John Roger Stephens Quotes
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I think every film is made better by having smart music supervision that's really in tune with the spirit of the visual content.
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As a kid, I wanted to be a musician but also aspired to be Andy Griffith's lawyer character, Ben Matlock.
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You know, my family is very musical, I was surrounded by it. And from four years old I was the one that asked my mother could I take piano lessons.
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With Tinder and all these other things, there's always this kind of illusion with infinite choices. There's something very cool about saying, 'Oh, I actually really care about this person, and I want to commit to loving this person and being loyal to this person.' You can't get that from the kind of infinite multiple choices that are out there.
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To have the chance to see your music be elevated and to have almost universally positive response to that music, makes me feel better every day. I feel more confident and inspired, and that's fun.
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I remember when I first came out as an artist, back in 2004 or 2005, the record label used to take me to all the radio stations and just have me sit in, like, their lunchroom or their conference room, and play for the whole staff. Just to introduce them to me so they would play my records.
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I'm trying to be me and embrace all the parts of me that have grown up, listened to more music and soaked up more influences.
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London is a good fashion city. They're a little more daring. There's the element of the aristocracy, which is always interesting.
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For me as a songwriter, I love when other people cover my songs.
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I feel like fashion is making steps toward diversity, but I think they could do more.
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I don't like going to football games. I like watching them on television. When you go to a game, it's hard to focus. There's so much going on, and it's cold. I'd rather sit and watch it and get replays and commentary.
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I like things that feel like they're timeless and really well made and tailored... things that make me feel confident when I leave the house.
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Dr. King was unpopular while he was alive - he's only popular now because he's dead and not a threat to anyone.
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We weren't allowed to have secular music in the house growing up. I was home-schooled, and gospel was the only choice we had.
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Some people start with the lyrics first because they know what they want to talk about and they just write a whole bunch of lyrical ideas, but for me the music tells me what to talk about.
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I played classical as a kid.
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There's a certain confidence that comes with being sure about the way the world works.
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My first album, 'Get Lifted,' was a hip-hop soul album that had some of its roots in the church, as far as the sonic choices, in the way that I sing and write songs. I have always had that as part of my background and part of my influence when I am making music.
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I was always the front man for what I was doing from when I was 6.
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Artists are, I think in general, compassionate people, and part of what makes us artists is that we're open-minded people, and I think we're almost, by definition, progressive in a lot of ways.