N.E.R.D. Quotes
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I wanted clothing that I couldn't find, so I decided to make it.
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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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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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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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I don't want to end up being a circus act, doing my most famous tricks when I'm 70.
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When it comes to luggage, I am an underpacker.
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For me, nothing is given.
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When I made it, I still didn't wave the flag and say, Yeah go Asian people. I do want people to know that about me, but I always felt like at least musically, let me just do what I do and be the best at it. Which is what I'm doing right now.
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The simplest way to say it is that I think we're all dealt these cards in life, but the cards in and of themselves don't read one way or the other. It's up to you to home in and cultivate whatever you've got in your hand.
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I'm always consciously trying to make what I feel is missing.
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Music is all of a sudden much more colorful.
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When you're dancing, you're dancing for people to see.
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I like the world.
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I just like being a kid. I enjoy it, I don't want to grow up.
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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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You get used to it when you feel like you're an artist.
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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'm just very thankful. And I say that a lot because that's the most important message.
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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 don't know, the artist thing is not me. I love making music, though.
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I just always considered myself to be different and able to explore whatever I wanted.
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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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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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I'm not trying to disrespect anybody by saying this - I'm not sure I feel any interaction with Asian America in any collective sense. - It's like, when you're telling me this right now, my reaction is, Really? Asian America knows about me?