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
My real name is Joe Kennedy, but if you live in Massachusetts, you can't sign 'Joe Kennedy.' So, back in 1957, I stuck the X on my name to be different from those people in Hyannis Port. X. J. Kennedy Be Different • Joe Kennedy • Live • Massachusetts • Name • People • Real Name • Sign • You
I think it's fine when the mayor of the biggest city in Russia consults the president. Vladimir Putin Biggest • City • Consults • Fine • Mayor • President • Russia • Think
Sometimes I just think that there are more things to be said to make the audience understand what I'm trying to do more. When I'm singing, I don't want you to just hear the melody. I want you to relive the story, because most of the songs have pretty good storytelling. B. B King Audience • Good • Melody • Pretty • Singing • Songs • Story • Storytelling • Things • Think • Trying • You
We don't want to abandon any of the market we have now. We just want to gain new market. Zac Brown Gain • Just • Market • New • New Market • Now • Want
I am a songwriter and producer, and though you have to be personal in everything you do, you always having to look at things from another's perspective. G-Dragon Everything • I Am • Look • Personal • Perspective • Producer • Songwriter • You
I was fourteen, watching 'The Princess Bride' for the 254321th time, captivated by Wesley and Inigo dueling on the cliff-top. I had never held a sword in my life, but I phoned my mum and said, 'I want to learn to fence!' Victoria Elizabeth Schwab Bride • Clifftop • Life • Mum • My Life • Princess • Princess Bride • Sword • Th Time • Time
When I was still a student, I came out of a performing arts high school, and the female students who were doing traditional dance and ballet were so beautiful. They were beautiful, starting from their postures. G-Dragon Arts • Beautiful • Dance • Doing • Female Students • High • Performing • Postures • School • Student
We want to keep creating the biggest impact we can in the cancer space by focuses on prevention, early detection, and psychosocial support. Yael Cohen Biggest Impact • Cancer Space • Detection • Early • Focuses • Impact • Prevention • Space • Support • Want
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 definitely feel closer to the feminine side of the human being than I do the male – or the American idea of what a male is supposed to be. Just watch a beer commercial and you'll see what I mean. Kurt Cobain American • Beer • Closer • Commercial • Feel • Feminine • Human • Male • Mean • See • Side • You
The thing about being black and having a different accent, in the beginning, is that it makes you foreign. C. C. H. Pounder Accent • Beginning • Black • Different • Thing • You
All governments are run by liars and nothing they say should be believed. I.F. Stone Governments • Liars • Nothing • Run • Say • They Say
Stalin is the most popular figure in all of Russia. Vladimir Putin Figure • Most • Popular • Russia • Stalin
You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say. Alan Alexander Milne Better • Instead • Say • Watch • Will • You
In Peru, if you gave somebody a little chance to do something, they took it to the furthest extent. They took nothing for granted. And here in L.A., you kind of get caught up in your own little dilemmas and your own little life. Qorianka Kilcher Chance • Furthest Extent • Kind • Life • Little Chance • Little Dilemmas • Nothing • Own • Peru • Something • You
Chechnya is part and parcel of the Russian Federation. Vladimir Putin Chechnya • Federation • Parcel • Part • Russian Federation
Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car. Elwyn Brooks White Car • Everything • Life • Somewhere • You
It was interesting to find how dominating American vision is all over the world. I think there's something to be said about the world's mindset and its economics and all of that, and I think it affects the way we see ourselves and it affects music. K'naan Dominating American Vision • Economics • Interesting • Mindset • Music • Something • Think • Vision • World
Art isn't held with the same high regard as it is after success. In any country, in any language, you're a loser if you're making music until you prove otherwise. K'naan Art • Country • High Regard • Language • Loser • Music • Otherwise • Success
It's not really that I'm interested in filmmaking. I'm interested in the instrument of it, you know. K'naan Filmmaking • Instrument • Interested • Know • You
The record business is dangerous to the health of bands and individuals, which is something I'm just now learning. But it's not dangerous in any of the ways people think; it's not that they try to make you compromise your art. That's not the problem. Joseph Henry T Bone Burnett Art • Bands • Business • Dangerous • Health • Learning • People • Problem • Record Business • Something • Ways People
We bled writing these songs, we bled in the studio, and now we're out bleeding getting them right live. Zac Brown Live • Now • Out • Right • Songs • Studio • Writing
Indeed, Russia and the U.S. were allies during the two tragic conflicts of the Second and the First World Wars, which allows us to think there's something objectively bringing us together in difficult times, and I think – I believe – it has to do with geopolitical interests and also has a moral component. Vladimir Putin Allies • Believe • Conflicts • First • Moral • Second • Think • Together • Tragic • Two • Us • Wars • World
To reach your goal authentically is probably, in the end, going to mean much more to you than having reached it in a false way. K'naan End • Goal • Goal Authentically • Mean • Much • Probably • Reach • Way • You
If you don't feel good in it, don't wear it. Because it'll never look good. Any hesitation in the fitting room and just walk away. L'Wren Scott Feel • Feel Good • Fitting Room • Good • Hesitation • Look • Walk • You
There's a myth that Roosevelt gave Stalin Eastern Europe. I was with Roosevelt every day at Yalta. W. Averell Harriman Day • Europe • Every • Every Day • Myth • Roosevelt • Roosevelt Every Day • Yalta
I think most fiction focuses on uncomfortable settings because that's interesting. Nora K. Jemisin Fiction Focuses • Interesting • Most • Think • Uncomfortable • Uncomfortable Settings
We're fabricating a state-of-the-art concessions system for our touring, so we can feed the people and give them everything they need without having to wait on it. Zac Brown Everything • Need • People • Stateoftheart Concessions System • Touring • Wait • Without
K'naan
X. J. Kennedy
Vladimir Putin
B. B King
Zac Brown
G-Dragon
Victoria Elizabeth Schwab
Yael Cohen
W. Averell Harriman
Kurt Cobain
C. C. H. Pounder
I.F. Stone
Alan Alexander Milne
L'Wren Scott
Qorianka Kilcher
Elwyn Brooks White
Joseph Henry T Bone Burnett
Nora K. Jemisin