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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But Buddy was an upper. He was happy. He loved music, and he was really happy. I don't know... I don't believe in reincarnation at all, but if all that stuff is true, then he might have been on his last time around.
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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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The perfect day for me is waking up and having a cup of tea with my kids before I drive them to school; Then, I go into the studio and try and write some music for three or four hours and give up about noon.
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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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Sometimes we need a personal crisis to reinforce in our minds what we really value and cherish. The scriptures are filled with examples of people facing crises before learning how to better serve God and others. Perhaps if you, too, search your hearts and courageously assess the priorities in your life, you may discover, as I did, that you need a better balance among your priorities.
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I tried to find a solution to the problem that I had, tried to find a way to start playing better.
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A slavish bondage to parents cramps every faculty of the mind.
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People will feel safer around you and speak truthfully to you when they feel you are listening intently to them.
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Caring for our seniors is perhaps the greatest responsibility we have. Those who walked before us have given so much and made possible the life we all enjoy.
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You cannot go wrong by learning classical music because it trains the ear.
