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A lot of people think that because I'm from Malaysia, I'm driven by Malaysian sound, but actually, it's mostly just my melodies.
My yearn for home is broadened Patriotism expanded By callings from beyond So I pack my things Nothing precious All things sacred
No more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop your books and run like hell
If I had my life to live over again, I'd run barefoot, relax a bit more, I'd talk more to children, and I'd learn how they laugh.
I know definitive points in my life and in relationships because of my songs. I write my music so that I'll never be bored of it.
Live your life, listen to your music way to loud, be crazy and as different as you want to be and always remember your not alone
There's absolutely no one in the world that can tell you can't do something. You're the only person that can set that limitation.
Rock and roll is about having a good time, so no matter where you are right now blast some music and forget about lifes problems.
Any time you make the transfer of 'I've created something, and I'm giving it to you, and I hope it makes you happy,' that's good.
I've been a long time coming, and I'll be a long time gone. You've got your whole life to do something, and that's not very long.
I've thought about what is an alternative word to feminism. There isn't one. It's a perfectly good word. And it can't be changed.
But think of the last guy. For one minute, think of the last guy. Nobody's got it worse than that guy. Nobody in the whole world.
I like to mix influences from different eras, like maybe '70s bell-bottoms, something fun from the '80s, or a bit of '90s grunge.
I know that everybody is so obsessed with this idea of fame, and they think that I'm obsessed. In all honesty, I'm just doing me.
Success for me is being comfortable, and not in terms of a certain level of financial status, but that comfort comes from within.
I love Lauryn Hill, Tracy Chapman, Fiona Apple. People like that. People you can really connect to on the most basic human level.
I was a personality before I became a person - I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven.
I was brought up by the English side of my family, who are very repressed and working class. Absolutely lovely, but very English.
Take my hand when you are worried Take my hand when you're alone Take my hand and let me guide you Take my hand to lead you home.
I'm a great believer in karma, and the vengeance that it serves up to those who are deliberately mean is generally enough for me.
I never met a politician who didn't want to be a guitar player in a rock band. I've got the opportunity to say what I believe in.
There's something about the rhythm of walking, how, after about an hour and a half, the mind and body can't help getting in sync.
It's a sign that you have a good work relationship if you don't have to analyze. That's usually a good sign within creative work.
Aztec has played a big part in delivering the solutions that our Dallas office has spent timeless hours and energy searching for.
There is not a single extant study that supports all the arguments against men being with their children. It's absolute bollocks.
Leigh [Bowery] obviously loved having me in the club because I would attract media, and he loved and lived for his column inches.
In writing the autobiography, I can really chuckle when I look at the songs. I was acting out the part. I saw myself as a victim.
I've had to write in a different way because I'm not in a bad place and I'm not heartbroken, so there's no one I want revenge on.
If you're really on top, you probably didn't do that great, 'cause you have to water it down a bit for it to get that mass appeal
I've always been comfortable in my own skin - sometimes a little too comfortable, which in turn makes other people uncomfortable.
My brother Carl taught me how to play bass. I'm a self-taught keyboard player, though - I figured out our harmonies at the piano.
I just remind myself that the gifts I have, I've been given for a reason and that every day brings new opportunities to use them.
There's a reason why bullying takes such a strong form online. People don't have to push back as much as they would in real life.
I just write songs that I strongly believe in and that are coming from inside. There's no tricks. It's honesty with big melodies.
Undoubtedly, Patsy Cline was a trailblazer and in that respect, all women who are singular in a man's field have a special power.
I want my permanent address to be in Oklahoma. Someday, when I get married and I have kids, that's where I want to raise my kids.
Rather than go to a demonstration to burn an effigy of the author Salman Rushdie, I would have hoped that it'd be the real thing.
I believe Islam was truly spread by example. So whatever good a Muslim does publicly will be seen - the same is true for the bad.
When I come home and have a new song I've written, she gives me an honest critique. If my wife likes it, I know I have something.
I like the whole laid-back rapping. I wish I could rap! I wish I could wrap like Azealia Banks or Lil Wayne or someone like that.
I can't stand to hear my own voice. If one of my songs comes on in a café, I'll run out right away and come back with the police.
We want to make something that moves us when we hear it. Because after all the hype and awards and whatever, that's all music is.
My earliest memories as a child are listening to Beatles records, and they are a big part of how I've learned to write pop songs.
I liked being able to work with all the different producers and take what they brought to the table and bring my own style to it.
Movement has been one of the few constants in my life, and I always feel a great sense of optimism when I set off to a new place.
My thing is, for artists who are having success, being given an award shouldn't be the thing that defines you in the first place.
My grandmother and my mother raised me, but my dad made a conscious effort to be in my life - every weekend he would take me out.
What I dislike about going to the club is if you're not behind that red rope, you feel you're missing something special going on.
We took dancehall and hip-hop and mixed it in the middle. I knew we had something. I thought, 'This sound is Puerto Rican sound.'
I had to take a bit of a break and fast for a while, but then I found myself very, very hungry when I got back to [song-writing].