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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Usually, the music inspires the lyrics. The lyrics just sort of fall off like a bunch of crumbs from the melody. That's all I want them to be - crumbs. I don't want to work any kind of fabricated message.
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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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Instead of man to love, we have a man-god to worship . From being the example of devotion, he is its object; the religion of Christ ended with his life , and left us instead but the Christian religion.
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I'm not expecting the American literary community to welcome me with open arms. To them I'm just some schmuck kid who wrote some book.
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It's different in Scotland. People who come to readings are more interested in literature as such, but the readership in general is really quite diverse. It's a cliche, but it's said that people who read my books don't read any other books, and you do get that element.
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If you were born really ugly like me, have no fear. There's steps you can take to be good-looking. Kind of.
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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.
