"I only wrote one song in jail...." - Quote by Tupac Shakur
I only wrote one song in jail. But I'm writing new album - you're going to feel the entire 11 months of what I went through on this album. I'm venting my anger.
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“Fear is stronger than love”
“Break the chains in our brains that make us fear.”
“The thing that bothers me is that it seems like all the sensitive stuff I write just goes unnoticed . . . the media doesn't get who I am at all. Or maybe they just can't accept it. It doesn't fit into those negative stories they like to write. I'm the kind of guy who is moved by a song like Don McLean's "Vincent," that one about Van Gogh. The lyric on that song is so touching. That's how I want to make my songs feel. Take "Dear Mama" - I aimed that one straight for my homies' heartstrings.”
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“I want people to get out of that nasty habit of needing a label. Every genre for each song is different.”
“I put a new engine in my car, but forgot to take the old one out. Now my car goes 500 miles per hour. The harmonica sounds amazing.”
“They just elected me Mis Phonograph Record of 1966. They discovered my measurements were 33 1/2, 45, 78!”
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“Everyone needs a sense of shame, but no one needs to feel ashamed.”
“When they remain silent, they cry out.”
“To laugh is to risk appearing a fool, to weep is to risk appearing too sentimental, to reach out for another is to risk involvement, and to expose feelings is to risk exposing one's true self.”