“As soon as I came to L.A., I was told that I was exotic. I'd think, But I'm from Miami! I'm as American as a cheeseburger!” Quote by Genesis Rodriguez
“I want people to consider talent without a last name or a race attached to it. I knew it would be a long path but also worth the struggle. That's when I got my confidence and when I started to figure out what beauty is.” PeopleWantLongWould BeLastsNamesRaceStrugglePathTalentFigures Author:Genesis Rodriguez
“I don't think of myself as fitting into a category. But I had to be careful in all of my books not to repeat things, because I have these ideas, and though the subjects were disparate, the same idea would come up through different portals.” ThinkingBookIdeasDifferentSubjectsCome UpCarefulRepeatsCategoriesBe CarefulFittingPortal Author:Melissa Holbrook Pierson
“There is a definite difference between live shows and the recordings. The recordings are for all time, hopefully, so you do want to bring across layers of subtlety. But the live show is this primal experience that everybody's having at the same time, that the recording can at best try to imitate or duplicate.” WantTryingShowsDifferencesAll TimeHopefullyLayersDefinitePrimalSubtletyDuplicate Author:Will Sheff
“We're physical objects, we think of ourselves as these kind of free-floating brains, but the brain is such a little part. It's way smaller than we like to think. We think we're these important human beings. We're not animals or anything. But what did we come out of? What are we made out of? We're made of the same stuff as out there.” ThinkingWayHumansKindLittlesMadeImportantStuffHuman BeingsAnimalBrainObjectsFloating Author:Melissa Holbrook Pierson
“If you're going for things that are really terrible ideas you have to really have all your faculties about you to get away with them without being crucified. The best rock music gets away with something, somehow, that it shouldn't be allowed to get away with.” IfsIdeasRocksTerribleGet AwayFacultyRock Music Author:Will Sheff
“There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.” PrayerTearsHumilityCatholicSaintFavouriteShedAnswers To PrayerAnswered PrayersUnanswered QuestionsCatholic SaintUnansweredPrayers Not Being AnsweredBest PrayerUnanswered Prayers Author:Teresa of Avila
“Songwriting is an emotional medium, and rock and roll is an emotional medium.” RocksEmotionalMediumsSongwritingRock And Roll Author:Will Sheff
“I always think it's far more admirable to confuse people than it is to reassure them.” PeopleThinkingAdmirable Author:Will Sheff
“If we didn't love things, then we couldn't feel their loss. The flip side of loving is losing. I mean, you can't experience one without the other.” IfsFeelsMeanSidesLossLosingFlip Author:Melissa Holbrook Pierson