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Honestly, I like to listen to it, but it's not for me. There's a lot ... LUIS MIGUEL Hip-hop in Africa has been very often a duplication of an American experience, but in a context that... K'NAAN you have to be the prude or the slut, and if you pick one, other people hate you for it, and you can... NED VIZZINI Comedy is the one absolutely self-aware art form. Actually, hip-hop's another one, I suppose. Be... BO BURNHAM This is too much reality for a Friday. AS GOOD AS IT GETS It's interesting the kind of freedom the musical form gives you. The rules are out the window. Y... RYAN GOSLING There's not a lot of pretty, young female artists that's out. It's a lot of talent out t... TYGA I've always loved musical theater. It's a bit of a family tradition. TREY ANASTASIO You know, I think there was a point in time when people didn't really understand how birth certi... JAN BREWER I've always wanted to introduce hip-hop filmmaking to film. There's hip-hop art, dance, musi... DARREN ARONOFSKY In the theater, it's about taking time in a musical segment, a pause in a musical way and then m... MARCIA GAY HARDEN To me, it isn't tight sweaters. That's not what rap is. That's not hip-hop at all. Every... DMX In hip-hop, there's not a lot of love. There's not a lot of love being spread. It's alwa... J. COLE 'Hamilton' just asks us all to go a little bit deeper: whether you're a hip-hop fan seei... PHILLIPA SOO I don't think theater is dying, and musicals are a great American art form. We've got apple ... LAURA BENANTI The thing about being in America is when you are driving with the sun on your back, there's hip ... VANESSA BROWN I never made beats to make beats; I only made them when there was a record to make them for. That... RICK RUBIN Hip-hop is the only music in the world where you can take any instrument and make it hip hop. It'... YELAWOLF There's something strange about theater. My characters consistently demonize elitism, but of cou... JESSE EISENBERG Sometimes, comics will make the observation that it's not jokes that are funny, it's charact... DAVID MITCHELL I'm doing a play, a musical. The musical follows the Mamma Mia concept. It's my first LA the... TATYANA ALI For starters, that’s a rather simple principle of Time Travel right there – and according to the... CHRISTINA ENGELA Jazz is known all over the world as an American musical art form and that's it. No America, no j... ART BLAKEY Hip-hop has survived as a sonic practice more than anything else. It's an approach to music-maki... ANN POWERS Hip-Hop isn't just music, it is also a spiritual movement of the blacks! You can't just call... LAURYN HILL Broadway has changed tremendously from the early days when the shows were referred to as musical com... BETTY BUCKLEY You just suddenly think that there's something quite childish about acting. Basically, it's ... KEVIN WHATELY My background is not typical hip-hop. I didn't grow up in the projects. I grew up in a single fa... KID CUDI If someone wants to say 'I love you' in a straight play, they say it, and then it's the ... MARSHA NORMAN To me, form doesn't always follow function. Form has a life of its own, and at times, it may be ... I. M. PEI For instance, one big issue in hip hop is the gay thing. It's 2013, and it's a shame that, t... ASAP ROCKY It was about working with other musicians, but more than that it's about exploring musical areas... GLENN TIPTON Just because you eat doesn't mean you eat smart. It's hard to beat a $1.99 wing pack of thre... MARIO BATALI I always thought that there was something in hip-hop culture that was the misfit of all the musical ... IGGY AZALEA I really wanted to be as healthy as I could. It wasn't about getting my six-pack back. There are... MARISA MILLER I'm an advocate of music in schools. It's important to me that music is in as many schools a... CHRISETTE MICHELE I think you can say anybody uses anything as a gimmick. Is Adele's not having gimmicks her gimmi... IGGY AZALEA Here's Kanye, the great musical genius of his generation in hip hop, but, like, society really c... BEN HOROWITZ It's such a high-pressure form of live entertainment that I found, once I got out there, being o... DEAN AMBROSE Hip-hop is the streets. Hip-hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days... that ... NAS When it's open and honest, that's when the real nature of who you are as a vocalist or as a ... ALISON KRAUSS I do think musical-theater actors can get a bad rap, and I see why. There is a certain slickness - t... LAURA BENANTI I'm fascinated by rap and by hip-hop. I think there's a lot of poetry in it. There's a l... JOHN F. KERRY I play a percussion instrument, not a musical saw; it needs no amplification. Where it's needed,... BUDDY RICH But you know, I'm not 25 anymore, and I have always said musical theater in particular is a youn... ELAINE PAIGE That's what hip-hop is: It's sociology and English put to a beat, you know. TALIB KWELI At one time musical theater, particularly in the '40s and '50s, was a big source of pop song... NEIL TENNANT Kind of the sad thing is that - it's still true - a lot of jazz people just listen to jazz, and ... JOSE JAMES Hip hop is usually a bunch of guys talking to a bunch of guys, in my experience. It's homosocial... JOHN LEGEND My words fly up, my thoughts remain below: Words without thoughts never to heaven go. