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If language were liquid, it would be rushing in. Instead here we are in a silence more eloquent than any word could ever be.
I wouldn't wear tiny amounts of clothing in my real life so I don't think it's necessary to wear that stuff in photo-shoots.
When you run into someone that you used to be in love with, all that you have is drama, desperation and not know what to do.
Some days I totally appreciate everything that's happening to me, and some days I feel everyone's waiting for me to mess up.
I like organizing things. I like organizing my closets, so that I know where everything is. And and I used to color code it.
I have to say I've been pretty lucky in that my French fry indulgences don't really affect my skin. I keep a stable routine.
I actually do a lot of Pilates and try to hike every day that I'm home. Also, I dance SO much in my shows and at rehearsals!
But in the new (math) approach, the important thing is to understand what you're doing, rather than to get the right answer.
Balance is good, because one extreme or the other leads to misery, and I've spent a lot of my life at one of those extremes.
Live performance has always been my thing. It’s my purpose to master and capture the moment every time I have you connected.
Im constantly being inspired by the old days and taking things from the past and allowing them to lift me up where I am now.
It will make you feel good, and it will make you feel whole, when the spirit moves you and it fills you through and through.
I never aspired to be up front. When I was a kid, I didn't ever look in the mirror with a hairbrush going, "Hey, I'm Elvis!"
In the twilight glow I see her, blue eyes crying in the rain. As we kissed goodbye and parted, I knew we'd never meet again.
My faith plays a big part in who I am: a Christian guy playing pop-rock music. I'm in a pop-rock band, not a Christian band.
Generally, I can't really do much without music playing - even writing or thinking. Peace and quiet means putting on a song.
To be successful in your life, you have to be convinced in your own mind that you have the ability to accomplish your goals.
The fact that I have a Southern accent and write about a lot of rural things leads people to put me in the country category.
It's not hard to create a song, but to write a song that's really going affect somebody? That takes a hell of a lot of time.
My name, Solange, means 'Angel of the sun,' and I'm completely enamored of my African history. The culture is so expressive.
I believe Aids is the most important issue we face, because how we treat the poor is a reflection of who we are as a people.
I always wanted to do my solo album in English, because I grew up listening to a lot of pop artists and English-based songs.
The prospect of being immortal doesn't excite me, but the prospect of being a materialistic idol for four years does appeal.
I don't feel ashamed to be loud, which is an argument I've had with lots of men, who thought I was too sassy and unladylike.
In my experience, as a young black artist, you have to fulfill an archetype, or be a token - and I was unwilling to do that.
I tend to write and record things quite quickly. You can tamper with things for years, and it's artistic laziness sometimes.
I pushed the envelope as far as it needed to be pushed, and now it's on the floor, and people seem to want it to stay there.
It is great to have your own label; you can cultivate your own artists... I've worked with pretty much everyone I wanted to.
Yes, I am successful in Asia. But if you think about that too much, you become boring. Because you don't want to take risks.
My audience is made up of such bizarre, rare people. They're very sparse and scattered; it's not like a huge body of people.
I believe my songs are strong enough to stand on their own - even way back then when they were recorded badly and minimally.
I have a big family full of massive personalities so i just sit there most of the time great fun to listen to their stories.
My favourite festival experience is a show at midnight with the moon blazing and a crowd full of open hearts ready to dance.
I like working really fast. The best ideas are the first ones that come into your head - so why bother thinking of any more?
On the McGuire course, there's a technique called 'cancellation' where negative experiences are replaced with positive ones.
When I got signed, I wanted to be involved in a charity, but it was hard because I didn't know which problems to start with.
One of my passions in life is to try to inspire people. I don't know if that sounds cheesy, but I genuinely love to do that.
When I was a kid, Ellen DeGeneres and Rosie O'Donnell were mere blips on the gaydar; and they were both still in the closet.
I'm broken from the inside. The depression that has slowly eaten away at me has finally consumed me, and I couldn't beat it.
When times are good, we have tunes to dance to; when times are tough, we're supposed to talk about it. That's country music.
My mom is a history teacher, so we'd go on all these historic trips as kids around Halloween, because it was kind of creepy.
'Side A' was a project that I wanted to do, stuff that I produced completely, and it was just stuff that I was dealing with.
I think the best duets are those where there's a dialogue back and forth, and then the two singers go into a thing together.
I just wouldn't enjoy standing there like a paper doll, having someone else stick paper dresses on me. That would be no fun.
Movies were, to me, like a way out. It was an escape valve. I remember having my parents drop me off at movies all the time.
While you're setting something up that's educational for yourself, you have an opportunity to teach others at the same time.
My favorite electric guitar would have to be my Duesenberg. I've named her 'Dolores,' and she sings like an operatic menace.
Elvis was a way bigger influence than Waylon Jennings, but you don't wanna tell people, 'I never really listened to Waylon.'
I'm really in touch with my fans. Through their emails, letters and stories is how I decide what music I'm going to perform.
Life is mortal. There are all these rewards and consequences. Sometimes you embrace them, and sometimes they knock you over.