Normani Kordei Hamilton (Normani) Quotes
We performed at the VMAs, which is crazy because we grew up watching that show and all of our inspirations and idols were there.
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One of my biggest inspirations was Alanis Morissette's 'Jagged Little Pill.'
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Because my mother was in love with Bobby Darin, I grew up with his records playing in our house all the time.
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The town where I grew up has a zip code of E-I-E-I-O.
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I grew up where my parents would literally shove me in the car rather than have to say hello to a neighbor.
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My sister and I are both diagnosed with second-hand smoke syndromes. We have never smoked, but we grew up with second-hand smoke our entire lives.
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I grew up on a mixed diet of mass and class, and I still read that way. I hate it when people apologize for what they read. Some bestsellers aren't exactly literary. So what? They're fun and rip-roaring, Who instituted the book police and why do we have to answer them? Grrrrr!
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He who is punished is never he who performed the deed. He is always the scapegoat.
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I grew up loving a lot of English bands, ... That has a huge effect on you. If I was listening to hip-hop as opposed to Morrissey when I was 13, I would probably be a very different musician. But that's what I was drawn to when I was growing up.
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I'm always pulling and really feeding off of my inspirations. I think most musicians do.
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My inspirations don't come from outer space, they just come to me. I have no idea why they come when they do.
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I met Drew Barrymore in New York and she said she liked the band. That was really cool. I grew up on her.
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I grew up listening to albums by Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix, and they all worked on that multi-layered level.
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You couldn't escape the literary atmosphere in our home. I grew up as a Britisher. I played a protagonist of every nationality in stage adaptations of Shakespeare and Brecht. I graduated from Yale. When I moved to the U.S., I realized with some amount of surprise that I was seen as an ethnic actor.
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As someone who grew up in a house where there wasn't a lot of talking, I'm used to just looking at the world. And in general I often feel like I just don't understand what's happening. That everybody else does, but I don't quite get it.
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I grew up in a little town called Uckfield, and there's not much to do - so we used to fight a lot. I was never in serious trouble, but we used to have the local bobby round the house saying, 'Rory's been up to this again.'
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I only know two cats in this business that really had it all; Elvis was one of those guys, the other was Ricky Nelson. There was a difference in those two guys though. Elvis moved...Ricky never had to; he stood flat footed and captivated his audience with his good looks. We grew up with him; those who didn't missed something. History books are gonna have to say that he played a big role in Rock 'n' Roll music.... and he did it his way.
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I grew up near King's Cross station in London, living in an apartment block where my dad was a caretaker.
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So to compare the Beatles, obviously the Beatles are the Beatles, but in hip-hop terms, Tribe is the Beatles. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five are the Beatles. Big Daddy Kane is Jimi Hendrix. It means that much to people that grew up with it.
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I grew up with the English language but not with the culture behind it. I was always outside that and deeply rooted in my own.
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Where is the lightning to lick you with its tongue? Where is the madness with which you should be cleansed? Behold, I show you the Superman. He is this lightning, he is this madness.
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In my case, I got hit a lot by bullies when I was a child, and so I naturally bristle against anybody who abuses power. And that seems to make me rather persistent when it comes to exposing the abuse of power.
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During the screen test for 'Red Widow' was the first time anyone ever told me that I was good at auditioning.
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We performed at the VMAs, which is crazy because we grew up watching that show and all of our inspirations and idols were there.
