N.E.R.D. Quotes
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I'm always consciously trying to make what I feel is missing.
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I have an all-Japanese design team, and none of them speak English. So it's often funny and surprising how my ideas end up lost in translation.
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I'm a fan of music, first and foremost. So I do things from the perspective of a fan.
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I played saxophone, so I was into jazz. I learned from each audience and each teacher that I had. I can't really tell you any rules or anything, but the way I develop my beliefs is really just by personally learning from different situations.
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Living your life 40 floors up, looking out every day on ocean and skies, you see the world from a different point of view. It's like living in a very interesting fishbowl, but since no one can see up here, it's like a fishbowl with a limo tint.
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When it comes to luggage, I am an underpacker.
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You get used to it when you feel like you're an artist.
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I love when things are transparent, free and clear of all inhibition and judgement.
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When you're dancing, you're dancing for people to see.
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Some of us get a feeling when we hear music and we feel music, and you want to figure out how to continue to feel that.
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You've come to me now at this point in time, when The Neptunes are just now getting our light.
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You don't know what people are looking for. What you know is what you feel like might be missing. It's up to the people to agree with you or disagree with you, and you'll know in their reaction.
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I wanted clothing that I couldn't find, so I decided to make it.
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I can't say what I'm going to wear all the time. The minute that I say that, then there's something in me that tips off and then I need to break out of that.
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For me, nothing is given.
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Music is all of a sudden much more colorful.
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I like the world.
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I don't want to end up being a circus act, doing my most famous tricks when I'm 70.
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So I think it's better to say something than not to say anything at all, even to an ignorant person.
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I'm just very thankful. And I say that a lot because that's the most important message.
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I just like being a kid. I enjoy it, I don't want to grow up.
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I just always considered myself to be different and able to explore whatever I wanted.
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Groups like The Mountain Brothers just have to keep on doing what they're doing - just make it dope and just make it different. And not try to compete with other people of color.
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For me, I'm just trying to be the best at what I do. I'll wave an Asian American flag if I get that opportunity. I'm not hiding or trying to discredit my background or anything, I just haven't had the opportunity.