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I'd rather create a miniature painting than a Taj Mahal of a book. MOHSIN HAMID
The Taj Mahal rises above the banks of the river like a solitary tear suspended on the cheek of time... RABINDRANATH TAGORE I had nothing to do with it, ... It's not a Taj Mahal by any means. It's a standard building.
TOM LEIGHTON
I'm just out of touch with new music in general, and I only know about it if I'm hanging out... LIZ PHAIR
No matter what I do, I can't help but feel that I'm under a microscope. Some of it is comple... STEVE AOKI
I'm over the moon to be involved in the 'Doctor Who' Christmas special. I can't quit... KATHERINE JENKINS
It made me realize that I'd changed what I thought was a trivial aspect of who I was but it profound... MALCOLM GLADWELL
Music is for people. The word 'pop' is simply short for popular. It means that people like i... EDDIE VAN HALEN
I've gone through many phases in music in my life. Before I was signed, I was making completely ... CHARLIE PUTH
The music I always liked as a kid was stuff I could bum out to and realize, 'Hey, someone else f... TRENT REZNOR
I'm realistic about my career as a novelist. I'm certainly not a superstar and far, far from... M. J. ROSE I came to the realization that I'm a child of God, and that's my identity. If this all goes ...
JON BELLION I never want to be too mean with my songs, but with 'I Hope It Rains' it was definitely some...
JANA KRAMER
I spend just as much time on how people hear my music as I do the actual music, no matter how long i... THE WEEKND We didn't want to give the appearance that we were building a Taj Mahal. We want it to be a function...
BILL MOORE Everyone assumes it is just 'Wendy who works at Tesco' who goes to audition for 'X Facto...
FLEUR EAST
Presley is country music, white music. Jazz is black music - it was invented by the blacks in New Or... TONY BENNETT I'm thrilled that country music fans like my stuff, but so do a lot of people outside of country...
KACEY MUSGRAVES
I wouldn't mind spending six months a year having a private jet take me around the world to visi... MEGALYN ECHIKUNWOKE
[The Freedom of Information Act is] the Taj Mahal of the Doctrine of Unanticipated Consequences, the... ANTONIN SCALIA I'm coming up with new music, I'm in the best shape of my life, I'm real sharp, my energ...
DOUG E. FRESH I'm going to try to do music for the rest of my life, but that's just trying. Maybe it's...
MAC DEMARCO
Rubbish. The Taj Mahal is only a hundred eighty-six square feet. This house has twenty-five thousand... MICHELLE HODKIN I need to stay in the present and use that new-age mantra: 'I'm okay right now.' But I w...
JONATHAN AMES
I've got my advanced scuba diving license. I'm playing tennis and exercising. I ride my bike... ALBERT HAMMOND, JR. Undeniably, I'm a country singer; I'm a country songwriter. But I feel like I make country m...
KACEY MUSGRAVES
I think, as musicians, our music should be who we are. Sometimes it's not - it's someone els... KEHLANI Repeating third grade at a new school, after having been asked to leave my old one for hitting kids ...
PHILIP SCHULTZ I'm a songwriter; that's where it starts. I love writing with someone that shares that same ...
RANDY HOUSER
I'm just a product of my environment, and it comes out in the music. BIG BOI
When I'm writing music, I'm not playing a character. I'm not Alice Cooper or Gene Simmon... TRENT REZNOR When I was playing piano, it was like, 'I'm going to write a song using all the white keys.&...
JOHN TESH I was raised by women. Now I'm raising women. I was always better around girls. I live in an all...
AARON TAYLOR-JOHNSON I wanted to do 'Oh Shenandoah' because that's the town I was born in - as a tribute to m...
CHARLIE HADEN
I think that someone is watching out for me, God, my guardian angel, I'm not sure who that is, b... MATTIE STEPANEK
The difference between the headphones and making music, it's like, okay, I have a new business h... DR. DRE I'm kind of shy and quiet. But I'm only shy in my personal life. If I'm working, somehow...
RILEY KEOUGH
My father was - actually was an Episcopal priest as a young man. Became a psychotherapist, a psychol... JOSHUA BELL Being Bob Marley's son has done many things for me, in terms of having a career in music. I'...
DAMIAN MARLEY
One of the biggest obstacles I've overcome in my life was thinking I didn't deserve to be su... BONNIE RAITT
I honestly can't describe what goes on in my head when I'm out there. People who don't w... EDDIE GUERRERO
I'm not someone who went to acting school - I was just out of the gate, doing it. NATASHA LYONNE I'm not one who goes for the 'all press is good press' dictum.
JILL SOBULE Both of my books, 'Love Is a Mix Tape' and 'Talking to Girls About Duran Duran,' are...
ROB SHEFFIELD It might seem paradoxical given my profession, but I'm not someone who likes to be in the limeli...
AUDREY TAUTOU I'm thrilled we've got a new single out, as singles were the way I first got into music as a...
ED O'BRIEN Maybe it's egocentric or whatever, but when I'm playing Beethoven, Bach, Hendrix, or whoever...
NIGEL KENNEDY
I'm a real extrovert, but when I'm round someone new, I'm super shy. SERENA WILLIAMS With sad music, or music that's perceived as sad, there's a sense of solidarity that can be ...
