Alice Merton Quotes
I always wanted to do something with music, but to be honest, I never thought I'd be good enough.
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I always focused on being an actor. I did stand-up briefly, but I also did a lot of dramatic work. But since I've been on 'The Daily Show,' people think I'm a comedian. That's not how I see myself.
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To be interested in food but not in food production is clearly absurd.
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It was treacherous. I think someone was injured. But I did love being there, we all did.
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My dad was vehemently opposed to electric guitars. He did not look on that kind of music as legitimate in any way.
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My music is based on melody and when I play the piano, it's as if I'm singing with them. When you try to transform that into a vocal, there was very little adjustment.
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I go to wherever God calls me, wherever the church calls me to come to minister and preach the word of God.
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No matter where I am in the world, I will always be back home for Christmas.
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Adultery is the application of democracy to love.
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I am sensible of the velocity of the moments, and entering that part of my head alert to the motion of the world I am aware that life was never perfect, never absolute. This bestows contentment, even a fearlessness.
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I struggled with the pressure of having the successful record after the first record. Second album syndrome. I'm living proof; it's very real.
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Introductions are always weird for me because my name is Hari and it's constantly mispronounced . 'Hurry', 'Hairy' – there are different ways to screw it up, and it leads to these awkward conversations.
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I'm interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, I would like to correct those errors someday.
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Photography is like a moment, an instant. You need a half-second to get the photo. So it's good to capture people when they are themselves.
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As long as ugly people are not on TV, you should only ever have interesting people on TV.
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At the end of the day, I stand by who I am. I'm a good person.
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War begets quiet, quiet idleness, idleness disorder, disorder ruin; likewise ruin order, order virtue, virtue glory and good fortune.
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I don't know why people who got what they need to be happy don’t just go ahead and be happy.
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Romania and Bulgaria were particularly irresponsible. If they wanted to diminish their chances of joining Europe they could not have found a better way.
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The point is, how do you know the Guarantee Fairy isn't a crazy glue sniffer.
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The thing about home is that it's a tough place to sustain a career, just by dent of the size of the place. I had about as good a run there as anybody, but it's still a tough ask. I mean, the person I think with the best career in Australia is Ray Meagher, in 'Home and Away.'
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My parents were very relaxed about music.
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My mother and father were both much more remarkable than any story of mine can make them. They seem to me just mythically wonderful.
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You ask men in office to be honest; I ask them to serve the public.
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I always wanted to do something with music, but to be honest, I never thought I'd be good enough.
