One of the things that was really an issue was I did not want to just be a woman secretary of state. I wanted to be a secretary of a state who was a woman, but not just chosen for that particular reason.
Madeleine AlbrightYou have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who’ll decide where to go.
Dr. SeussYou know, my sister sings, my brother plays drums in my band. My whole family is a bunch of musicians.
Bruno MarsI am attracted to people who make this effort in knowing what suits them – they are individual and stylish.
Vivienne WestwoodI don’t measure my success anymore by the Grammys. I can’t because I’ll just end up crushed.
DrakeSome men never feel small, but these are the few men who are.
Gilbert K. ChestertonA good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, ‚Huh. It works. It makes sense.‘
Barack ObamaMy purpose is to make exciting music, and I feel like I’ll be doing that for the rest of my life, so there’s no pressure.
The WeekndThe image is one thing and the human being is another. It’s very hard to live up to an image, put it that way.
Elvis PresleyNutrition is so important. It can’t be stressed enough.
Dwayne JohnsonI like to be creative.
RihannaInstead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men.
Henry David ThoreauFor me, the opposite of scarcity is not abundance. It’s enough. I’m enough. My kids are enough.
Brene BrownUsually, when Nirvana made music, there wasn’t a lot of conversation. We wanted everything to be surreal. We didn’t want to have some contrived composition.
Dave GrohlIf I have a platform and a voice, I should use it for my people.
Bad BunnyI want to thank The Beatles for almost single-handedly getting me out of writer’s block.
Frank OceanA ‚scream‘ is always just that – a noise and not music.
Carl JungIt’s very fun to be the hunter of the sounds. The hunter of the right energy. And it’s not really about if every sound is correct; it’s more the energy – if it hits you in some way, it doesn’t really matter to me if it’s not perfect. I’m still very excited while hunting for songs.
AuroraAnybody that doesn’t like Cardi B a hater!
Nipsey HussleMy favorite artists always documented emotion. Marvin Gaye and Al Green and Sade and Aaliyah.
DrakeI always felt like there was a certain standard of music that I had to do from the beginning, even when I didn’t have the recognition that I have now.
Kendrick LamarWe talk about this concept of openness and transparency as the high-level ideal that we’re moving towards at Facebook. The way that we get there is by empowering people to share and connect. The combination of those two things leads the world to become more open.
Mark ZuckerbergI just use fashion as an excuse to talk about politics. Because I’m a fashion designer, it gives me a voice, which is really good.
Vivienne WestwoodGlam really did plant seeds for a new identity. I think a lot of kids needed that – that sense of reinvention. Kids learned that however crazy you may think it is, there is a place for what you want to do and who you want to be.
David BowieThe superfluous, a very necessary thing.
VoltaireMan does not control his own fate. The women in his life do that for him.
Groucho MarxArtistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs.
Gilbert K. ChestertonI think it’s really cool when artists have song titles or album names that are a really conversational sentence.
Billie EilishI want people to understand they have to live their own lives the way they want to and not just do what we do.
Stephen CurryI just know that I’m a fan of all different kinds of genres. You’re supposed to be free doing music, and that’s how I feel.
Bruno MarsBring them on.
George W. BushApple has given me a platform to spread music. They’re giving us Latinos a chance to shine.
Bad BunnyThose who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.
Hermann HesseIt’s about the stories. If I write 14 stories that I love, then the next step is to get the environment of music around it to best envelop the story, and all kinds of sonic goodness – sonic goodies.
Frank OceanI collect records. And cats. I don’t have any cats right now. But if I’m taking a walk and I see a cat, I’m happy.
Haruki MurakamiNo woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.
Oscar WildeIt’s kind of exhilarating, walking through a crazy, insane mob. The most miraculous process is watching a song go from a tiny idea in the middle of the night to something that 55,000 people are singing back to you.
Taylor SwiftI am fearless.
Conor McGregorToday, I’d like to talk to Bob Marley. I’d just like to ask him what was his method. Bob is one of the greatest songwriters ever. I don’t know if people understand how powerful his songs are and the simplicity and genius behind them, from ‚Redemption Song‘ to ‚Is This Love?‘ and ‚I Shot the Sheriff.‘
Bruno MarsHair is about when you’re younger. I am my hair.
Lady GagaWhile musical experts of the world focus on what choir members can do, I would like to focus on what choir members can be.
Russell M. NelsonI wanted to be famous for my music and my talent, and I always wished I could cut it out when I left the stage.
Beyonce KnowlesMaterial things ain’t nothing. You feel me? At the end of the day, it’s who you is. You wasn’t born with it; you gon‘ die without it.
Nipsey HussleMan is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
Oscar WildeObviously, the cinematography of films is art, just as a still shot can be art. If I’m watching a Wes Anderson movie, the colour palettes alone, and the way they’re painted, could be art. With music, you’re a little bit limited, of course, because it’s only audio.
Frank OceanAll my records and videos were groundbreaking.
DJ KhaledI want to represent… to the kids to draw strength from me. So they can see that everybody goes through something, but you can rise up and do your best. Just try.
Mr. TSpeaking purely from a musical standpoint, I think I am a great performer.
Lady GagaI don’t want followers.
Noam ChomskyI consider myself to have one of the greatest voices in the industry.
Lady GagaYou don’t need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!
John LennonI’ve been talked about by a lot better people than the general public.
Abby Lee MillerMusic is not math. It’s science. You keep mixing the stuff up until it blows up on you, or it becomes this incredible potion.
Bruno MarsSo many girls come up and say to me, ‚I have never listened to country music in my life. I didn’t even know my town had a country-music station. Then I got your record, and now I’m obsessed.‘ That’s the coolest compliment to me.
Taylor SwiftI’ve never written a song in my life. It’s all a big hoax.
Elvis PresleyThe great music for so many artists – the Beatles, the Rolling Stones – was always at the moment when they were closest to pop. It would be easy for U2 to go off and have a concept album, but I want us to stay in the pop fray.
BonoIn a certain way, it’s the sound of the words, the inflection and the way the song is sung and the way it fits the melody and the way the syllables are on the tongue that has as much of the meaning as the actual, literal words.
David ByrnePeople haven’t always been there for me, but music always has.
Taylor SwiftI’m a free spirit.
Mr. TThe body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.
Marilyn Monroe