Babyface (Kenneth Brian Edmonds) Quotes
Michael Jackson, he used to chase relevancy all the time. He always wanted to go a little bigger and better and keep that audience. There was never a point where Michael was going to feel like, 'I've got to play the Nokia, and that's all I'm going to pull in is the Nokia.' That would not have been acceptable.
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The fact that we live in a world where black people have to strategize so they're not brutalized by police is insane.
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America's victory in the Cold War was not without painful social costs.
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Anyone can go out on stage and start beating people over the head with rubber chickens. That'll get people's attention.
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It would be nice to be on the charts again, nice to be recognised.
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I am a big music nerd.
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If you put music into your Vine, and it's really jumpy, just do it over again.
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To reject practice by saying, 'it is conceptual!' is the path of fools. A tendency of the inexperienced and something to be avoided.
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There are three difficulties in authorship: to write anything worth publishing, to find honest men to publish it, and to find sensible men to read it.
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I am a native in this world And think in it as a native thinks
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My grandfather died before I started making films, but I definitely learnt this from him: believe in your own judgment and stick to your guns - 99% of the time, you'll be glad you did.
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Michael Jackson, he used to chase relevancy all the time. He always wanted to go a little bigger and better and keep that audience. There was never a point where Michael was going to feel like, 'I've got to play the Nokia, and that's all I'm going to pull in is the Nokia.' That would not have been acceptable.
