Lee Ranaldo Quotes
Sometimes, for me, lyrics are derived from poems that I'm working on, and they kind of cross back and forth between the two.
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The stage and working in front of a camera are two completely different mediums. Each requires different techniques.
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I'm a total loner. I can't even answer texts or take my phone with me when I'm working!
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Probably Romania and China and Russia. I think they're all working really hard to beat us right now.
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I've always been a fan of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror. I like working with larger-than-life characters in fascinating worlds - places where the rules are different.
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I love working in America, I love being part of the industry out here.
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I'm a big believer in living life as an extended working vacation.
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I like collaboration because, first of all, I'm good at writing lyrics. I don't know how to make beats. I don't play instruments. I'm not a good singer. So even when you see a solo album of mine, it's still a collaboration.
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My music is a little dark, and my lyrics are a little darker. Every day, I'm fighting towards the light.
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I pay attention to lyrics and I know what rap fans care about. I try to write for the average listener and I'm conscious of the mainstream without selling out.
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I was always active, always running and working out. I was a wrestler and ran track and, out of interest, started boxing. It's always been a part of me.
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Whatever it is that I am working on is what I become obsessed with.
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The slums are not a place of despair. Its inhabitants are all working towards a better life.
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I thinks it really interesting how they throw the world music samples in there. I often wonder what it would be like to do something like that, but use my lyrics and my kind of style.
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I do pinch myself, like when shows in non-English speaking countries are sold out, and people are singing my lyrics. I don't think I'll ever lose that; I'm always appreciative every day of the support I have as an artist, because I'm not a commercial artist.
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I stand behind all the lyrics I've ever written; I don't have a problem with that.
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What could be better than working with people you love?
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Really, as long as I am working and have diversity, I am happy.
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I got started in 1995, working in a group called The Cash Money Click.
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I'm like part of the Kurt Cobain school of writing lyrics, which is the syntax of the words is more important than... is where it all comes from.
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His leadership style is who he is. He's very abrasive. If his teammates were honest, some would say they don't like it at all. I've always felt when you ask a kid to lead, you have to ask them to be who they are. Anthony is who he is. He'll stop practice if he doesn't think his teammates are working. If nothing else, he's not afraid to be in front. He's not afraid to lead.
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I rise from bed the first thing in the morning, leaving my couch not because I am dissatisfied with it, but because I cannot carry it with me during the day.
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It takes two hands to clap! I cannot be solely blamed for what happened in my relationships! If things soured, it happened because of both parties. Not just me!
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I remember the first film I did, the lead actor would, in between scenes, be reading a newspaper or sleeping and I'd think, 'How can you do that?' But it's so exhausting, you can't be 'on' 12-14 hours a day.
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Sometimes, for me, lyrics are derived from poems that I'm working on, and they kind of cross back and forth between the two.
