I realized some of the pitfalls of being well-known; it was nice if you were successful, but it made it just that much harder to take when you failed.
If I ever had the time to take on another job, being a party planner would be high on my list.
Nobody said being platinum was easy.
I can't immediately get all this coverage when my record comes out. The way I sell gold and platinum records is by being on the road.
I'm a singer and a writer first. I started to rap by accident, being playful.
The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.
What I'm definitely against is the plodding, paint-by-numbers 19th-century-style novel that's still being written today. I just don't understand why you'd read or write that in 2011.
As a writer, you can't allow yourself the luxury of being discouraged and giving up when you are rejected, either by agents or publishers. You absolutely must plow forward.
I realised when I sang at family parties and Christmases I'd suddenly get everyone's attention, and, being the youngest of three, I thought what a brilliant attention-seeking ploy it was.
It was such a culture shock for me, being plucked from this diverse neighborhood in London into Jamaica Queens. I'm in this new environment, and I had an English accent.
I'm really drawn to adventure, and characters being plucked from normal life and sent on extraordinary adventures.
I had a lot of doubt coming into my career about being an elite point guard in this league.
Being from New York, everybody's a point guard. Even when you play in the park, you've got to know how to handle the ball. If you can't handle the ball, you can't really play.
I don't have one polarizing message. It is just about being consistent over the years.
I'm not that comfortable doing polemic or being strident.
Innovation, being avant garde, is always polemic.
Unless we abandon elements which resemble a police state, we can't meet the demands of being a modern society.
My instinct is to say it as I see it, being a little bit edgy and showing leadership on policy issues.
True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.
Politicians really worry about being politically correct.
