Michael Stipe (John Michael Stipe) Quotes
I went through this difficult time [in the 1984] when we were making our third record where I kind of lost my mind. That's when the bulimia kicked in. And that's when I got really freaky.Michael Stipe R.E.M.
Quotes to Explore
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That is what fame is, isn't it? To get the world to fall in love with you.
Lady Gaga -
I'm a bit of a magpie: whatever I see or hear or read feeds into the songs.
Laura Marling -
Accepting your own mortality is like eating your vegetables: You may not want to do it, but it's good for you.
Caitlin Doughty -
To be smart on crime, we should not be in a position of constantly reacting to crime after it happens. We should be looking at preventing crime before it happens.
Kamala Harris -
The thing I love is that my home life hasn't changed. I still help out with the garbage. I still help out with the lawn.
Taylor Lautner -
Don't worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.
Ice Cube
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Yes, I did try acting when I was in high school and I was terrible at it. So I definitely have had the experience of being bad at artistic endeavor.
Dana Spiotta -
Canadians are very well behaved, they don't throw their food.
Calvin Trillin -
That's free enterprise, friends: freedom to gamble, freedom to lose. And the great thing - the truly democratic thing about it - is that you don't even have to be a player to lose.
Barbara Ehrenreich -
The image we have would be impossible for Mickey Mouse to maintain. We're just... normal people.
Karen Carpenter The Carpenters -
New Year's resolutions work like this: you think of something you enjoy doing and then resolve to stop doing it.
Charlie Brooker -
I love to have a bath with beautiful, relaxing music on and have no rush to do anything. It's a wonderful indulgence, and it helps me to calm down and stop my mind running overtime.
Kylie Minogue
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Once you know the Romance languages, singing in those languages is so sexy and sensual. I do have a global audience, so why not?
Gloria Estefan Miami Sound Machine -
I don't care what you do, I just don't want to be a mud hippie like you. [From 1994 woodstock]
Billie Joe Armstrong Green Day -
People who call me the Twilight girl and mean it. Please, pigeon hole me. That means I did it right.
Kristen Stewart -
I find that moving keeps me optimistic, the idea of what's going to be down the road a bit or around the next bend.
Conor Oberst Bright Eyes -
My brother was always in bands and on the road when I was a kid and he was my inspiration. He never made it with a big band, in fact he never made a record. Here he is fifty-something years old.
Jimmy Chamberlin The Smashing Pumpkins -
Different things work for different people. One thing I've realized, though, is that the work that I've done on myself outside of my work as an actress has really allowed me to open up my mind. I think I understand my emotional state and my complexities now in a much clearer way, and I can put them to rest in a way that there's almost a catharsis that happens through the work, where I can do it and then find myself again.
Scarlett Johansson