“I had a pretty regular childhood, with a rad mum who taught me to love reading and thinking and laughing, and (as far as I was concerned) a regular dad who drove trucks for a living and did radio interviews on weekends and got stopped in the street a lot when we went out.” ThinkingReadingLaughingStreetsChildhoodTaughtDadConcernedRadioInterviewsWeekendMumTruckLove Of ReadingRad Author:Brooke Fraser
“I only say this because a lot of people seem to think that if you're a musician you want to be a celebrity. But most musicians in the world aren't celebrities, and pretty much everything about the concept of 'celebrity' is a complete load of bollocks anyhow.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWantSeemsMusicianConceptsLoad Author:Brooke Fraser
“Then Jesus introduced Himself to me. Though my birth certificate reads 1983, I reckon I was born in 1999, when I met Jesus - not in a church or on a camp or through people, but alone in my bedroom with an open Bible and a tangible revelation that the Son of God was not only real, but alive and awesome and stronger than the chains that bound me.” PeopleRealJesusBornChurchAliveSonBirthMetsStrongerBoundsChainsRevelationsCampsBedroomTangibleCertificatesBirth Certificate Author:Brooke Fraser
“I don't make my music for just me or a few people. Hopefully everybody that makes music wants to be embraced by the people they tryna make it for, you know what I'm saying. It's just a matter of time before everybody gets the message that I'm tryna send out.” PeopleKnowsWantMatterMessagesHopefullyMatter Of Time Author:Bun B
“Well I think the problem is, is that...what people don't realize is they're gonna get away from the people that they're marketing with now. They're tryna change everything about the format of the NBA, the imaging and everything. This is more about control you know what I'm saying? This has nothing to do with clothing. This is a control issue.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWellsProblemRealizingIssuesMarketingGet AwayNbaClothingsFormatControl IssuesImaging Author:Bun B
“It had no affect on me whatsoever. Um... I consider Jay a very good friend of mine. I also consider Dame and Biggs very good friends of mine. With me not being a Roc-A-Fella artist, with me just being a friend of both and not being tied to them in the Roc-A-Fella situation, I was still able to maintain personal relationships with both of em.” StillsAbleArtistSituationMinesVery GoodEmsTiedJust BeingGood FriendPersonal RelationshipsDamesFellasVery Good Friends Author:Bun B
“Everybody has they're own audience you know what I'm saying. I write rhymes and make music for the people that I fell wanna hear my music. They write rhymes and make music for the people they feel wanna hear they're music.” PeopleKnowsFeelsWritingAudienceRhyme Author:Bun B
“Jay was intimidating to the point where I was totally intimidated before I even got to the booth. But I was like, this is going to be a test of my mettle. In the South, I'm regarded as the guy who, quote unquote, out-rapped Jay-Z.” GuyTestsSouthIntimidatingIntimidatedMettle Author:Bun B
“I would have never thought in a million years that I would appeal to an Avril fan. But I'm glad that I do because a lot of them aren't jaded or cynical.” YearsMillionsFansGladAppealsCynicalJaded Author:Butch Walker
“When your 18th, 19, 20 years old like we were at that time, its just like anyone else, you look at like Silverchair and bands like that that are super young and sound extremely derivative of bands that were out at that current moment. As they sounded like 'Nirvana in pajamas' as we called them, we sounded like Bon Jovi and Skid Row and Motley Crue, because we were only influenced by what was out at the time because we were so young” YearsLooksMomentsYoungSoundBandCurrentsDerivativesPajamasMotley CrueBon JoviSkid Row Author:Butch Walker