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE To be honest, I sort of feel like 'movie actor' isn't of this time. I love it. But it... JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT I have mixed feelings about 'Car 54, Where Are You?' Because we shot it as a musical and who... JOHN C. MCGINLEY This world is a joke, and I'm in it OLIWAH GOUDEE There's more musical freedom on Madison Avenue than anywhere else. It's an Eden for a compos... MITCH LEIGH Hip-hop reflects the truth, and the problem is that hip-hop exposes a lot of the negative truth that... BUSTA RHYMES And gradually they're beginning to recognize the fact that there's nothing more secure than ... WOLE SOYINKA Hip-hop isn't as complex as a woman is. TALIB KWELI What is jazz? It, It's almost like asking, What is French? Jazz is a musical language. It's ... BRANFORD MARSALIS When you form a band, you form a real relationship that's like a marriage. It's an emotional... ROBERT COPPOLA SCHWARTZMAN While the patriarchal boys in hip-hop crew may talk about keeping it real, there has been no musical... BELL HOOKS There's a lot of movies that aren't all about Christmas, or where Christmas isn't the fo... ROBERT OSBORNE It's a European art form, and you're used to seeing a certain type of person as a ballerina.... MISTY COPELAND To me, the musical is best when it's a musical comedy. So if you have a very, very funny show, a... ERIC IDLE Happiness isn't a fortune in a cookie. It's deeper, wider, funnier, and more transporting th... ELVIS COSTELLO There are a lot of people who consider themselves 'spiritual,' but that can mean a lot of th... ZACHARY LEVI It's a fundamental, social attitude that the 1% supports symphonies and operas and doesn't s... DAVID BYRNE Acting is not acting. It isn't putting on a face and dancing around in a mask. It's believin... HALEY JOEL OSMENT I used to watch a lot of musicals as a kid. Musical movies, not so much musical theater. SAMUEL LARSEN Sneakers are a new era. Anyone can feel new with a new pair of shoes. They make you feel contemporar... GIUSEPPE ZANOTTI My opinion is that music is music. As long as you approach doing a remix with truth, I don't see... DEBORAH COX The poem is a form of texting... it's the original text. It's a perfecting of a feeling in l... CAROL ANN DUFFY Love is agony, isn't it? I've been involved with someone for some time now, but it's all... DAPHNE GUINNESS House music is about love, and lots of hip hop is about hate and intolerance, so in that respect, it... CHRIS LOWE I believe that there is a Matrix and... to be more accurate I am in the Pornography Matrix. DEYTH BANGER Even in a gleefully negative comic, there is optimism, although it's slightly hidden: It comes o... LEV YILMAZ Carnegie Hall is as good as they say it is. It's not like Stonehenge which looks great in books ... BILL BURR It's something that people relate to - and I hope my kid doesn't relate to - but there's... JEREMY SISTO It's not for me to determine what a country artist has in common with a hip-hop artist. You go f... CLIVE DAVIS A script is a unique literary form, because it's not the end product; it's a blueprint. If y... EVAN DAUGHERTY Or maybe they just accept that it's wrong in God's eyes, although not in their own, and they'll worr... CRAIG GROESCHEL There's a general sense that women are more relaxed and less defensive in comedy than they used ... JO BRAND I very often get that question: 'What is your real profession?' That's because in Sweden... ERLAND JOSEPHSON I juice a lot; I get as much protein as I can, because being a vegan, there isn't much protein. ... TRAVIS BARKER When you step out and do a song in a musical, the easier thing to do is make it funny. But when thos... KELLI O'HARA People in Britain always think of 'Jesus Christ Superstar' as a musical - it wasn't. ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER Hip-hop is rich in musical allusion. It takes something that already existed, respects it, and reuse... K. FLAY Speaking out against rap music is useless, and it's futile. The reality is there's criticism... MICHAEL ERIC DYSON When they make a woman's picture, they treat it like a 'woman's picture.' In the ... ELLEN BARKIN Theatre's great. It's such an act of faith. It's a wonderful art form where you suspend ... ISRAEL HOROVITZ We live in a world bathed in 5,000 times more energy than we consume as a species in the year, in th... PETER DIAMANDIS I think one of the reasons I've had success in hip-hop is that I can bring out vulnerability in ... SKYLAR GREY
