Kelis Rogers (Kelis) Quotes

In my life, looking at other women who have been pregnant while writing, I always feel like it's kind of their most musical or the closest to themselves. I think for me it's such a validating moment, you know. I always knew I wanted to have kids, and I've been making music all my life.

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• The media's gotten lazy. They don't check anything out. You report what he reports.

  

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• I shall produce nothing that will offend the proprieties, whether applied to children or grownups. My pictures are turned out with clean hands and, therefore, with a clear conscience which, like virtue, is its own reward.

  

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• Most people work for the private sector, which cannot exist without profit.

  

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• I would be very happy doing movies. I love to work and I think I'm a little different.

  

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• I have a funny family, but none of them are remotely in show business.

  

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• The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock on their door. That's the only difference.

  

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• Conscience is God present in man.

  

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• I think it is the fact that birds are two-legged, like us, which gives them something of our balance and gesture and makes them nearer to us.

  

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• I grew up in uptown Jamaica; I went to a rich school. I was raised by my mother and my stepfather; they made sure education came before anything. I had a good childhood, grew up spending time with my bigger brothers and sisters. My people are good people. I was exposed to a lot of different kinds of people and culture.

  

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• I have a deep and ongoing love of Iceland, particular the landscape, and when writing 'Burial Rites,' I was constantly trying to see whether I could distill its extraordinary and ineffable qualities into a kind of poetry.

  

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• Mostly, I don't write overtly personal stuff.

  

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• Hair and make-up always helps. I did always try to be well-groomed, professional at all times. Take your job seriously - but not yourself.

  

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• Women overwhelmingly support conservative policies.

  

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• My entire life is dedicated to music, and at my age, that makes a lot of years! But all the work and dedication is only that I'm able to forget myself and let the music do the 'talking.'

  

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• I don't intend to stop making music.

  

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• In my life, looking at other women who have been pregnant while writing, I always feel like it's kind of their most musical or the closest to themselves. I think for me it's such a validating moment, you know. I always knew I wanted to have kids, and I've been making music all my life.

  

  Kelis Rogers
  • Life
  • Music
  • Writing