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Death Row is a bridge out of that ghetto world, giving voices to those people society thinks shouldn't be heard.
I was always a bit of a showgirl; it was in my blood. I never thought I would have a career as a singer, though.
You don't always have to have a record out. I'm not a sausage factory, you know, turning out records every year.
My family was a good family, I had a great Canadian education and I came up in a great, little town like Ottawa.
As an artist I come to sing, but as a citizen, I will always speak for peace, and no one can silence me in this.
Films make me into some cheap turn...You bet they'll never let me play a part in a film where a Negro is on top.
In a world of private property, if something isn't owned by somebody, it's going to be misused by somebody else.
It was only through the years that I realized what an absolutely extraordinarily thoughtful person Dr. King was.
The theater used to be a place where you look like a human being. Now people look like they just got out of bed.
I've always been known for making socially conscious music in the midst of the love songs and the bedroom songs.
The one thing I have always tried to get across is what you see is what you get. This is me, like it or lump it.
I've been blessed because there are a lot of great singers out there that didn't make it past their first album.
I think my mother, more than anyone, knew the importance of inspiration. If it was occurring, you had to use it.
When I was signed, at the age of 23...the fact that I presented myself as an out gay man was very, very unusual.
I didn't ever want to make a rap album. I considered it too limiting. Now that's exactly what I've gone and done
I knew I didn't have the right name for a singer. Having a name that nobody could pronounce was hardly an asset.
I have a hard time being happy, and I think a lot of creative people suffer with that when life gets real happy.
I'm going to keep on keeping on as long as I've got my health and strength, and God gives me that will to do it.
Now this might disturb you, but I find I'm OK by myself; and I don't need you or your benevolence to make sense.
When you sleep I will creep Into your thoughts Like a bad debt That you can't pay Take the easy way and give in!
I am stuck in the dream of an album that sells well not because of marketing, but because people like the songs.
Today films are made to cater to commercial markets created by multiplexes, not for those who enjoy good cinema.
I came from a middle-class family in Mexico, from a household full of women, in a country that is very machista.
I think country music is really one of the biggest genres of music out there and one the most successful genres.
In Buddhism there are words you can say... as you say the words with rhythm the conscious tells the subconscious
A monkey was the President, though maybe not the first. And there was peace and harmony throughout the universe.
A real friend is someone who does n0t give you expectation about delivering on some kind of peer group pressure.
I was an only child until I was 11 years old, which is when my sister was born. So for 11 years, it was just me.
My art career often feels less like an art career and more like a career in educating, usually by using my body.
I have been involved with the USO really my entire life. The first show I did for the USO, I was nine years old.
People are living a lot longer these days and not preparing for it. I'm in the gym and, you know, using my voice.
One thing I carried my whole life, especially from my grandparents in Chicago, was a huge idealism for the world.
I'm touched by Jon Hendricks. I want some of my music to reflect that. And when I write, you're going to hear it.
If you can last until you're 40 years old, hopefully you'll be mature enough to figure out the rest of the years.
It is always easy to wake up a person who is fast asleep, but never those people who pretend to be deep in sleep.
If you disrespect everybody that you run into, how in the world do you think everybody's supposed to respect you?
I think every cute girl is told to move to L.A. someday. So I do like the drive over from my house to the studio.
AT&T sucks. There's no excuse for being in downtown Los Angeles, and your phone loses service. That's ridiculous.
You just can't live that negative way. You know what I mean. Make way for the positive day. Cause it's a new day.
I have got a running stream of love you see. So no matter what stages.. they put us through, we'll never be blue.
They are not embarrassed to cry with you when you are hurting or laugh with you when you make a fool of yourself.
The road to life is rocky, and you may stumble too. So while you point your fingers, someone else is judging you.
Oddly enough, my partner went on Prodigy when it first came out, and I ended up playing with some of that stuff!.
There's a point where you find yourself tiptoeing as an artist, and then you know that you're in the wrong place.
You've got to watch the politics of AIDS. The politics of AIDS can work both for and against the victims of AIDS.
My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ. Christ teaches that God is love.
My real name is Nils and Booboo is a childhood nickname. It's not two words or two capital B's, it's B-o-o-b-o-o.
I spend my money on cars. That's why I have a Challenger. It's a muscle car, like a Mustang. It's big and rumbly.
I'm one of those people who, even if I'm invited somewhere, I still kinda feel like I'm not supposed to be there.
Springsteen is a hero to a lot of people in New Jersey. He's a role model - because he's a local guy who got out.