Kelela Mizanekristos (Kelela) Quotes
I'm pushing back against the white, misogynistic, heterosexual establishment in the music industry. Like, literally, in all its forms.
Kelela Mizanekristos
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I've always written songs that were confessional, acoustic, wordy - my writing style matches my personality. The music always has to match the mouth it comes out of.
Camila Cabello
Fifth Harmony
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Music is all about leadership and there ain't really a lot of leaders.
Young Jeezy
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The music comes through me, and I let it come the way it comes, and it shapes itself. I just hold space for it. I don't intend to write it for a purpose, but it comes as it comes and am proud of the way it can support change because I believe strongly in what I sing about.
Xavier Rudd
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A fashion show is like a 10-minute play, but there's all this anticipation; Everyone arriving, finding their seats, then there's 10 minutes of people walking past and clothes and music, then the whole thing is finished.
Felicity Jones
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I'm trying to find the balance and do, like, 'Spanglish' music or some songs in Spanish and others in English or do a translation.
Maluma
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If there's anything that would unite the world, it would be music.
Leighton Paul Walsh
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Young kids should be doing music that has shock value. They'll grow out of it.
Talib Kweli
Black Star
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I'm at the mercy of whatever character comes into my head.
Kate DiCamillo
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I remember I heard it in an interview with Michael Jackson one day, saying the art is gone, everybody makes records just to make a record. See, I always want the artist that try to build a whole body of music on one album, so you can enjoy it. So you could say, 'I went with him here, I went with him here.'
Raekwon
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Blending tracks and weaving and manipulating prerecorded music to create this mood, some people do it much better than others.
Kaskade
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I like to release music the way I feel it, as opposed to having a date. The idea of dates, boxes, categories are very scary for me.
Usher
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Most of the music you hear on the radio today is developed for making money. It doesn't feel true or honest. You can feel it in the music.
Iris DeMent
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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.
Bebe Rexha
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I am not a fascist. Fascists are shopkeepers, I am a Nazi.
Alan Clark
Dire Straits
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Nature never uses prime numbers. But mathematicians do.
Frank Drake
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L.A. is a very strange place. On the surface, it has an innocent appearance, like the stranger with the pleasant face that smiles and shakes your hand. But then you learn it is actually a lot less nice than you think, and there's a whole deeper, darker level.
Zach Galligan
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The striking thing that we're finding is the consistency of the gap over time. The same gaps exist that existed during the last five years.
John Curtin
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I'm pushing back against the white, misogynistic, heterosexual establishment in the music industry. Like, literally, in all its forms.
Kelela Mizanekristos
