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" I don't think I could make a pop album. "
Linda Perry
Album
Pop
Think
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" People are gonna get tired of Linda Perry the producer, but I will always be in the music business. And I will always be successful in it. "
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" I did love 'What's Up?' but I hated the production. "
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" I'm just in tune to myself and what I need from the universe. "
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" I was scared of failure, of being a one-hit wonder, never being able to write another song again, never being able to sing again. Maybe everything that I think I am and who I want to be never will happen. "
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" I want to be so giving and collaborative, but my best songs were written on my own. "
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" It's a humbling and amazing journey when you write a song in your bedroom, and you've got no money, and you're trying to write a song based on where you're at right at this moment. "
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" I nurture people's talents because, at the end of it, that's what they're left with. They're left with themselves. "
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" I feel that when I listen to music - not that it's bad - it's not emotional. It has a gimmick to it. It's selling something: the artist, the producer, something. The emotional capacity is very small, for the listener as well. "
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" You need a big team to support a career. "
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" Food is supposed to be vibrant, fresh, filled with color. "
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" Record companies don't think creatively about what something could possibly be because they are not filled with creative people. Nobody's looking at the future of music because they're concentrating so hard on what they can get from it right this second. It's really hard to see an artist; it's a lot easier to see money. "
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" I get to do all the styles of music that I love. There's no boundaries; there's nobody holding on to me saying I can't do that. "
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Saying
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" To give is one of the greatest gifts one could ever receive. "
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" In no way am I a spiritual person. I'm not some guru geek. "
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" I'm a songwriter, an artist, and a musician. I do not have to try to be that; I just am. "
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" My family, they are definitely not an ordinary family. "
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" I'm not a children's songwriter. I'm not in that world. "
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World
Children
" If you want to be famous, you can. "
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" I'm overcritical, insensitive, and pushy when it comes to me. With everybody else, I'm a great listener, and all I want is for them to be happy. "
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" I don't feel the need to be in the spotlight whatsoever. "
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Spotlight
Need
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" I want to be a producer and not a songwriter. "
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" I'm great at working with people and collaborating. And if my biggest gift of all is that I'm really good at pulling things from people and helping them become better at what they're doing, I'm here, as I believe all of us are, to be of service. "
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" I told my mom I was gay when I was 16, and my mom said with her heavy Brazilian accent, 'OK, but at least look good at it.' "
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" For me, Heaven is evoking emotions through sound. "
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" I'm 44, and I've never had a problem being gay, and maybe I dodged a lot of bullets, and maybe I'm one of the lucky ones. I want to make sure every kid can have that experience. "
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Gay
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" I don't read music. I refuse to learn how to do that. I barely know half the chords I'm playing. I like being naive when it comes to that. "
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" The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center has this wonderful program where they take in the youth, feed them, help them learn how to cook, clean, they help them get jobs, help them learn how to save their money, and they have shelters all over the city. "
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" Sometimes I'll look back at old pictures where I'm a little heavy and dressed funny and think, 'How did I get chicks all the time?' "
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