Corinne Bailey Rae I wouldn’t describe the artist Theaster Gates as a mentor, but I pay attention and keep my ears open when I’m with him. – Corinne Bailey Rae Artist Quotes Attention Quotes Ears Quotes Gates Quotes Mentor Quotes Pay Quotes Theaster Quotes Being a musician is quite cerebral – there’s a lot of sitting around. I’ve written a soulful record but it’s informed by my sort of indie guitar past.
Justine Musk As a girlchild in the early-to-mid 1980s, I wasn’t expected to like math. So I stopped liking math. As a young woman, I wasn’t expected to have high self-esteem. – Justine Musk
Colter Wall When youre talking about the genre country music, it used to be called Country & Western music. It plays a pretty big role in that pantheon of country music. Thats the whole reason why those guys in Nashville started wearing cowboy hats and boots back in the day. That didnt come from the South, that came from the West. – Colter Wall
Chris Parnell One of the first exercises we did in acting class my freshman year was to stand in two rows, two lines facing each other as a class, and just make sounds and move in some completely nonsensical way out into the center of the room. Sort of make an idiot out of yourself, essentially, but to be okay with that. – Chris Parnell
Mariel Hemingway I’ve known for years that you’re supposed to be present. I know that thinking about what’s happened or thinking about what I want is not going to get me anywhere, but until I quit doing it I’m not present. – Mariel Hemingway
Anh Do I used to have to borrow textbooks from my mate in another class. When he was away I’d have no textbooks and the teacher would say, ‘Anh, you have to go to detention.’ I didn’t want to tell her my mum didn’t have the money. – Anh Do
Karen Duffy I still when I wake up hit the ground running; and having an illness, I’m only one of hundreds of thousands of people that live with an illness, and I’m just in awe of the bravery and dignity of the people I see at the hospital. – Karen Duffy
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