John Roger Stephens Quotes
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As a nation - and as a world - we need more truth.
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I think I'm happier, not just because of winning Grammys and selling records, but because it's really fulfilling to have all these things happen with something you love to do.
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I feel like fashion is making steps toward diversity, but I think they could do more.
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The video aside, 'P.D.A' is a song about when you really love somebody, you just can't resist wanting to show that out in public sometimes.
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I like cool jackets - a nice fall or winter coat. You can get a lot of use out of it, and you'll wear it frequently, so it can really set the tone of your uniform for the season.
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My first big break came with Lauryn Hill on a track called Everything is Everything, I played piano on that track way back in 1998.
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Hip hop has the urgency and rebelliousness that early rock n' roll and punk had: a level of rule-breaking and flirtation with danger. It allows you to break the rules.
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We should care about what is going on in the world.
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I don't think it's an artist's responsibility to be political all the time. I think your first responsibility as an artist is to make music that people will listen to and enjoy. However, I think that when you are able to say something that is moving and put it in a great song, then that is even better.
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I played classical as a kid.
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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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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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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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For me as a songwriter, I love when other people cover my songs.
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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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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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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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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.