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" I related to 'A Clockwork Orange' in a personal way. I was a bit of a thug growing up. It's taken some reform for me. Thank God for artistry and creativity as an outlet. "

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" The fact that you can love something that's lost is all of the incentive that you'll ever need to love again as opposed to becoming comfortably numb. "

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" Music is a means of spreading the good word and spreading positivity and productivity. Those things speak to me. "

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" Twitter is a form of free speech, and I'm all for that. But if Cee Lo Green, a maverick of sorts, can't get on Twitter and say something outlandish or outrageous, then what is the whole point of Twitter at all? "

" Women are our most miraculous muse, an enchanted intangibility that encourages all art. "

" I want to burn as a beacon of possibility. I don't want nobody to misconstrue the commercial success I've had as anything other than an example of what black music is capable of. And what it's capable of is being more than just black. I'm not black or white anymore. I'm Cee Lo Green. "

" Balance is key. Balance is a virtue. Balance is next to godliness, maybe. We should all aspire to better balance. Too much of what is said in this world is one-sided, and we need more balance - in our speech, in our music, in our art, in everything. "

" My style is ambiguous and lucid. I wish to be signified but not summed up. I don't want to have to go over the top each time. "

" People have always questioned, Was I crazy? And I'm like, 'No, I'm not crazy. I'm just totally committed.' "

" All art stems from a place of alienation. Intimate and alone. Most people are oppressed by the opinion of others, but I was not that way. I was afraid of the repercussions of not doing what I was told to do, what I was called to do by a creator. "

" I think I'm needed - as an artist, as an individual, as an entity, an enigma, an exhibitionist, an entertainer - as an alternative. "

" I tend to like antique things. Something can be old, but it can be timeless. "

" On a good day I think I'm handsome, on an average day I'm average. I'm a man's man so I don't necessarily know how cute we're supposed to be. "

" Emotion is something that you don't simply receive. Emotion is compelled. Other than that, we're just shells until we're possessed or reanimated from time to time by different emotions. "

" You can't be all of the people you're influenced by, so you make your own filter and create your own beautiful, unique thing in the world. Soak up the world, man, and make something of your own. "

" I'm like Shrek. Shrek's a nice guy, but people keep alienating him, like they did with me in my younger life. I'm very loving and kind and generous - I'm a sweetheart! "

" I've been such an oddball my whole life, but I've always been cool and I've always dressed fairly smartly. "

" I believe that the plight of life and all existence is to master one's self, you know, one day at a time. "

" I may sample at Pinkberry, but when I find a flavor I like, I'm pretty committed to it. "

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" I would like to be a gang leader on 'Sons of Anarchy' or own a lemonade stand on 'Boardwalk Empire.' "

" I'm all about taking chances. You have to ask yourself, if you're not taking any chances, are you actually even living? Every time you walk out of your door and you're out in the world, you take a chance on not coming back. That is the danger and the dynamic of being alive. "

" Tolerance, compromise, understanding, acceptance, patience - I want those all to be very sharp tools in my shed. "

" I'm a little lavish I must admit. But I'm not really concerned with money. Being rich is not my goal, being wealthy is. "

" I have done quite a few things that I'm not proud of. But now I can equate it to artistry without an outlet. At school, I couldn't help but colour outside the lines. My passion just caused my reactions to be that much more volatile. "

" Antique things have an appreciation and worth. Something can be old, but it can be timeless; therefore, it becomes an antique. If this antique is preserved and deemed precious, it could be passed down as a family heirloom. "