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I don't like pop music.
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But they told me a man should be faithful, and walk when not able, and fight till the end but I'm only Human.
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When you want to be close to me, listen to the music. The love is stored there and will not die.
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James Brown, Ray Charles, Jackie Wilson, Chuck Berry and Little Richard - I think they had strong influences on a lot of people, because these were the guys who really got rock'n'roll going. I like to start with the origin of things, because once it gets along it changes. It's so interesting to see how it really was in the beginning.
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Wherever you go - in every country, or in every continent, people yearn and hunger for only one thing, to love and be loved. Love transcends international boundaries and heals the wounds of hatred, racial, prejudice, bigotry and ignorance. It is the ultimate truth at the heart of all creation.
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You can bring out your inner self and moods through dancing. Music does the same.
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I want to tell the children of the world, you are all our children, each one of you is my child and I love you all.
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Mama always told me, be careful what you do, don't go around breaking young girls hearts.
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Beat me, hate me, you can never break me.
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I love to read. I wish I could advise more people to read. There’s a whole new world in books. If you can’t afford to travel, you travel mentally through reading. You can see anything and go any place you want to in reading.
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Masquerading the heart is the height of haunting souls.
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It puts a smile on my face to see all the children, and all the teenagers, and the adults - the demographics - it makes my heart very, very happy. I love them. I love all the fans, very much.
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A lot of people misunderstand me. That's because they don't know me at all.
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Deep in the darkness of passions insanity, I felt taken by lust's strange inhumanity.
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We need to put love back into the world remind the world that love is important. We're all one.
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Never rush an emotion; everything in life has a rhythm, it is the pauses and silences that speak the truth.
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Anecdote: The extent of Michael Jackson's fame at its height, and his eagerness to exploit it is shown by an incident in 1984 when invited to a White House reception hosted by then President and First Lady Ronald and Nancy Reagan. Jackson had been assured that the only people there, besides the presidential couple, would be a few staff members' children. Aghast to find around 75 adults and no children, Jackson locked himself in an upstairs bathroom, refusing to emerge until assured that all non-essential adults had been replaced by a number of children.
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I love fairytales. I like fantasy a lot, science fiction, I like magic. I like to create magic. I love magic.
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I can't ignore someone that's in need or is hurting. How can people just turn their heads from something like that.
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I am Peter Pan. He represents youth, childhood, never growing up, magic, flying.
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I've never seen a performer create electricity with an audience like James Brown. He's got everybody in his hands and whatever he wants to do with them, he does it. It's amazing. I've always thought he was underrated.
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To clink glasses of a freshly made, seasonal beer, preferably in a pub or garden, with friends and perhaps new acquaintances, is a ritual that makes every participant feel good. We may not rationalize this at the time, but it gives us a sense of place in our common community and our time in the tides of life on earth. This is a way to value beer and treat it with respect.
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Well, especially now I come to realize - and then - I would do my schooling which was three hours with a tutor and right after that I would go to the recording studio and record, and I'd record for hours and hours until it's time to go to sleep.
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That’s why I hate to take credit for the songs I’ve written. I feel that somewhere, someplace, it’s been done and I’m just a courier bringing it into the world.