Great Gatsby.'
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I don't know how to cook and there's so much work involved you have to buy the groceries and prepare them. I like it when people cook for me, or I'll just order some take-out.
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Which country in the world has the kind of talent India has in numbers?
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Most of my lyrics are little stories about my experiences or those of my friends.
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Outlining is like putting on training wheels. It gives me the courage to write, but we always go off the outline.
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In a day when, if you insulted a man it might cost you your life, you were probably more civil.
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Successful entrepreneurs find the balance between listening to their inner voice and staying persistent in driving for success - because sometimes success is waiting right across from the transitional bump that's disguised as failure.
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I knew what type of player I was: a free agent, a small kid who came from a small school.
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My desire has always been to be the leader in an industry.
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I feel like woman was brought to this world to have family and kids.
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I never knew how small L.A. was until I started to work here.
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With time, many of the facts I learned were forgotten but I never lost the excitement of discovery.
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Yeah, I'm kind of fit. And I'm quite careful about my diet.
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There is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.
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If you give a good performance, something that gets some feeling across to people, that's such a rare gift. It's underestimated at this point in history, when the music biz is inevitably turning into a kind of politics.
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I bring to the music industry something that isn't over-complicated. What you see is what you get. But, I feel every performer has something unique to offer.
