The birth of the reader must be at the cost of the death of the Author.
[New York] gives you room to be weird; you can be yourself and you can wear whatever you want. No one is really going to judge you because everyone is doing their own thing.
The women in my family are just strong women who do their own thing, so I knew I needed to have individuals like that.
You need to have honest things in the world. Even if people don't understand it, if it's coming from you, that's already important.
I find that the quest to be perfect and make perfect music is like a black whole. I realize that you can come with the intention to capture a vibe and use a formula, but you have to accept that most of the time its not going to be what you envisioned and you might manifest something better. I think that's been the hardest thing to wrap my head around that most ideas we go for ends up sounding different. I think art in general should be about enjoying the process and the experience. All that matters is if you feel the music and it captures the element your going for.
I remember just looking at this lioness, she was staring at me, and we just had this weird connection.
I think having wild, huge hair, is me being my own version of a lioness.
I sincerely believe that there's room for cutting down trees for forestry and grazing, so as we all get to eat. Everyone has to compromise.
I saw all races, all colors, blue eyed blonds to black skinned Africans in true brotherhood! In unity! Living as one! Worshiping as one! No segregationists, no liberals; they would not have known how to interpret the meaning of those words
A strengthened national spirit can provide the motive power to rise our people from the depths and. . . pour new life and vigor in the national system. The reinvigoration of the national spirit must take place in the grass roots, in every city, town and barrio in the Philippines, and it must start among our own people. . . To be a worthy citizen of the world one must first prove himself to be a good Filipino.
I always felt people who took themselves seriously were kind of boring.