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He gave us all a mind to think with and to know what's right or wrong, he is that inner spirit that keeps us strong.
A song ain't nothing but a conversation fixed up to where you can talk it over and over without getting tired of it.
I think, from the very beginning, I always knew that I needed to get out of Malaysia and do my thing somewhere else.
Nowadays in pop, there's not a lot of men that are singing big and loud and high - it's not as common as it once was.
Understand that life is journey. I haven't achieved the success I wanted to achieve yet, but that's OK - it's coming.
So I'm one of the few celebrities that got to do a repeat performance on 'The Simpsons,' which I'm very flattered by.
What part of our history's reinvented and under rug swept? What part of your memory is selective and tends to forget?
I've stepped more into my womanhood, I'm a mother now, I'm having a beautiful relationship as a wife and as a friend.
My idea of hell is a girlfriend ringing up and saying, 'Let's go shopping and have cocktails.' I'd rather play cards.
It's all right if things don't change today. We're gonna keep doing what we do. The world can either catch up or not.
To be honest, I think kids have got a lot more going on than adults. They've got their heads screwed on a lot better.
I'm a singer-songwriter, but we get loud and we jump around. We have dance moves; we freak out. It's really fun, man!
My legacy is not only about legacy, it's about how we as a human family learn to live together within our difference.
Imagine you're a girl, just trying to finally come clean, knowing full well they'd prefer you were dirty and smiling.
I've learned that I shouldn't shrink from success. Though honestly I thought they'd be knocking on my door years ago.
So from Jazz, Blues, R&B, Soul, Classical and Country music, Hip Hop has introduced us to a little bit of everything.
House is a big part of the rhythm in Chicago. I don't care if you're the most hood gangbanger - you understand house.
Singing is something I do every day - not every other month. When I touch the mic, the same thing happens every time.
One thing's for sure: now when I look at Funny Girl, I think I was gorgeous. I was too beautiful to play Fanny Brice.
I'm interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, I would like to correct those errors someday.
It’s like an American tradition. A person gets successful and then he’s supposed to change for the worse. It’s silly.
I do think that when you make repeated mistakes, it's usually because you're just not coming to grips with something.
To set the record straight for the God knows millionth time, we certainly didn't sign to Atlantic just for the money.
Even when I interviewed bands, it was about asking them about writing songs, so it was more for me than anybody else.
You will never have the answers, but you have to keep pushing yourself and keep reading and keep working on yourself.
I have a very good relationship with myself. My favourite quote is, "What you think about me is none of my business."
Life is not about creating an unreal existence. People should be challenged to find something cool about the mundane.
I think that casting shows are pretty good at teaching someone how to present themselves and how to handle the media.
Sometimes in our lives we all have pain. We all have sorrow. But if we are wise we know that there's always tomorrow.
When you get to all right, take a good look around and get used to it, because that may be as far as you're gonna go.
What probably confuses people is they know a lot about me, but it quite pleases me that there's more they don't know.
I have not made many conscious efforts to "re-imagine" songs. I just let them happen the way they're going to happen.
You create the happiness and the balance that you have, and your own power. This is one thing that I know to be true.
Drugs became an obsession, like Culture Club had been, like religion later became although I'm through with that now.
My songwriting and my style became more complex as I listened, learned, borrowed and stole and put my music together.
Every city has a town outside with a lake. I pull out my fishing pole and fish. I've been doing that for a long time.
There are bands like Imagine Dragon, Grouplove, and fun. who have come along and shifted the way that rock can sound.
The mountains inspire me because they are just still and they have such a strong, quiet presence that feels very old.
When you look at every government, they're our elected officials, and you have to have some form of respect for them.
In terms of fashion, I love adding a fun scarf to whatever I'm wearing - it's a great way to dress up a plain outfit!
The trouble with making music as a job is that I have no outside interests. All I can do to wind down is go to sleep.
I've always done things myself. I've never bragged or screamed that I produced a record before. I never told anybody.
Now I've been crying lately, Thinking about the world as it is. Why must we go on hating? Why can't we live in bliss?
That's kind of the theme of Own the Night. It's about those nights that are so memorable you could live them forever.
I feel like I can be six different people in one day sometimes. Which is fun but also really strange in my own brain.
When you sing live, you cannot expect any artist, except for the amazing Beyonce or GaGa, to get it right every time.
It's critically important to have family around me, and some of my happiest moments are when I'm just with my family.
Rihanna has this thick tone, so it's very hard to annoy anybody. It's like a beautifully squeezed tube of toothpaste.
Music should not be a contest, it should be an individual thing that each band is putting out from within themselves.
I believe 2016 is the Year of the Woman and now more than ever, it is our time to accomplish anything and everything.