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MIRANDA LAMBERT After trying Atkins and doing Nutrisystem a few times, now I'm just focused on maintaining a hea... MIRANDA LAMBERT I can reach the mass audience if I come from different perspectives on every song. MIRANDA LAMBERT This person realizes that staying home means blowing off everyone this person has ever known. But th... MIRANDA JULY If you're naturally a certain size, I think it suits you and you can see that. There's no po... MIRANDA HART I have never followed what people say it is 'fashionable'. I think that a woman must wear what fits ... CARMEN MIRANDA I have a huge disdain for those artists who say that they don't need a prize to have their talent re... CARMEN MIRANDA I've chosen my wedding ring large and heavy to continue forever. But exactly because of that all the... CARMEN MIRANDA I say 20 words in English. I say money, money, money, and I say hot dog! I say yes, no and I say mon... CARMEN MIRANDA More affectionate than a kiss is a well done hug in someone that you love. Have you ever notice how ... CARMEN MIRANDA Look at me and tell me if I don't have Brazil in every curve of my body. CARMEN MIRANDA Most shows find themselves descending into sentimentality or earnestness at some point but, with ... MIRANDA RAISON I love entertaining people and making them laugh. It's my favorite thing to do. MIRANDA COSGROVE It's a career that's enticing because you go on stage, for example, and people clap. You get... MIRANDA OTTO I had a similar match last year against Harvard and pulled it out as we won 5-4, so I was thinking a... MIRANDA RANIERI The whole theatre world deeply attracts me. I love rehearsing and having time to make mistakes and l... MIRANDA OTTO Everyone has things that they don't love about themselves but I think that as a woman its much h... MIRANDA KERR While it's nice to appreciate the fashion world... what makes you happy are real relationships a... MIRANDA KERR My mom is a really good cook. I didn't get the cooking gene, but she cooks this really amazing d... MIRANDA COSGROVE Being tall when I was youngerl I was always a bit awkward. As a teenager, I was very, very thin, so ... MIRANDA HART I want to be more physical and theatrical within the stand-up. There might be dance moments, and peo... MIRANDA HART I like working intensely, then going away and thinking about it, working out why it didn't work ... MIRANDA OTTO It's a vicious circle. If you feel hideous, you convey it to people. A couple of male friends fr... MIRANDA HART Acting is a freelance career... you never stop having to prove yourself and fight for work. MIRANDA OTTO Thrumpton Hall can be thought of as a venerable old lady, ageing gracefully. But I didn't always... MIRANDA SEYMOUR An erratum is a correction inserted into a book after publication. It's a nice thing to collect ... MIRANDA JULY I have always thought of comedy as an important job and medium, and so I put pressure on myself to d... MIRANDA HART My parents are private investigators for God's sake. MIRANDA LAMBERT We're more of a family style restaurant. ADRIAN MIRANDA I don't necessarily wait for that massive leading role. I want to keep the juices flowing. MIRANDA RICHARDSON Junk food drags you down. MIRANDA LAMBERT I'm quite a confident person in many ways, but there's only so much you can hear about being... MIRANDA HART I got stuck up a tree when I was about seven, and my dad had to come and get the ladder to get me do... MIRANDA KERR I always feel this huge responsibility to the script when it arrives, keeping it confidential. MIRANDA OTTO I think I find new idols every day - someone that says something really inspiring, is successful, ha... MIRANDA LAMBERT When I write, I wear earplugs. I don't want to be self-conscious. I don't want to be thinkin... MIRANDA JULY Somebody referred to me as a ringleader, which I wouldn't have classed myself as, but anyway, there ... MIRANDA RICHARDSON It makes me feel resilient when you tackle different things. MIRANDA RICHARDSON I live by the 80/20 rule: I'm 80 percent healthy, and then 20 percent indulgent. MIRANDA KERR And there's no way I'm going to do Dame Edna. MIRANDA RICHARDSON We humans are here because nothing can be perfect. There always have to be some living things that a... MIRANDA JULY I choose to live by choice, not by chance; to make changes, not excuses; to be motivated, not manipu... MIRANDA MARROTT It's good to see a man who isn't afraid to live out his masculinity. MIRANDA OTTO The smoke was very thick. I could hardly breathe. I helped (other) people out (of the building). ANTHONY MIRANDA Compacting has been a major issue for a long, long time, and it's up to the membership to decide on ... ANTHONY MIRANDA We may never land because of the central core issue that tribes are sovereigns. ANTHONY MIRANDA They just basically want to change the rules. This affects an entire industry where tens of millions... ANTHONY MIRANDA Now, more than ever, it's vital, absolutely vital, that tribal leaders walk the halls of Congress th... ANTHONY MIRANDA My end goal in the piano is to play Scott Joplin's 'Maple Leaf Rag.' MIRANDA LEEK