Beck (Beck Hansen) Quotes
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In Mississippi, you don't admit that you're gay. It's just an awkward thing down South, which is sad.
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I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music.
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Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.
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In a way, I'm lucky that I was never classically trained and never went to a music college. I'm just from a normal working class family and happened to get obsessed with music as a teenager.
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I'm always shocked when I see myself because I don't recognize myself.
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Many people in this world are still so identified with every thought that arises in their head. There is not the slightest space of awareness there.
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When the word 'morality' comes up in connection with economics, income distribution and financial stability are usually the issues. Is it moral for rich countries to use such a high proportion of the world's resources or for investment bankers to earn large bonuses?
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Democracy presumes that we're all created equal; competition proves we are not, or else every race would end in a tie.
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I've never hidden the fact that I'm Jamaican; I will never disown my roots or influences.
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So I felt, well, I'll make the money and, with the money, do what I want to do.
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Your belief system saturates the space around you.
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There is that smaller world which is the stage, and that larger stage which is the world.
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We did a lot of those road trips, all the mandatory stuff that you should when you're a kid, like Mount Rushmore and the Grand Canyon and the Sequoias and the western coast.
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I appreciate the constant evolution in refining food, but not in making food gimmicky.
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My low center of gravity allows me to defend takedowns a lot better than most people. It's very hard to get to my legs. It's going to be really hard to take me down. There are a lot of positives to being my size.
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You realize when you're pregnant how lucky you are to have access to medical care.
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I don't want to rap forever. But I want to be rich forever.
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Just wearing all black comes from Johnny Cash. I'm on the road so much that if I wear all black, my clothes never get dirty. You can't tell if I've worn the same shirt twice.
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I still feel like I'm alone at times - even if I'm in the midst of a million people. Because no one - including me - understands my mind creatively. I haven't really been formally introduced to my gift yet. I feel like I'm still on the runway.
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People hear a powerful female singer in a rock and roll band, and they say, 'Janis Joplin.' I think people just make that comparison because it's easy. But I don't think I sound like her at all.
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I auditioned for 'Mad Men.' I auditioned for 'Top of the Lake.' I obviously auditioned for 'West Wing,' so I still get excited when I get offered stuff. Like, a part of me thinks, 'They think I can do it! That's awesome!' And that's a part of me I have to squash; otherwise, I would do everything just because people gave it to me.
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Under promise and over deliver. People will be pleasantly surprised that you gave more than they expected. And remember that there is always room for us to be better and do better. That's what I am calling for. Not just everybody else - myself, too.
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I could have pigeonholed us and wrote a whole record like 'Pumped Up Kicks,' and we would have been this breezy, nostalgic West Coast Beach Boys recreation band. That's not the type of writer I am. Once I try one style, I move on.
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In the studio, I'm always throwing people on different instruments.
