Kiesa Rae Ellestad (Kiesza) Quotes
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It's a luxury to not have to just be performing with other people to have my music heard.
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I love music, and can dance on the desi beats. Punjabi music is my favourite. I listen to artists like Honey Singh. I love his music. I also love watching Bollywood films.
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I wonder if there'll ever be a time where you're not judged by your appearance. It seems that wherever you've got to, your appearance is always discussed. It's never said about men. We talk about a man's charisma, not his looks.
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Music is my way out. I keep things locked up and never say anything. I guess in order to say something to one person, I have to sing it to a couple of thousand. It doesn't make for healthy relationships.
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Deficiency motivation doesn't work. It will lead to a life-long pursuit of try to fix me. Learn to appreciate what you have and where and who you are.
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Writers of fiction, when they begin, are more likely to try the short form.
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I actually spend very little time listening to any new music.
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I moved to London to go to dance school when I was about 17, but then I realized that I didn't want to be a dancer anymore, so I dropped out after five or six weeks. All I wanted to do was sing and make music.
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I'm going to put music out when I feel like it's ready.
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When I think about atheist friends, including my father, they seem to me like people who have no ear for music, or who have never been in love.
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If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
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I quit high school on my birthday. It was my senior year and I didn't see the point. This was 1962, and I was ready to make music.
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But anyone who knows anything about the music industry knows it's not only about the music.
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I think Paul McGuinness and U2 created the Irish music industry. It certainly wasn't there before that.
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My music is a little dark, and my lyrics are a little darker. Every day, I'm fighting towards the light.
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I love music and I love musicians and when I hear something that's great, I always say it's like you go to a movie and you can't wait to tell your friends about it.
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But I really believe that you don't do music because you want to, you do it because you have to.
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Music used to be a lot more about angst for me. Now it's the only form of meditation I do.
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I was growing up listening to Queen. Freddie Mercury threw those incredible melodies into his songs.
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A challenge always is good. Normal design does not come under the constraints of a small budget and time frame. But it has helped me to make quick and knowledgeable decisions.
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The roof of my house is covered in solar panels. When I'm home, I'm a pretty green fellow.
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I am a fan of today's sound as long as we don't get too slick, and yet I am very reverent of my roots.
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It shouldn't be an issue that we have a black president. Gay marriage shouldn't be an issue. And women being funny shouldn't be an issue.
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You cannot go wrong by learning classical music because it trains the ear.
