British Quotes

Knowing what I knew about Russia, as much as I loved the music and was fascinated by the songs and the whole idea of it, I knew it would be a very lengthy and frustrating process.

I thinks it really interesting how they throw the world music samples in there. I often wonder what it would be like to do something like that, but use my lyrics and my kind of style.

I think there's always been singers like that and i've done my fair share of cheese as well.

I think in the past I think I probably was a little too diverse, probably went from one spectrum to the complete opposite and confusing people.

I mean whatever I do it's important that I put my stamp on it and keep it in my world, whether I'm doing a dance track or something like the Russian album for example.

I don't really have anything against Will Young or Gareth Gates.

I don't enjoy being a celebrity, I don't want any part of that or any part of that fame for fame... i'd actually rather die than be a celebrity slime!!!

For me it always comes down to what is a good song and I'm very old fashioned in the way that I like to make songs that have something classic about them whether you can play them with an orchestra or an electro synthesizer or an acoustic guitar.

As soon as one project is finished I like to go straight on to something else.

As long as ugly people are not on TV, you should only ever have interesting people on TV.

It's a shame in a way that people come and go with one album.

I think the older I get the more creative I get, I don't have the distractions that I had when I was younger.

Without a good cultural policy, without adequate help, we will always have individualists, shooting stars who are rapidly forgotten or who stop painting for a more profitable occupation.

The magic of creation has always fascinated me.

People are predominant in my paintings. Although they are not obvious, you can feel their presence.

My first concern was to take care of my drawing. I did not have any knowledge in arts, especially Haitian arts, apart from the paintings I saw in my father's office.

I worked three and then six hours a day in my studio with strict discipline and emotion. I obtained awards usually granted to other foreigners during the end-of-year admission tests.

I paint according to the moment and the theme. I don't have any prejudice. Life concerns me.

At that time, the academic orientation was rather technical contrary to that of the university, where art theory is very important. The teachers were renowned artists and among the best of that time.

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

The very fact that you are a complainer, shows that you deserve your lot.

A man is literally what he thinks.

The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface and made known, but tries to hide them, is unfit to walk the highway of truth.

All that you accomplish or fail to accomplish with your life is the direct result of your thoughts.

Let there be nothing within thee that is not very beautiful and very gentle, and there will be nothing without thee that is not beautiful and softened by the spell of thy presence.

You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.

To begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment.

Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.

If you real desire is to be good, there is no need to wait for the money before you do it; you can do it now, this very moment, and just where you are.

Our life is what our thoughts make it. A man will find that as he alters his thoughts toward things and other people, things and other people will alter towards him.