The trials my father went through were things most young black males have to go through. There was nothing he shielded from me, because it doesn't matter how you grow up, those who oppress will oppress. It's all completely relatable; everyone feels NWA. O'Shea Jackson Jr Black • Black Males • Completely • Everyone • Father • Grow • Me • Nothing • NWA • Relatable • Things • You • Young
I didn't want to disrespect my parents, so I never played blues around the house. But I knew then, same as I know today, that I wasn't doing anything wrong. I think that before they died, they both felt very proud of me. B. B King Anything • Blues Around • Doing • Felt • House • Me • Parents • Proud • Think • Today • Wrong
The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you. B. B King Away • Beautiful • Beautiful Thing • Learning • Nobody • You
It's human nature that we come in our own flavours, and it doesn't make any sense to write a monochromatic or monocultural story unless you're doing something extremely small – a locked room-style story. Nora K. Jemisin Doing • Flavours • Human Nature • Nature • Sense • Story • You
Our boundaries have dissolved, and we're going to still do things that are somewhat familiar that people like, but we're also going to stretch out and take chances beyond what we've done before. Zac Brown Beyond • Boundaries • Done • People • Somewhat Familiar • Things
Punk is musical freedom. It's saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster's terms, 'nirvana' means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world, and that's pretty close to my definition of Punk Rock. Kurt Cobain Doing • External World • Freedom • Musical • Nirvana • Pain • Pretty • Suffering • Terms • Webster • World
I considered myself very lucky after 'Baghdad Cafe,' and I have 'The Shield.' In every genre, I've kicked butt at some point. I'm real happy. C. C. H. Pounder Baghdad • Butt • Cafe • Every • Genre • Happy • Lucky • Myself • Point • Real • Shield
Those who fight corruption should be clean themselves. Vladimir Putin Clean • Corruption • Fight • Should • Who
I would love to just write and not have everything I say or do turn into a political battle. Nora K. Jemisin Battle • Everything • Just • Love • Political • Political Battle • Say • Turn • Write
My question about my art and my music has always been, 'Am I good, or am I good because?' I'm not the artist who wants to have the 'because' attached. K'naan Art • Artist • Good • Music • Question • Who
Politics should not interfere with sports. And sports should impact politics. Vladimir Putin Impact • Politics • Should • Sports
When I perform as a solo, I think a lot about what I always wanted to do but have not done yet. G-Dragon Always • Done • Lot • Solo • Think • Wanted
I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed. B. B King Black • Black Twice • Blues • Counts • Missed • Music • Never • Said • Vaughan
I often enjoy wearing loud and outspoken clothing on stage, so off it, I usually wear loose-fitting vintage shirts, jeans, or track suits I've had forever. I just add styling to those pieces. G-Dragon Enjoy • Jeans • Loosefitting • Loud • Off • Outspoken • Pieces • Shirts • Stage • Suits • Vintage
Yes, I'm proud to be indigenous. I'm half-Quechua-Huachipaeri from Peru. Qorianka Kilcher HalfQuechuaHuachipaeri • Indigenous • Peru • Proud • Yes
Sir Rosevelt is a little more of a persona, and we dress up, three-piece Tom Ford suits, and it's a little more refined, visually. Zac Brown Dress • Little • More • Persona • Sir • Sir Rosevelt • Suits • Threepiece Tom Ford Suits • Up
I had a restaurant in Georgia for a while, and I really miss feeding everybody. Zac Brown Everybody • Feeding • Georgia • Had • Miss • Restaurant
There's nothing better than having a baby. I've always loved children. I used to work summers at the YMCA and be in charge of, like, 30 preschool kids. I knew that when I had a child, I'd be overwhelmed, and it's true… I can't tell you how much my attitude has changed since we've got Frances. Holding my baby is the best drug in the world. Kurt Cobain Attitude • Baby • Best • Better • Charge • Child • Children • Drug • Kids • Nothing • Overwhelmed • Preschool • Summers • True • Work • World • YMCA
Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again? Alan Alexander Milne Again • Forget • Start • Stop • Think • You
'Bagdad Cafe' was a film that changed many, many people's lives… how they saw themselves and how they looked at their life situation. I thought I made a little movie. All the mail that I get is about how it changed lives, and that's wonderful. C. C. H. Pounder Bagdad Cafe • Cafe • Film • Life • Little • Lives • Mail • Many • Movie • People • Situation • Thought • Wonderful
You have to believe in yourself, challenge yourself, and push yourself until the very end; that's the only way you'll succeed. G-Dragon Believe • Believe In Yourself • Challenge • Way • Yourself
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
Almost everything The Beatles did was great, and it's hard to improve on. They were our Bach. The way to get around it may be to keep it as simple as possible. Joseph Henry T Bone Burnett Around • Bach • Beatles • Everything • Great • Hard • May • Possible • Simple • Way
The only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change and we all instinctively avoid it. Elwyn Brooks White Avoid • Change • Common • Instinctively • Long • Long Run • Only • Run • Sense
There's a tendency in American thought – maybe elsewhere, but that's the culture I know best – to default to social Darwinism, even though even Darwin noted that's a misapplication of his ideas. Nora K. Jemisin American • Best • Culture • Elsewhere • His • Ideas • Know • Tendency • Thought
I don't try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going. B. B King Blues • Blues Singer • Entertainer • Going • Just Be • Me • Singer • Try
As a designer, when someone wears my clothes, the biggest compliment I can receive is that the woman looks amazing because my designs have flattered her, not taken over her. I take that philosophy to heart myself each morning when I am getting ready for the day. L'Wren Scott Amazing • Biggest Compliment • Day • Designer • Heart • I Am • Morning • Myself • Philosophy • Ready • Someone • Woman
Knowing about authors' beliefs helps you understand how those beliefs influence their writing, and things you thought meant one thing, once you've got enough information about that writer, you suddenly realize mean an entirely different thing. That makes a difference. Nora K. Jemisin Authors • Beliefs • Difference • Enough • Helps • Influence • One Thing • Thought • Writing • You
O'Shea Jackson Jr
B. B King
Nora K. Jemisin
Zac Brown
Kurt Cobain
C. C. H. Pounder
Vladimir Putin
K'naan
G-Dragon
Qorianka Kilcher
Alan Alexander Milne
Phyllis Christine Cast
Joseph Henry T Bone Burnett
Elwyn Brooks White
L'Wren Scott