Allen Iverson Quotes
I don't want to be another Jordan, Magic, or Isiah. When my career is over, I want to be able to look in the mirror and say 'I did it my way'.
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Any musician - I would say 99% of musicians - needs some help along the way. Most people, even if they're self-produced, have someone else mix it, or they'll have someone else master the record. Inevitably, it's like somebody else's personality being put into your art.
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Every group has its idiosyncrasies, but at a certain point we all are human.
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Once you understand that listeners want to be challenged, then you also understand that you can't take shortcuts.
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The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. It is the court fool, not the foolish courtier, whom the king can least afford to lose.
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To light a candle is to cast a shadow.
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The whole character of Justin and the club life he lives - I have no experience with it. It's really foreign to me, which is annoying, but that's just how it is.
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My happy place is holding my daughter and my husband in the same hug. It really is. I'm getting emotional just thinking about it. I consider it such a privilege, and I know that I'm lucky. I never want to take it for granted.
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Once again, Pat Robertson leaves us speechless with his insensitivity and arrogance.
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It's amazing that this is still news to people, but that affects the final outcome of the film. When people are treated well, and they're made to feel valued, they give 110 percent.
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The tricky thing is music is supposed to be very mysterious; the way it's made is mysterious. Then people like to get upset with the music business.
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If rock-and-roll is well done, there's nothing so terribly wrong with that kind of music. But the lyrics are another story.
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I'm rap's vigilante. I'm out for justice.
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For one country is different from another; its earth is different, as are its stones, wines, bread, meat, and everything that grows and thrives in a specific region.
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There really has not been a strong Republican message to either the poor or the African American community at large.
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Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.
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I think it's disingenuous to believe that being born into a privileged world means you feel like you are having an easy time.
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I think the biggest change has been realizing I now have three children.
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For me, songwriting is something like breathing: I just do it. But that doesn't mean you're fantastic.
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I think my own look makes people think I'm tough, but when they get to know me I'm very different.
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I don't know why it is we are in such a hurry to get up when we fall down. You might think we would lie there and rest for a while.
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A lot of people put pressure on themselves and think it will be way too hard for them to live out their dreams. Mentors are there to say, 'Look, it's not that tough. It's not as hard as you think. Here are some guidelines and things I have gone through to get to where I am in my career.'
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Most magicians consider the palm an easy move to make. They are inclined to believe that they are 'getting away with it,' when they are in fact fortunate enough to have a polite audience.
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Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.
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I don't want to be another Jordan, Magic, or Isiah. When my career is over, I want to be able to look in the mirror and say 'I did it my way'.
