Ray J (William Ray Norwood Jr.) Quotes
Music is more Ray J. When you act, you're playing a different person. I like the music end, basically because it's me.
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It's a crazy world, so sports and athletics and music can be a form of escapism.
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Most music that you hear is in synch with itself. We were experimenting with the music falling out of synch with itself and even though it is out of synch you mind can still understand what it is meant to be doing.
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My career? I never think of it as a 'career.' Art and music and all those things that I'm creating are just part of me.
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As a youngster, my parents made me aware that all that was from the African Diaspora belonged to me. So I came in with Caribbean music, African music, Latin music, gospel music and blues.
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Music is given to us with the sole purpose of establishing an order in things, including, and particularly, the coordination between man and time.
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Music is my first love.
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I got started when I was 3 years old because my father was a music teacher and my lessons were free. Instead of learning to walk, you learn to play the piano.
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I always have music playing in my studio when I design. It really gets me in the mood and allows me to focus.
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To love is to act.
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I love doing concert music.
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I think music is so diverse today, and bands are so diverse. If you were a rock band in the Eighties, you kind of had to stick to one thing. Now, in this age of Coachella and European festivals and stuff, it's kind of anything goes, so that allowed us to try different things.
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Certainly, network television in general relies a little bit too much on keeping people focused and emotional and scared and pushing the envelope by building wall-to-wall music.
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L.A. was just an inspiring kind of place to be. It felt like going to Paris in the Twenties and Thirties. Everybody's there. Everybody's hanging around. Everybody's talking about music.
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Growing up, you hear Tupac's music, it's kind of like... it goes without saying that everyone likes Tupac.
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I'm very conscious that I want the dance audience to respond and respect what I'm doing, so I'm always very true to the music and I honour the music in the way I see it - I don't mess around with the music.
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It's always been my philosophy to keep a lot of balls in the air. With music, most things don't pan out, so you try to increase your odds by being involved with a million things at once.
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I always hope that my music can inspire someone, the same way other artists inspire me.
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My goal every time I make a record is just to make the funkiest, the best music I could possibly make, both lyrically, and music-wise.
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Music was like my first real toy. I was an only child for a while, and I was alone a lot of the time - and I liked it. I still like being alone.
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I'm obsessed by film. I'm obsessed with music and producing and making things happen.
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Music is going to break the way because music is in a spiritual thing of its own. It's like the waves of the ocean. You can't just cut out the perfect wave and take it home with you.
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There were periods when the art market got overheated, but there is no reason it should appreciate dramatically.
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If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.
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Music is more Ray J. When you act, you're playing a different person. I like the music end, basically because it's me.
