Thebe Neruda Kgositsile (Earl Sweatshirt) Quotes
I think rap music is rap music. I mean, are there heavy writing aspects of it? Absolutely. In a sense, is it poetry? Yeah. I've heard that so much, growing up in a house with poetry. But I think people like to use that as a shortcut for who's good and who's not. It's like the word 'lyrical' - 'lyrical' is the worst word in the entire world.
Quotes to Explore
-
It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
-
Japanese businesspeople and companies are lacking in individuality.
-
Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body.
-
We have this idea that extroverts are better salespeople. As a result, extroverts are more likely to enter sales; extroverts are more likely to get promoted in sales jobs. But if you look at the correlation between extroversion and actual sales performance - that is, how many times the cash register actually rings - the correlation's almost zero.
-
It ultimately becomes an asset to be part of a theatrical family if, indeed, you're good at what you do.
-
Most of us, if we're not careful, tend to dehumanize the enemy.
-
Smaller wrestlers are built for more exciting matches.
-
I definitely love Australia. I've been to Sydney and Melbourne a couple of times, and I love those places.
-
A lot of labels are hiring a lot more accountants than people that know music.
-
A Pike, in the California dialect, is a native of Missouri, Arkansas, Northern Texas, or Southern Illinois. The first emigrants that came over the plains were from Pike County, Missouri; but as the phrase, 'a Pike County man,' was altogether too long for this short life of ours, it was soon abbreviated into 'a Pike.'
-
Unfortunately, we have seen terrorist groups use social media to spread hateful propaganda, to recruit members, and to incite violence with alarming effectiveness.
-
The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.
-
There are so many figures in our history that did not believe they could make a change, and they did.
-
I like to keep fit, but I never lift very heavy weights.
-
Home is where your rump rests.
-
Because I was the only child, I was completely indulged. My father thought I was the best looking boy. And even though I was at 100 kgs., he dismissed it as puppy fat. He thought that the sun came out of my head. If I got five out of ten marks, he thought I was half there and had only half way more to go.
-
I have me. I have God. I have my son. Everything else is extra.
-
The Flash could do everything twice as fast. Except you never saw him think twice as fast or speak twice as fast. Could he do math faster than the other superheroes? Could he compute the tip for the bill twice as fast?
-
Each wave of immigrants that have come in have been able to assimilate, integrate and then rise up and become part of this great American Dream.
-
I do what I want to do. I see where my enthusiasm is. Over the years, my techniques expanded. That's how the writing came out.
-
Signing bonus? Just give me a contract. I'll sign for free.
-
One of my goals from really early on was that if I was ever fortunate enough to be successful in music, I would want to stay the same person and the same songwriter.
-
You almost can't avoid having some version of the multiverse in your studies if you push deeply enough in the mathematical descriptions of the physical universe.
-
I think rap music is rap music. I mean, are there heavy writing aspects of it? Absolutely. In a sense, is it poetry? Yeah. I've heard that so much, growing up in a house with poetry. But I think people like to use that as a shortcut for who's good and who's not. It's like the word 'lyrical' - 'lyrical' is the worst word in the entire world.