J. TILLMAN
I'm competitive with myself, and that goes hand in hand with how I present myself. I'm not o... KATY PERRY I'm sure I'm perceived in a more glam way. This is my breakout if you will.
TAYLOR DANE
Music is a hobby, because I'm not making any money out of it, but I put just as much conviction ... RIVER PHOENIX I've built my whole life around loving music. I'm a writer for 'Rolling Stone,' so I...
ROB SHEFFIELD Place is so important to me. The Midwest is like a ghost in my life. It's present as I look out ...
TIM O'BRIEN I nannied for a couple of months. The kids were super-funny; it made me wish I grew up in a comedy h...
NIKKI GLASER
I'm not afraid of being thought of as someone who is associated with film music. Why not? If it&... BRYAN ADAMS We met because Chad was in one of my classes, and I was looking for someone to write music with. I k...
IAN AXEL
Whatever I've experienced in my life is a part of my story, and I'm proud of that. But it... DREW BARRYMORE I was 26 when I went to my first acting class. I'm naturally quite shy. I'm a quite private ...
HANNAH WARE I was in my mid-teens when someone gave me a copy of 'Pears Encyclopaedia of Myth and Legends...
TARIQ ALI
Sometimes spending time with someone who is perceived as 'successful' can make us feel less ... SIMON SINEK I use computers for email, staying current with my own website as well as finding important informat...
CLINT BLACK
I just don't like when there's a rumor that says I'm dating someone who is below my stan... MARILYN MANSON
I'm a pretty big dork. It's crazy. I'm one of those people who grew up with all kinds of... ANNA KENDRICK It's weird: for someone who mostly really exists online, I'm actually not very interested in...
FKA TWIGS
I'm someone who loves romance. I always have loved it. Most people who grew up as nerds, as I wa... MINDY KALING
This is a gift that God has given me. I'm not smart enough to write for everybody, but it's ... JAN KARON My mother is an actress, and my aunt Margaux was a model. And it's funny, as much as I'm all...
DREE HEMINGWAY I'm always online looking for new music and things like that.
CC SABATHIA Ultimately, I'm not the most prolific person, but I've been doing this for a long time, and ...
IAN MACKAYE
I think I've owned all the models of iPods so far. And these days between my iPod, iPhone and my... IAN ANDERSON If I'm not putting out music, I'mma be producing for everybody. I got an artist named Mike S...
WARREN G
Well I guess my music came to prominence around one piece called 'In C' which I wrote in 196... TERRY RILEY When you're making music, it's meant to be shared with people. Sometimes, even if I'm wr...
BENNY BLANCO
As a person, I was born to give out my opinions. By giving out my opinions, I realize who I am. As l... AI WEIWEI As an actor, I'm very much a company person. And this also goes through my life: I have a dread ...
IAN HOLM
As for the stage fright, it never goes away. When I'm waiting in the wings to go on, it's ag... BRITT EKLAND
My new life goes beyond my dreams because my dream was Formula One and I achieved it. I'm a driv... MARIA DE VILLOTA
I'm living my future as long as you're living in the present and realize how beautiful life ... DHANI JONES
I'm someone who is open-minded to new experiences because they teach you new things. MARILYN MANSON Years from now, after I'm gone, someone will listen to what I've done and know I was here. T...
CHET ATKINS I'm all in favor of looking deeply into as much as we possibly can. I'm not afraid of knowle...
RICHARD PRESTON
I've always been shy, but I see that as a good thing because it kept me focused on music. When I... HUNTER HAYES It can be exhausting eating a meal cooked by a man. With a woman, it's, Ho hum, pass the beans. A gu...
DEB CALETTI
Over the years, I was never really driven to become a solo artist, but I was curious to find out who... ANNIE LENNOX I'm not sure who I am. That's why I keep saying I'm an adventurer that goes out.
SHEKHAR KAPUR
Someone called all the newspapers in New York and told them I'd died. I've been told by almo... RICHARD PRYOR
Football is my profession now. I'm getting married in August... It's a new experience for me... DOUG FLUTIE
I'm really in no danger of being perceived as a famous movie actor! LYLE LOVETT You’re still in love with her. She makes you want to live life. Personally, and this is just me, m...
KARINA HALLE I listen to Nine Inch Nails, Green Day, U2, and it becomes part of me, comes out in my music. Wherev...
TROMBONE SHORTY Well, thing is, after they cancelled 'Zen', I didn't work for eight months. And in that ...
RUFUS SEWELL Music is real when it goes inside you. You know when you really love someone, and you look into thei...
EVA SIMONS I'm not one of those actors who gets so taken by a role that I can't live my life. I'm t...
BILLY PORTER
My memory of my household is of one immersed in books and music. I have a very intimate relationship... SIDDHARTHA MUKHERJEE The Tinted Windows shows were very fun but it's very different for me as a performer. I'm no...
TAYLOR HANSON
I'm 19 now, and I go to The New School in New York, where I study Criminal Psychology. My first ... GIGI HADID
I have this burning desire to get out there and do my best. It's as if I'm keeping it all in... JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE
I'm going to build an empire. I'm always writing for someone else. I want to be someone who ... CHARLI XCX
I'm a strict, strict agnostic. It's very different from a casual, 'I don't know.'... MARGARET ATWOOD
