Gilberto Gil (Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira) Quotes
Like most artists and musicians, I considered myself detached from the political life. But I had an insight that maybe we would have a political contribution to make in the future.
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I had been doing summer stock every summer while I was in college. We did a showcase, like most good conservatories do - monologues and things that agents and casting directors come to see. From that I got an agent.
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I don't take fancy vacations. I buy all my jewelry at Claire's. I can't remember the last time I went out to a fancy dinner. My family lives in a modest two-bedroom apartment, and my kids share a bedroom. But I do have one extravagant vice: shoes.
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Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
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The Gorillaz cartoons seem more real to me than the actual people on TV. Because at least you know that there's some intelligence behind the cartoons, and there's a lot of work that's gone into it, so it can't all be just a lie.
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From that time on, I always had the studios on my neck.
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There are more ways of outraging speech than contradiction merely.
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If you are only big in China, you are only a local Chinese company.
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I never really ate that bad, I just ate too much. It wasn't like I had to switch to whole wheat bread or something like that. I really just had to eat less of what I was eating, and I had to exercise more.
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I think celebrities suck.
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I think every woman in their life wants to give a good face smack.
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I've always sort of believed that the future takes care of itself.
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I've always been somewhere down from the top, so I've never had to suffer being knocked off the top.
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I'd experimented with so many different types of music. I had these folky songs I'd written and recorded, but something wasn't quite right.
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Brilliantly lit from stem to stern, she looked like a sagging birthday cake.
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There's a little more ego involved in these jobs than people might realize.
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You have to have great passion, because to sing operatic music requires lots of work. I study for at least two hours every day. The voice is like an instrument and requires constant exercise.
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Men and women have strengths that complement each other.
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I appreciate Detroit so much.
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It's surreal working with people you admire. I don't think it ever goes away, no matter how human people are; there's always that moment of 'Oh wow, that's still George Clooney!' But I find that the most talented people tend to be the nicest.
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If we all understood we can learn from both older and younger people, then we'd have a better world.
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You could do a hundred projects and still not have the fans that are there for Twilight.
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Why do we make records? Because we want to say something. Why are you in art? Because you want to say something. The second you don't have anything to say, you stop making art - you might start making product. And I'm interested in being an artist.
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Justices are not politicians. They don't run on a political platform, and senators should not ask them to do so.
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Like most artists and musicians, I considered myself detached from the political life. But I had an insight that maybe we would have a political contribution to make in the future.
