M.I.A. Quotes
In 2004, I went onstage for the first time. They put a mike in my hand and pushed me out the door into the crowd. I did the three songs I had recorded and got out. It was the worst day of my life.
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But what you realise after you've been in the business for a while is that people develop opinions about you that don't have anything to do with your music, they like or dislike you for a million reasons, they like or dislike you for your last record.
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People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected.
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Michael Jordan changed so much in basketball, he took his power to make a difference. It's so much going on in music right now and somebody has to make a difference.
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Things that happen in Wyoming are things that wouldn't happen in a big city - we've got bears, we've got a lot of shotguns - in Absaroka County, everybody's got a shotgun in the back of their car!
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To be slandered the way I get slandered is really uncalled for, but life goes on.
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We are so Post-Modern that we don't realize how Post-Modern we are anymore.
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I rolled up my sleeves and said, 'I want to make a mark on this world.'
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I redefined how I ate and exercised and have continued to keep that up because it feels great.
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I believe in eating as nutritiously as I can all the time... My mother raised me on fresh - rather than processed - foods, and that's how I eat on a regular basis.
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A guitar riff played on a piano doesn't come close to the purity of it being played on a guitar but I faked it enough to get by.
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The difference between American parties is actually simple. Democrats are in favor of higher taxes to pay for greater spending, while Republicans are in favor of greater spending, for which the taxpayers will pay.
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I consider science fiction and fantasy my genre. And I've noticed over the years that there doesn't tend to be a lot of lighthearted, comedic stuff.
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I love the outdoors. I love climbing mountains.
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There aren't many athletes who follow their hearts. They choose to go somewhere to win more and earn more money. They're like gypsies.
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I don't believe that human beings are necessarily monogamous.
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It's really important to me not to be a snob about age division or about genre or whatever. The story needs to be what the story needs to be.
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What's going on in the inside shows on the outside.
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When I was anorexic it just seemed like I literally wanted to disappear. And now I would like to reappear.
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I lived in a neighborhood where there weren't many kids. I had a couple sisters, but I was very much a loner. Whatever film I had seen that day or that week, I would completely find myself in that world.
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There is no time in human history when you were more perfectly represented than in the Garden of Eden.
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If we seek things that are virtuous and lovely, we surely will find them. Conversely, if we seek for evil, we will find that also.
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The people who are opposing the policy of apartheid have not the courage of their convictions. They do not marry non-Europeans.
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In 2004, I went onstage for the first time. They put a mike in my hand and pushed me out the door into the crowd. I did the three songs I had recorded and got out. It was the worst day of my life.
