Róisín Murphy Quotes
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The author may not interpret. But he must tell why and how he wrote his book.
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The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.
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Awards for arts, where you make comparisons, don't make much sense.
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My mom says that when I was a little kid, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I don't remember that.
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You should never do anything too much. If you only eat healthy food, that is too much. Success is balance - a banker with no time with his kids, he's not successful. If he doesn't have time to walk his kids to school, that is not success - that is a mistake.
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Because my profession is the body, it is a relaxation for me to get out of physicality and concentrate on more mental things.
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Van Gogh never made a penny in his entire lifetime. He painted because it was his soul, his excitement. It was what aligned him with his Source of being. It's the same with me and writing.
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People book me because of the songs I write, not because of the sets that I play, per se... I'm sure I'm going to be moving to a laptop really soon, but I was one of the last guys to let the vinyl go. I was crying. In my room, I still have thousands of records. I still pull them out and play them all the time.
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I hate dentists. That's why my tooth fell out. I was in the middle of a root canal and wouldn't go back, so it just dropped out when I was in the middle of Fifth Avenue.
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I'm not good at a lot of things. I am not good at keeping my room clean. I am not good at eating healthy. I am not good at sports anymore. I used to be! Not so much anymore.
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Sometimes my arm wants to throw a hard fastball, but my brain doesn't want to throw it that hard.
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Political hypocrisy and racism make me hot under the collar.
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The big thing in my family growing up is that everybody had to play a musical instrument. We were like the von Trapps.
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A designer is only as good as the star who wears her clothes.
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To process and close models in 50 states and 2,000-plus counties with the myriad of, just, tens of thousands of different regulations, customs, vendors - it's a monster. So the only way to do that is with technology. It really is rocket science.
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The record company doesn't know what to do with me, because I'm not a Lily Allen, but I'm not really an indie artist, either. All the best artists have been in the middle.
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First thing I did when I found out I made it into the top 13 is I tried not to faint and you know, I took it all in and I really looked at the crowd and said a big 'thank you'.
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My favourite colour is red, but I also like jewel tones and monochrome, while my preferred shapes include A-line skirts and skinny trousers.
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Eighteen is a terrible age, and while I walked around with the conviction that I was somehow more grown-up than my classmates, the truth was that I had merely found a different way of being young.
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I don't know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody – somewhere – was practicing more than me.
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I have two children. I gave up a lot for my career, but I'm very happy for it. I've done what I've always thought was best for me and my family.
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I've seen massive changes in Ireland in my lifetime.
