Michael Stipe (John Michael Stipe) Quotes

I'm kind of quoting Thurston [Moore] and Kim [Gordon] in saying that about not being great with addicts, because they are the ones who said it to me.

Michael Stipe R.E.M.

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• A career in showbiz is like a distance run. You have to have patience and pace yourself.

  

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• The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.

  

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• I think back to some of the things Harry said and some of the things I said trying to be funny. If I said them now, it would be on the front page of every newspaper in the country.

  

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• I don't find an advantage or disadvantage in being a woman when reporting. What little advantages there might be in some instances is cancelled out by the basic lack of lavatories round the world for women.

  

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• The best way to change it is to do it. Right? And then after a while you become it, and it's easy.

  

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• When people treat you mean, you dislike them for that, but not because of their person, who they are. I was born and raised in a segregated society, but when I left there, I had nobody I disliked other than the people that'd mistreated me, and that only lasted for as long as they were mistreating me.

  

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• Someone once told me I looked good in red, so I bought every piece of clothing in red and bright-red lipstick. I had huge hair, as big as I could tease it and spray it.

  

  Brown Campbell
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• I feel privileged that I've been able to get anywhere, with my quote-unquote limited mainstream appeal, given my race and subject matter. Of course, I always have my masters to fall back on.

  

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• Not everyone can be successful selling fashion at $25,000 for a wedding outfit. Certain designers are able to do that. And there is only a certain amount of consumers who can do that. The real opportunity is in that $25 garment.

  

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• I refuse to confide and don't like it when people write about art.

  

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• Authenticity means erasing the gap between what you firmly believe inside and what you reveal to the outside world.

  

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• You know for me when I promise something I want to deliver. If you don't, you have to disappear.

  

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• I'm sure I'm perceived in a more glam way. This is my breakout if you will.

  

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• I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.

  

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• I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, everybody but me.

  

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• It's good to have a title that's not just one word. If you're gonna title it, you might as well try and say something.

  

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• Why does God endow us with compassion?

  

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• I don't eat red meat.

  

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• Can't is the word that is foe to ambition,An enemy ambushed to shatter your will;Its prey is forever the man with a missionAnd bows but to courage and patience and skill.Hate it, with hatred that's deep and undying,For once it is welcomed 'twill break any man;Whatever the goal you are seeking, keep tryingAnd answer this demon by saying: 'I can.'

  

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• For me, no ideological or political conviction would justify the sacrifice of a human life. For me, the value of life is absolute, with no concessions. It's not negotiable.

  

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• You have to sing every day so you can build up to being, you know, Amazingly Brilliant.

  

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• I'm kind of quoting Thurston [Moore] and Kim [Gordon] in saying that about not being great with addicts, because they are the ones who said it to me.

  

  Michael Stipe R.E.M.
  • Great
  • Said
  • Addicts