Dave Chappelle Quotes

Because I was surrounded by so much negativity at some point that it took me going back and doing stand-up to realize, you know, people really like me.

Dave Chappelle

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PeopleMeDoingNegativityYouBack

Every time I listen back to solos of mine I'll hear something I like and then another phrase that I can't stand. You have to live with what you play. And the recording medium puts that on us. When I play live gigs I don't think so much like that.

John Abercrombie

LiveTimeThinkStandYouPlay

As far as actresses go, I love Meryl Streep.

Jennifer Nettles

LoveGoFarI LoveMeryl Streep

Some people start with the lyrics first because they know what they want to talk about and they just write a whole bunch of lyrical ideas, but for me the music tells me what to talk about.

John Legend

MusicPeopleMeIdeasStartKnow

I signed with Kanye back in 2003, and at that time, 'The College Dropout' hadn't even come out, so he was still relatively unknown compared to where he is now. He wasn't a household name; people were still calling him 'Kane.'

John Legend

TimePeopleCollegeNameBackNow

Grove giveth and Gates taketh away.

Robert Metcalfe

AwayGatesGivethGrove

For Nirvana, putting out their first major-label record was like getting into a new car. But the runaway success was like suddenly discovering that the car was a Ferrari and the accelerator pedal was Krazy Glued to the floorboard.

Michael Azerrad

SuccessCarNew CarNewFirstOut

I had a weird accent. Dutch people speak American English, and my parents were Jamaican, with their own broken English.

Stefflon Don

BrokenParentsPeopleSpeakWeird

There are a lot of anachronisms in Washington, but the need to periodically raise the debt limit by Congressional vote is certainly one of them.

Roger Altman

VoteWashingtonDebtNeedLimitLot

The whole point of Gen X was, and continues to be, a negation of being forced into Baby Boomerdom against one's will.

Douglas Coupland

BabyWillPointBeingAgainstWhole

The only thing I wish I had kept were all the peace beads, because in the 1960s people made these and hung them at protests and it was a wonderful thing.

David Selby

PeacePeopleWishI WishWonderful

Nobody wants the United States to default on its debt. Nobody. But, at some point in time, we've got to address the fiscal woes of this nation.

Chuck Fleischmann

TimeNobodyDebtNationPointGot

I like to keep my private life private for the most part.

Bode Miller

LifePrivate LifeKeepLikeMost

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