Robert James Ritchi Quotes
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I didn't come from a trailer park. I grew up middle class and my dad had money and my mom made my lunch. I got a car when I was sixteen. I'm proud of that.
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Surround yourself with good people. Whether they're the best or not, people are capable of learning if they've got good hearts and they're good souls.
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Why does anything ever happen? Some things happen and some don't.
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I think I did every drug known to mankind, smoked crack, boozed, dropped acid, you name it.
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I never said I wanted to be around for a long time. I always said I wanted to be here for a good time.
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My take on rap is driven by straightforward American southern rock and blues.
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As a musician, you want the music in as many hands as you can get it into. More importantly, I want people to get the music for the fairest price, and in the most convenient way. And that's really turned into iTunes when you're talking about selling albums.
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I make a lot of money. I can take a pay cut. All my friends are taking pay cuts that are in the unions, that are - that are farming in Alabama or whatever it is. I can surely take a pay cut, too, not cutting down my show or - or the people that work for me, I can take a pay cut.
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I've never played the PR game.
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I've never done songs with people just for the sake of the great combination. I've always done songs with friends.
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I'm not only a fan of Apple products, I have stock in the company. I think Steve Jobs has started one of the greatest corporations in the world.
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I see the people in Detroit are very - they're like a lot of cities, but they're very proud to be from there and they really want to see change and they really want to see good things happen.
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You know, when I started I liked Big Macs and Budweiser and I still like Big Macs and Budweiser.
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I always looked up to so many people before me and was lucky to become such good friends with them. I learned so much hanging out with those cats.
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And now that Martina McBride knows of T.I., and T.I. knows of Martina McBride, that made me very happy, too. It's introducing worlds to different people and bringing them together with a song.
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I have nightmares that I'm going to wake up, and everyone's driving a Prius and living in a condo, and we're all getting health insurance.
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I'm a bit of an insomniac. I'm always thinking. I've got a lot of ideas for lyrics and shows. I have a notepad by the side of the bed and voice recorders around the house.
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The spirit of rock 'n' roll is alive and well. It kind of just needs to be cultivated a little bit.
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I could care less about what people think. I'm a Devil Without A Cause.
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I take the invasion of my personal space very seriously.
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They believed you can't mix rock, country, and rap, and that crossover is dead. I always knew it would work. And it will always work as long as you're really into it and like what you're doing.
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When I was making my first record there would be something that would come out that would inspire you, you know? You'd see someone on TV or on the radio.
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But honestly, it's pretty weird; there are girls who'd do absolutely everything just to get a backstage pass. I don't know what it is, but really, when you're on national TV in America the girls love you. They all want you! And I'm not complaining!
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I've always made music from the heart, and that's what I do. And at the end of the day, whether it works or not, I can say I tried my best.