Insecurities are about as useful as trying to put the pin back in the grenade.
BRANDON BOYDInsecurities are about as useful as trying to put the pin back in the grenade.
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Pop is an easy way for evil business people to make a lot of money. But I find myself humming a Christina Aguilera song every once in a while.
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I follow a dairy-free and gluten-free diet, which can be challenging in some places.
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Music is a lot more like solving an intricate puzzle with moments of pure, random creative bliss… whereas painting is much more purely random creative bliss with moments of problem solving.
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I think that there is something beautiful about mortality. It makes our decisions mean more.
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Never underestimate a dumb question.
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I attribute a scab to the present state of society. The way the scab looks in its worst state is gross and chaotic and horrible, that’s now, but when it breaks away, there’s a brand new piece of skin that’s stronger than before. It’s like creation out of chaos.
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Someone will inevitably find something wrong in almost everything, so do what it is that you do best and remember to have enough tolerance for two.
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Art is everywhere, and everywhere is art.
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Too bad the things that make you mad are my favorite things.
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Music has always been my back door to life. It is important for people to find something that excites them. I like the concept that if you do what excites you, you will be rewarded generously, whatever form reward takes, which is not necessarily money.
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Music has to be written while people are still excited about a particular melodic or rhythmic sequence. The idea doesn’t come out the same if we’re not really excited about it.
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It’s great to want to be part of something, but it’s a different thing completely to believe wholly in some type of movement, and to give everything for that something.
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Female artists are the perfect example of a creator: They know how to make life and art with their bodies. Life comes from their bodies, so on a very basic level, they have more to write about.
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Your music sounds better on the radio, for some reason. It’s an amazing feeling. I hope it never goes away.
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Men have a lot less to write about, unless you’re somebody like Tom Waits or John Lennon. And the female voice is much more suited to melody. Men have this barky thing – we’re domesticated apes with a microphone.
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