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I came up in hip-hop, where people value the ability to tell it straight.


Adam Mansbach

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ADAM BALDWIN It was never the fame or fortune that drove me to act. It was something I love and enjoy doing it. A...
ADAM BALDWIN I just consider myself a piece of the puzzle and I'm lucky enough to be asked or invited to the ...
ADAM BALDWIN Stillness as a technique is still really captivating to me.
ADAM BALDWIN Bad things happen sometimes.
ADAM ANT I feel very grateful to be alive and well enough to make music.
ADAM ANT Creative people are more prone to depression.
ADAM ANT Antidepressants are very good, but it's a clinical cosh, really. Sometimes you have to be knocke...
ADAM ANT I have suffered from depression for most of my life. It is an illness.
ADAM ANT My daughter, Lily Caitlin, means the most to me in the world.
ADAM ANT I'm a punk rocker. I don't do Christian.
ADAM ANT I like being infamous. I think it is safe being a cult.
ADAM ANT I have loved eight women in my life. I remember every woman's face.
ADAM ANT Men look like pandas when they try and put make-up on.
ADAM ANT I think what's going on with gorillas is pretty bad. The fact is that you can buy gorilla meat i...
ADAM ANT It may be a coincidence, but from the minute I took anti-depressants, I didn't pick up a guitar ...
ADAM ANT The brain isn't like the heart. They learned how to transplant a heart. The brain is more comple...
ADAM ANT My daughter's the greatest thing that's happened to me in my life and she turned me into a m...
ADAM ANT I wanted to make good records. But my problem is I've got a low boredom threshold, so I wanted i...
ADAM ANT If you make a mistake, you should enjoy it.
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