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Students often have such a lofty idea of what a poem is, and I want them to realize that their own lives are where the poetry comes from. The most important things are to respect the language; to know the classical rules, even if only to break them; and to be prepared to edit, to revise, to shape. ”
Generationally, I relate to Basquiat's culture and the essence of his life story. ”
You know among people who kind of travel a lot and have exposure to the United States and some other countries, they do have accounts, but you know, Russia is not exactly the place with multiple language skills so local networks kind of have an edge. ”
All my life, I've had a fear of being told what to say, so I'm not telling people what to think. I'm encouraging them to say what they think. ”
I don't want to preach to anyone, because if someone preaches to me, I just turn off - I've been preached to my whole life. ”
If people don't like who you are, they aren't meant to be in your life. ”
The broken heart on my right finger represents me before I figured out who I was, and the full heart on my left is because I'm left-handed, I use that to write my music, and my music helped me obtain my direction in life. ”
All my life I've felt quite misunderstood because of my personality. ”
All my life I feel like I haven't been heard. ”
I've wanted to play Lollapalooza all my life. ”