Fugees Quotes
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Respect, my brother, nothing but respect, man.
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My concept of successful living is escaping the matrix, as we've talked about. It has very little to do with what people think success is. I actually feel successful right now, even though I don't have an album out, or a video or a song on the radio, because I'm trying to be obedient to His will.
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We don't want people to have expectations of us, but then we have expectations of everybody else.
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My father being a Caribbean minister, one day I stole the radio. The radio that I stole, I took it to school, showing off how big this boom box was and how bad I was at the time. Once my father figured out where I left the radio, he then got his belt and he walked me, he beat me all the way to where I had hid the radio, and with the boom box.
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The sweetest thing I've ever known was like the kiss on the collarbone, the soft caress of happiness, the way you walk, your style of dress, I wish I didn't get so weak, oh baby just to hear you speak, makes me argue just to see how much your in love with me
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When I was working, and when I was making substantial amounts of money, I always filed and paid my taxes. This only stopped, when it was necessary to withdraw from society, in order to guarantee the safety and well-being of myself and my family.
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In my family, there was not an abundance of wealth, but there was an abundance of love. So there was always humor, and there was joy and there was comfort and there was this environment just to have a good time.
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It's more important to be righteous than to be right.
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Our podium is the music. It's really important that we stay focused, because things become misconstrued in the media.
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Now the skies could fall Not even if my boss should call The world it seems so very small 'Cause nothing even matters at all
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When I have a creative insight, there is a high. I think back in the day, I made music as much as I did because it made me feel so good. I think you could argue that there is a creative addiction - but, you know, the healthy kind.
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From the first time someone says, Who do you think you are? we learn how to repress.
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I hope that by people seeing the result of freedom that they'll want some, too.
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Think black love, think universal love. Just think love.
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I know that the nice shines I have on is going to pass. The nice cars will pass. All that will stay is the music and the work. That's where I get the inspiration to help people out and work.
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I have inner peace. It's a different person.
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As musicians and artists, it's important we have an environment - and I guess when I say environment, I really mean the industry, that really nurtures these gifts. Oftentimes, the machine can overlook the need to take care of the people who produce the sounds that have a lot to do with the health and well-being of society.
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From the time that you are a child, you grow up repressing yourself.
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I can give away everything I posses, but am without love, and I have no happiness
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I'm not going away fast; I've been around for a while, and plan to be around for a while more.
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You might win some, but you just lost one.
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For this album I was determined to do it my way. Take my time. I'm gonna win, lose or draw on my own.
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I lived in a hut with no roof, and I rode to school on a donkey. I used to shoot birds with a slingshot to cook for dinner. Now I prefer to get my food from KFC.
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Bob Marley stood for universal peace and love. He tried to break racial barriers.
