My notion of the KGB came from romantic spy stories. I was a pure and utterly successful product of Soviet patriotic education. Vladimir Putin Education • KGB • Notion • Product • Pure • Romantic • Soviet Patriotic Education • Spy • Stories • Utterly
The poetry I grew up on is really an intense form of poetry; it's so pure and powerful. K'naan Intense • Intense Form • Poetry • Powerful • Pure • Up
Every Chanel show I've been to is very conceptual. Even down to the music and smells, the whole thing is connected. G-Dragon Conceptual • Connected • Down • Every Chanel • Music • Show • Smells • Thing • Whole
'She's Dynamite' was a 100 years ago, and I recorded that song because the company thought that it was a great song and it was hot. That was the beginning of rock n' roll, and I guess they thought it would be a BB King version of rock n' roll. B. B King BB • Beginning • Company Thought • Dynamite • Great • King • Rock • Song • Thought • Version • Years
With epic fantasy, there is a tendency for it to be quintessentially conservative in that its job is to restore what is perceived to be out of whack. Nora K. Jemisin Conservative • Epic • Epic Fantasy • Fantasy • Job • Out • Tendency
I think most fiction focuses on uncomfortable settings because that's interesting. Nora K. Jemisin Fiction Focuses • Interesting • Most • Think • Uncomfortable • Uncomfortable Settings
I wasn't making music consciously when I was younger. I was a musician, but that has its own stigmas. Anywhere on the planet, it's one of the more undervalued positions. K'naan More • Music • Music Consciously • Musician • Own • Planet • Stigmas • Undervalued Positions • Younger
If Pocahontas had been given the foresight to see what devastating consequences her actions and belief in the possibility of peace would have brought upon her people, I wonder if she would have avoided befriending the English or not. Qorianka Kilcher Actions • Consequences • Devastating Consequences • Foresight • Peace • People • Pocahontas • Possibility • She • Wonder
I started out as a child actor. Back then, I didn't have a manager or company, and I couldn't even dream of having a stylist. My mom made and bought the clothes I would wear. I think that was probably when I first got into fashion. G-Dragon Actor • Child • Clothes • Company • Dream • Fashion • Manager • Mom • Stylist • Think
I enjoy mediation. I think the artist's position is often to mend the things we feel are broken. Whether that's between two cultures or two thoughts. We're always trying to reach, trying to expand something. K'naan Artist • Between Two • Broken • Enjoy • Position • Something • Things • Think • Thoughts • Trying • Whether
Instead of locking people up and throwing away the key, it's important to invest in them and show them another way – show them what they can do, instead of telling them what they can't do. Because by investing in youth, we're investing into the future of this great nation of the United States of America. Qorianka Kilcher Future • Great • Great Nation • Important • Key • Locking People • People • United States • Way • Youth
You've got to be willing to put the time into seeing who's got talent and who's going to do a great job. Zac Brown Great • Job • Seeing • Talent • Time • You
Conferences at the top level are always courteous. Name-calling is left to the foreign ministers. W. Averell Harriman Always • Conferences • Courteous • Foreign Ministers • Left • Level • Namecalling • Top • Top Level
I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions. B. B King Connect • Emotions • Guitar • Human • Wanted
When I start a new novel, I often write 'test chapters' in different tenses and from different points of view in order to figure out which is best to tell the tale. Nora K. Jemisin Best • Chapters • Different Tenses • New • New Novel • Points • Start • Tell • Test • View
Ever since the beginning of rock and roll, there's been an Axl Rose. And it's just boring. It's totally boring to me. Kurt Cobain Axl Rose • Beginning • Me • Rock • Rock And Roll • Rose
We want to support Nashville, support the community there and be a part of it. Zac Brown Community • Nashville • Part • Support • Want
It's not what people do that matters, it's why they do it. Victoria Elizabeth Schwab Matters • People • Why
Fencing is a game of living chess, a match where reflexes only work in combination with intent, and mind and body must work together at every moment. Victoria Elizabeth Schwab Body • Combination • Fencing • Game • Intent • Living Chess • Match • Mind • Moment • Reflexes • Together • Work
It does make me sad that there's a lot of great songs out there, and they're not going to see the light of day because they're competing with these tailgate songs. Zac Brown Day • Great • Great Songs • Light • Lot • Me • Sad • See
I just wonder where I was when the talent was being given out, like George Benson, Kenny Burrell, Eric Clapton… oh, there's many more! I wouldn't want to be like them, you understand, but I'd like to be equal, if you will. B. B King Burrell • Clapton • Equal • Eric • George Benson • Kenny • Talent • Understand • Wonder • You
When I listen to 'Nevermind,' I hate the production, but there's something about it that almost makes me cry at times. Kurt Cobain About • Cry • Hate • Listen • Me • Nevermind • Production • Something
I think I'm generally more inspired when I'm away from technology. Whether that is on a beach somewhere or just in your room with your phones and screens shut off, I think that quietness is often very inspiring. Yael Cohen Beach • Beach Somewhere • More • Phones • Room • Shut • Technology • Think • Whether
I know that often times a lot of people who work in music, whether they be labels and so on or even artists, want personal recognition. We want to be recognized for something, for what we did. I'd rather my song be recognized for what it's doing and that's important. It's not so important how many people know me. K'naan Doing • Important • Labels • Lot • Many • Me • Music • Music Whether • Often • People • Recognized • Something • Song • Times • Work
I feel like, as a celebrity, I have a responsibility to tell important stories. Qorianka Kilcher Celebrity • Feel • Important • Important Stories • Responsibility • Tell
I almost chopped my thumb off once. Just before I left home, I was about ten or eleven years old, and I was trying to open a bone. Can you imagine that? A bone! I was trying to get the marrow out of a bone, and I took the ax, and I went to chop it, and something slipped, and the ax went right down there and damn near cut it off. B. B King Bone • Down • Home • Marrow • Old • Once • Open • Right • Trying • Years • You
The music business is a crazy game, especially for somebody like me who is really a purist about the art. Trying to balance the pressures of commercialism, it's a tightrope. It's a fine line between sticking to your guns and insanity. D'Angelo Art • Balance • Between • Business • Commercialism • Crazy • Fine • Game • Guns • Line • Me • Music • Pressures • Purist • Somebody • Tightrope
Being on set with my dad – that's so cool. People always ask me if that made me nervous, but it's the same element when you're a kid – when your parents come in the auditorium for those school performances. It calms you. O'Shea Jackson Jr Cool • Dad • Element • Kid • Me • Nervous • Parents • People • School • Set • You
Vladimir Putin
Kurt Cobain
K'naan
G-Dragon
B. B King
Nora K. Jemisin
Qorianka Kilcher
Zac Brown
W. Averell Harriman
Victoria Elizabeth Schwab
Yael Cohen
D'Angelo
O'Shea Jackson Jr