Benjamin Hammond "Ben" Haggerty (Macklemore) Quotes
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We as the Afghan people and government are willing to help Pakistan work for peace in Afghanistan and work for peace in Pakistan, together.
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Music was a way of rebelling against the whole rah-rah high school thing.
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There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives.
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I see my fans as music lovers. I really love that. There's no age group or demographic. It's people of all ages and backgrounds. Country people and non-country people. I wanted to make music across the board.
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The way I'm portrayed on the Internet is partly my doing, but it's partly the people that are presenting it so, you know, people come to know this strange version of a human. It can be pretty weird because people think I'm digging through dumpsters and smell like crap all the time.
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Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters.
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Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
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I'm the artist when I'm doing music that I am when I'm acting. I'm everything.
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South Africans are caring, compassionate and loving people.
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We are so indebted to our ancestors, musically speaking, that they have left us 400 years of music.
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Music is the best means we have of digesting time.
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Actually, I have another record I made with them in 1976, but I've had such a bad experience with record companies, because I keep my head so much in music and not in business.
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My sister, singer Jessie Ware, and I are always exchanging music. We brainstormed her wedding playlist for months.
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Music enables me to cleanse and shed the things that I feel are holding me back from growing, or growing up.
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All my life, people have asked me what I was so mad about. 'Why you so mad?' And I was never mad. I'm not mad, I just look mad.
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I think, ultimately, open always wins out. It wins out because you cannot lock data in; you can't lock people in. They will find a way out.
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People love gentle larceny.
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I think it's really the job of the composer, the artist, the painter, the writer to present people with options. I'm just really reflecting the thoughts and actions around me.
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I'm very happy that I've had a partner of 38 years, and I feel very blessed. And, what can I tell you, I'm just very happy.
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Listening to Chris Moyles on Radio 1 is the most miserable thing any human being can do, but attending awards ceremonies isn't far behind.
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Love becomes logically true when lost but still sought from the same source.
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If we don't have Willie it's going to hurt us. But we have so many guys ready to step up.
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I think music should be experienced by people all ages.
